About the role

Bilingual Project Manager leading complex IT-enabled transformation initiatives for Government of Canada. Providing strategic advisory services and managing project deliverables across departments.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic and business transformation advisory services to support major IT initiatives.
Deliver recommendations to ensure the conception, planning, and delivery of key projects within the department.
Draft core project planning deliverables, including: Business cases, Project charters, Project management plans, Benefits realization plans, Transition plans.
Develop, manage, and monitor detailed project schedules and budgets, including resource-loaded project plans using MS Project.
Create and track risk and issues logs, developing and implementing effective mitigation strategies.
Present status reports to governance committees or project authorities as required.
Coordinate the completion of all necessary project artifacts, ensuring issues and risks are communicated and escalated appropriately.
Support and use departmental methodologies as provided by the Project Authority (PA).
Facilitate the consolidation and prioritization of requirements and complete options analysis for key decisions.
Support project teams with required deliverables and documentation for each stage of assigned projects.
Participate in meetings (virtual or in-person) as requested by the PA, and use appropriate technology for collaboration and presentations (e.g., MS Teams, PowerPoint).
Draft and submit all written deliverables for review according to established timelines and specified language requirements.
Prepare and submit project closeout documentation, including lessons learned reports.

Minimum of 10+ years of experience (or 5+ years with recognized professional certification) in project management related to complex IT-enabled transformation initiatives within the last 15 years.
Experience providing advisory services —developing findings, conclusions, and recommendations presented for decision-making and implementation, including elements such as: Developing key project artifacts (e.g., business cases, charters, management plans, benefits realization plans)
Creating and monitoring resource-loaded schedules and project budgets
Maintaining risk and issues logs
Implementing organizational change management plans
Proven track record in defining, assessing, and developing mitigation plans for complex IT-enabled transformation initiatives, including such elements as: Interdepartmental systems
Enterprise-wide solutions
Business process reengineering
Multi-year, multi-release implementations
Interoperability with multiple systems
Complex change management with interdepartmental stakeholders and clients
Prior project experience providing advisory services in projects to the Government of Canada or Crown Corporations within the past decade.