Senior Project Manager

Title: Senior Project Manager

Location: Victoria, BC- Hybrid

Duration: + months

Education:

• Post-secondary degree in a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Project Management certification or designation (, P R I N C E , PgMP, PMP, etc.) preferred.

Experience:

• Proven experience with large-scale Workforce Management System rollouts.
• Municipal government experience is preferred.
• More than ten () years on IT projects; and
• More than five () years as a Senior Project Manager.
• Skills and Expertise: Demonstrated proficiency and experience in the following areas:
• Senior Project Manager experience in large scale SaaS HR and/or OHS/Disability Management projects. Similar large scale project experience may be acceptable; however, there is a strong preference for HR and/or OHS/Disability Management experience.
• Preparing project charters, master project plans, providing risk analysis and risk management.
• Managing scope by establishing clear project boundaries. Using change control to communicate and ensure understanding of any necessary changes.
• Extensive experience with budgeting/cost control, resource management, scheduling (milestone and detailed), and issue management –including escalations.
• Coordinating municipal resources and contractors to achieve project objectives.
• Making effective use of technology (, Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams, etc.) to support efficient management and communications within a project team.
• Communicating with a cross-discipline team including complex stakeholder groups and project sponsors with potentially competing interests.
• Presenting project status reports, dashboards, issue logs, and risk register to project and business leadership.
• Tracking costs against capital budgets.
• Managing sensitive issues, including impacts to the municipality, private sector, and citizens.
• Leading stakeholders from multiple groups with diverse interests to consensus on project scope, objectives, and responsibilities in collaboration with municipal management and staff;
• Developing strategic communications, organizational change management, stakeholder engagement, and training plans to ensure end-user and stakeholder involvement.
• Managing linkages to concurrent municipal projects.
• Coordinate business to business processes with external parties (eg. WorksafeBC).
• Delivering projects of varying sizes and complexity (some greater than $M in value, some longer than year in duration) in a public sector environment.
• Reporting project status and interacting with senior executives (, Senior Manager, Director, C Level).
• Using political skills to understand, navigate, and meet stakeholder needs on sensitive projects with tight timelines.
• Working with IT Security, Privacy, and Records Management teams to ensure data security and privacy standards are being adhered to.

Preferences:

Consideration will be given to candidates with experience with one or more of the following

technology or business areas in the following order of importance:

• Experience with implementing HR cloud solutions
• Records Management Protocols
• Procurement Protocols
• Organizational Change Management strategies

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.