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About the role
- Senior project director leading complex, regulated IT transformation projects for Wepoint, a digital transformation consultancy. Coordinating governance, stakeholders, suppliers, risks, budgets, and delivery.
Responsibilities
- Ensure project planning, execution, and reporting in collaboration with internal and government stakeholders.
- Establish a shared understanding of the vision, governance, technology direction, scope, and schedule.
- Coordinate stakeholders, assess risks, and establish realistic timelines aligned with strategic objectives.
- Develop, maintain, and obtain approval for project plans, including objectives, deliverables, budgets, timelines, and governance.
- Facilitate project kickoff, status, risk management, and closeout meetings.
- Oversee work progress and adjust activities to meet the schedule.
- Produce status reports, project reviews, dashboards, and decision-making documents.
- Provide strategic recommendations and participate in decision-making for complex technical projects.
- Present progress updates, critical risks, and strategic issues to senior management.
- Monitor project performance in terms of scope, costs, schedule, quality, risks, and outstanding items.
- Validate that deliverables comply with functional and technical requirements.
- Identify, document, and manage risks, issues, and change requests.
- Propose and track corrective actions through to resolution.
- Submit final deliverables for approval and ensure their quality and compliance.
- Prepare communications for senior management, institutional partners, and the media.
- Collaborate with external service providers and internal partners to resolve issues and optimize solutions.
- Serve as the liaison between technical teams, vendors, the prime vendor, and management.
- Participate in committees and working groups to identify issues, validate requirements, and synchronize activities.
- Optimize design, integration, and deployment processes with the prime vendor.
- Track change requests, incidents, and technical issues.
- Support the transition to operations, including knowledge transfer, application support preparation, and negotiation of service agreements.
- Plan, organize, direct, and supervise the work of internal and external teams.
- Recommend the optimal use of the bank of hours and mobilize strategic internal expertise.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in information technology, business administration, management, or a related field.
- At least TWELVE (12) years of experience in information technology.
- At least TEN (10) years of experience managing IT projects, including a minimum of FIVE (5) years specifically managing complex, large-scale IT projects.
- Proven experience managing cross-functional projects involving multidisciplinary teams and multiple stakeholders.
- Practical experience managing IT projects in diverse environments with multiple partners.
- Experience managing multiple project teams, each overseen by different project managers.
- Participation in at least THREE (3) assignments involving 5,000 person-days, completed within the past EIGHT (8) years in a comparable context.
- At least fifteen (15) years of experience managing large-scale projects.
- Demonstrated expertise in managing complex technology development projects and custom solutions.
- Proven experience managing projects involving complex technology architectures, multisystem integrations, and environments with significant operational interdependencies.
- Recognized expertise in risk management, strategic project governance, and coordinating deliverables from internal and external teams.
- Strong ability to manage internal and external stakeholders, build solid client relationships, and ensure effective governance.
- Only candidates legally authorized to work for any employer in Canada will be considered.
Benefits
- Minimum of 3 weeks of vacation starting from the first year
- Comprehensive group insurance with a generous employer contribution
- Employer contribution to a group RRSP
- Full remote work flexibility: Hybrid, Remote, or On-site
- A warm, bright, and welcoming office offering fresh fruit, coffee, beverages, occasional meals, etc.
- Annual IT equipment budget
- A balanced work environment with flexible working hours
- Career development: training and certifications, online or in-person learning, Wepoint Academy, etc.
- An international community of experts ready to share their knowledge
- A company culture focused on individuals’ needs and their belonging to a strong community
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