Thursday 16 February 2012

Project Manager

Zylog delivers top jobs to top talent. We are currently seeking experienced professionals for exciting new opportunities and career advancement. Zylog represents hundreds of client companies for both contract and permanent positions. New jobs are being filled every day and our experienced professional resource managers are waiting to help you screen the top jobs that match your skills and experience. You don’t have time to search long lists of postings repeated on multiple web sites, so let our trained and experienced resource managers do the work for you. We review top jobs and will be the first to alert you when the right opportunity arises.


About the Job
Our client has a requirement for a Project Manager for an 11 month contract opportunity. This is position is located in Toronto.


Responsibilities
  • Provide Management, Leadership and Consultations related to identifying and analysing the
    program strategy, supporting policy, organization and business processes
  • Provide Leadership, Facilitation and Consultation on the design of new business architectures, processes and rules;
  • Provide tactical and strategic advice to a team of business relationship managers/IT delivery managers;
  • Provide oversight and guidance to a team of project leads and project managers in the development and management of all project related documentation and plans as well as facilitation of project tasks.
  • Provide Consultation efforts with all affected internal and external stakeholders where necessary;
  • Accountable to facilitate identification of risks and mitigation strategies, to ensure risks are assessed and have owner/ approach defined for planned mitigation strategies.
  • Update Risk Log on a weekly basis. Ensure management awareness of high impact/priority issues; escalate as appropriate
  • Ensure defined Change Management Process is followed for any change from agreed scope, schedule or quality. Issue Change Requests and seek management approvals
  • Provide day-to-day leadership to the project teams.


Qualifications:
  • Senior experience working with clients, maintaining relationships, developing strategies and implementing change initiatives (both technical and non-technical)
  • Experience managing the expectations of a wide range of project stakeholders and target solution users, both from the business and IT side of an organization;
  • Extensive experience in complex business and IT issues management, including analysing, problem-solving and coordination and facilitation of issue resolution in a timely fashion;
  • Experience in preparing reports and briefing materials for, and making presentations to, senior
    management
  • Proven ability to manage to successful completion an assignment of this nature, magnitude and complexity, and achieve the results on schedule and within budget.
  • Superior communication, presentation and interpersonal skills; superior negotiating, mediating, and influencing skills; superior leadership and consulting skills, with demonstrated ability to work independently and in a team/multi-stakeholder enterprise environment; strong ability to mentor
    and coach and develop others
  • Experience in defining business requirements methodologies
  • Experience managing team members undertaking both business functional and technology related tasks in a coordinated project environment
  • Excellent written, presentation, communication and influencing skills
  • Experience as a Project Manager planning and managing large, complex, multi-year, multi-tier, multi-stakeholder projects
  • Experience with procurement process and project management of different stages of RFP creation and evaluation process
  • Experience with the management of Third Party deliverables and acceptance processes
  • Experience and knowledge of project management tools, such as CA Clarity, MS EPM, and other associated tools such as MS Project, Open Workbench, Sharepoint;
  • Experience in developing detailed project management documentation (e.g. project plan, project schedule, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), monitoring project performance and initiating corrective action, where required.
  • Demonstrated experience in the development of system modernization strategies, plans, and schedules, and experience managing those plans.
  • Experience in the development of Internet/Intranet business strategies
  • Knowledge and experience with the Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture
  • Expert skill with MS Office software
  • Experience leading teams of at least 10 people
  • Leadership experience in one or more of the following areas:· multi-tiered application development· selecting and establishing technical architectures· design and development of large or medium corporate database applications· establishment and/or management of information resource management functions in large or medium organizations· managing the implementation activities associated with large IT projects such as data conversion and database loading· managing multiple concurrent tasks in a multi-tiered application environment


How to Apply
Online:
To apply for this and other suitable exciting opportunities with Zylog Systems (Canada) Ltd., you can register and apply online at www.ZylogCanada.com.
Email:
If you would like to email a copy of your resume for review, please reference this posted Job Number or Job Description in the subject line of your email for prompt identification and send your email with attached resume to Resumes@zylog.ca.



Company Overview
Zylog is internationally ranked within the top 100 in the Global Recruitment Industry, and one of the top five IT Professional Staffing Firms in Canada.  Zylog is a leading provider of human capital resource management applications, and technology solutions with global delivery capability and proudly represents Fortune 500, Government, and Healthcare organizations actively seeking top talent for contract and permanent positions. Zylog leverages ISO 9001:2000 certified processes, industry best practices, and ownership of one of the largest professional talent databases in Canada; we are dedicated to the progress of our clients, consultants, and our community. Apply now or contact one of our experienced professional resource managers to help you find the perfect career to make the most of your unique skills and experience.


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