(Government of Saskatchewan) Senior Project Manager

SCT resources have a broad range of skills in different technologies. The large skill-set has been made possible by a conscious focus on strengthening our skills base. Every person selected for our team brings something new, something that adds to our offerings. We learn continuously, both on the job and through formal training programs.

Project Duties of Resource:

• Develop the terms of the Project Statement of Work in consultation with the Project Leadership Team

• Produce the project plan and gaining Project Sponsor approval

• Ensure the project is undertaken in accordance with the standards, processes and documentation  which follows PMI standards

• Produce deliverables on time, within budget and to specification

• Integration of project touch points (interconnections) across related projects

• Monitoring quality of project deliverables.

• Timely communications regarding project progress, issues and concerns to the team, project sponsors and relevant stakeholders

• Monitoring quality of project deliverables and ensuring project objectives are met

• Developing project change requests (scope, time, cost) and negotiating with Project sponsor

• Developing and monitoring risks related to the delivery of the project

• Team health – ensuring conflict is handled, members receive recognition, etc

• Identify changes to resourcing requirements

Mandatory Requirements:

o Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification with a minimum of 5 years experience in project management and satisfactory completion of one or more projects at a senior level.

o Five years experience that includes at least one significant multi-million dollar project.

o Communication and Influence: An ability to communicate effectively (both orally and written) with the team, senior management, other functions, stakeholders, and customers. 

o Excellent facilitation skills are needed. Ability to communicate complex and highly technical concepts to technical and non-technical people (written and oral).

Other Required Skills:

• Leadership: An ability to lead and motivate people and encourage teamwork in a environment  with internal and external stakeholders

• Strong interpersonal skills with proven experience working with all levels within an organization and understanding business priorities

• Demonstrated ability to prepare project documents (e.g. progress reports, detailed budget and human resource submissions and budget analysis, IT business cases, proposals, functional requirements, training manuals, business/technical architecture specifications, strategies, project close-out documents including ‘lessons learned’)

• IT business solution implementation: experience leading projects that involved implementing major changes to business systems and processes.

• Commitment, assertiveness, and self-reliance:  Ability to recognize and resolve issues early and thoroughly.  Ability to solve problems in integrated environments

o Experience in transitioning project deliverables to operations

o Experience creating or working with SOW (Statements of Work)

o Experience using, or certification with, a change management methodology is considered an asset.