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Location:
Vancouver, British Columbia
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to apply, please email a word version of your resume here: understands our client’s it mission, goals and objectives and works to ensure all proejct actiivties are in alignment, vision, principles.and environment-wide sysetms integration, scalability and performance approaches, proivdes input into proecss definitions, package implementation, systems develpoment and deployment.discusses approach and recommednations with systems staff and users and makes appropriate technology decisions for new and changing systems requirements.conducts post-implementation reviews to ensure continuous improvement and learning.educate and mentor our client’s it manaegment and employees to embrace key chnage management practices to ensure the successful adoption of our client’s it pmo,
inspire.quailty of delivreables, scheudles, and customer satisfaction, resoruces, metrics, budegts, the incumbent develops and oversees project plnas.end-users, and operations support teams,
oversees the development and maintenance of relevant documentation, inclduing that for customers.
major responsibilities:
manages a portfolio of proejcts including the resources to develop and implmeent new enterprise systems and processes. 1952-mh240@apply.maxhire.net
on behalf of our cleint in vancouver, ignite techincal resources is looking for a senior project / program manager for a 6 month contract opportunity.
ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment.develops system test plans, communications plans and training plans, change impact assessments, data conversion plans.
works with it system infrastructure staff to ensure that appropriate hardware and software requirements are purchased and installed to support the infrastructure needs of the program.and benchmarks
an understanding of key trends and players in the it industry and higher-education sector,
knowledge of it application development and implementation best practices, “rules of thumb”.
qualifications:
education:
postgraduate degree (preferred an it-related discipline or busniess administration)
demonstrated ongoing career development through active and self-motivated professional development. and measures project related performance indicators and takes appropriate corrective action,
defines.
experience:
minimum 10 years it-related experience demonstrating progressive responsibility, preferably in a university or other public sector environment or the equivalent combination of education and experience.teams,
builds and maintains good working relationships with other it groups, colleagues and peers.
ability to coach and mentor staff.
as a senior member of the project management office the program manager’s mandate includes:
support our client’s it to deliver highly effetcive products and services to our client’s community.demonstrated track record and commitment to delivering results.it transformation and project management office to determine staffing requirements,
provides input to the director.the program manager is responsible for critical decisions and purchases within the anticipated program budget (normally around $1 – $3 million over the life of a program).writes design and discussion documents, benefits, identifies implementation options, complexity and flexibility of the various options, evalautes risks.
skills:
excellent analytical and problem solving skills.resources, cretaes compreehnsive project plans including activities, budgets, schedules, and quality assuarnce of deliverables.faciltiates busniess proecss re-engineering projects, provides leadreship in the area of change management, cretaes innoavtive cost-effective technical soluitons to implement radcial poilcy and process chagnes that stremaline the way our client does busniess.preapres cost/benfeit anaylsis (business caess), evaluates alterantives, and make systems development recommendations, compeltes feasiiblity studies.coordinates and works closely with users to ensure that they participate and perform project assignments.system features, security requirements,
analyzes and reviews functional requirements, scalability and performance requirements, integration requirements.provides input to performance management and career development activities based on project feedback.builds and sustains good working relationships with other faculties and departments teams and understands their business. the program manager ensures that the formal project management methodologies established by our client’s it’s project management office (pmo), are followed. builds and maintains good working relationships with it vendors.
responsible for leading medium- and large-scale development and package implementation projects.
excellent communication skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking, and presentation).consensus building,
effective leadership, conflict resolution, and negotiation and team-building skills are an asset, consulting, facilitation.managing, data flow diagrams, rapid applications development (rad), how they have evolved and how they inter-relate
knowledge of design and analysis tools such as object modeling, business process re-engineering (bpr), etc, agile modeling, developing and implementing large scale it systems or processes
solid knowledge of project management disciplines and best practices
good knowledge of applications development methodologies
good knowledge of it application architectures, joint applications design (jad),
minimum 5 years in the role of project manager, functional analysis.
takes a leading role in introducing process change to our client’s environment. career development, change management, financial management, budget development, and risk management,
experience in performance management.
makes recommendations to the cio and it senior management for long and short term operating budgets, develops and monitors project budgets. senior systems analysts, programmer analysts, quality assurance analysts, supervises project staff including project managers, and other project team members that may be assigned.
the position directs and coordinates a cross-functional team of project managers and multiple staff, and manages inter-project dependencies and communication. consult with customers and potential customers,
ability to build relationships.participates in development of job descriptions and selection criteria, screening candidates, interviewing and conducting reference checks.
provide coaching and mentoring to our client’s it project managers and management to increase overall project management competencies and understanding within our client’s it organization.the role also provides regular program status reports to the program steering committee, it management teams, and key stakeholders and escalates issues as required.
excellent facilitation skills.
assists the cio and it senior management team to build a strong, customer support, performance management, financial management, project management disciplines, team-building, high-performance team by mentoring staff on effective project management processes: applications development and implementation methodologies, and business process improvement.
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