Technical Project Manager

Duration: 12 months + 3 possible 12-month extension

Security Clearance: Top Secret or Secret with eligibility to obtain Top Secret

• Support the Program Manager/Director in the planning, development, and execution of projects by preparing project documentation for the implementation of IT infrastructure initiatives and custom-built and/or COTS application solutions, ensuring all projects are executed in accordance with the organization’s Project Management Framework (PMF).
• Facilitate knowledge transfer to team members on project management methodologies through practical application during project planning and execution, strengthening team capability in managing and delivering IT projects.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for all project-related information, status updates and issues, as applicable.
• Manage project objectives and scope, and define schedules and deliverables based on input from the project sponsor, key stakeholders and team members, using the Atlassian suite (JIRA and Confluence).
• Estimate project budgets and resource requirements.
• Establish and maintain a project communications framework.
• Articulate project direction and ensure its effective execution.
• Provide guidance to project teams, including extended and matrixed teams involving internal staff, business partners and other stakeholders.
• Update and maintain project schedules, budgets, and quality assurance processes throughout the project lifecycle, while controlling scope, time, cost, quality and risk.
• Manage project prioritization and change management in collaboration with sub-team leads.
• Schedule, organize and lead regular project review meetings with project teams, sponsors and stakeholders in accordance with the communications plan.
• Identify and resolve project issues affecting delivery timelines, budgets or objectives and communicate risks and issues to the appropriate authority.
• Coordinate with other project managers to manage interdependencies and external impacts across initiatives within the organization.
• Review final project evaluations/post-mortems and facilitate lessons learned sessions to produce project closure deliverables.
• Ensure all project documentation is securely stored in the appropriate organizational document repository for assigned initiatives and projects.

• University degree at the Bachelor level in Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Applied Science, Mathematics, Business Administration, or Public Administration AND 10+ years (within the last 20 years) performing the role of Project Manager; OR
• Community College diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science, or Engineering Technology AND 12+ years (within the last 20 years) performing the role of Project Manager; OR
• Bachelor’s degree in a discipline other than those listed above AND 12+ years (within the last 20 years) performing the role of Project Manager; OR
• 15+ years (within the last 20 years) performing the role of Project Manager.

• 10+ years of project management experience within the last 15 years, leading projects through to closure, including responsibility for developing, maintaining and overseeing all core project documentation: project charters, business cases, RASCIs, implementation plans, performance indicators, schedules, estimates, communication plans, risk management plans, lessons learned, project closure and transition-to-operations documentation, with final filing in accordance with organizational IM policies.
• 2+ years within the last 10 years leading complex projects that included all of the PM knowledge areas:
  Integration, Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, Human resources, Communications, Risk management.
• 3+ cumulative years within the last 10 years managing application development projects using:
  Agile methodology or a standard SDLC. At least one year of this experience must be within a federal government department, agency, or Crown corporation, combined with private‑sector experience.
• 5+ years within the last 15 years managing complex software application development projects through all SDLC phases:
  Design, Development,…