Executive Project Manager

Job summary

Lead strategic service modernization initiatives and oversee multiple IT projects, their managers, teams, and cross-project delivery. Manage project planning, stakeholder communications, risks, resources, budgets, quality, reporting, and closure while supporting user-centered service design and implementation.

Job details

Position: Executive Project Manager Duration: 6 months + options to extend Location: Ottawa, Ontario Work Model: Remote Engagement Model: Incorporated Contractor (INC) Only About Our Client: A Government of Canada client that is responsible for transportation policies and programs. It ensures that air, marine, road and rail transportation are safe, secure, efficient, and environmentally responsible. About this opportunity: On behalf of our client, we’re seeking an experienced Executive Project Manager to lead strategic service modernization initiatives for the transportation industry. Working with multidisciplinary teams, you will oversee the design and delivery of user-centered services aligned with business objectives, focusing on enhancing the digital client experience, moving services online, modernizing contact centre and virtual assistant capabilities, and implementing client feedback solutions. What You’ll Do: Manage several Project/Product Managers and Owners, each responsible for an individual IT project and its associated project team. Oversee cross-project execution during the development and implementation. Produce deliverables that includes project charters and plans, stakeholder communication, risk, resource allocation and change management plans, performance dashboards, budget and quality assurance reports, status updates, lessons learned, final and executive reports, process improvement recommendations, and formal project closure documentation. Assist in delivery of key deliverables including user research and journey maps, service blueprints and process models, user journey and architecture documents, design guidelines, project plans and implementation roadmaps, wireframes and prototypes, service specifications, stakeholder maps, testing plans, workshop materials, evaluation reports, service performance metrics, and project status reports. Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, and leadership teams to drive platform innovation. Reports progress of the project on an ongoing basis and at scheduled points in the life cycle. Work within an Agile environment. What You Bring: PMP (Project Management Professional) or Prince2 Certification. 10+ years of experience of relevant Executive Project Management experience. 5+ years of experience working for a large organization (5000+ employees). Security Clearance: All candidates must possess a current and valid federal government Reliability Clearance. Important: Candidates must operate as an incorporated business entity and be able to invoice for services rendered. Please confirm your incorporation status when applying. How to Apply: Interested candidates are encouraged to apply on this job posting or submit their resumes in confidence to marko.hrga@akkodisgroup.com We thank all applicants for their interest in this opportunity. Only candidates meeting the above qualifications will be contacted for further discussions. Accessibility: At Akkodis, part of The Adecco Group, our purpose is simple: to make the future work for everyone. We live our values, Passion, Collaboration, Inclusion, Courage, and Customers at Heart, by fostering a workplace where diversity is celebrated and every voice matters. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities. Together, we’re making the future work for everyone.

What you’ll do

Lead strategic service modernization initiatives and oversee multiple IT projects, their managers, teams, and cross-project delivery. Manage project planning, stakeholder communications, risks, resources, budgets, quality, reporting, and closure while supporting user-centered service design and implementation.

Requirements

Requires a PMP or PRINCE2 certification, more than 10 years of relevant executive project management experience, and at least five years working for a large organization with 5,000 or more employees. Candidates must hold a current, valid federal government Reliability Clearance and operate as an incorporated business entity.

Listed skills

• Project management · Preferred
• Agile · Preferred
• Product management · Preferred
• Stakeholder Management · Preferred
• Risk Management · Preferred
• Change Management · Preferred
• Quality assurance · Preferred
• Cross-Functional Collaboration · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Executive Project Management
• Project Management
• Agile
• Service Modernization
• Digital Transformation
• Product Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Risk Management
• Resource Allocation
• Change Management
• Budget Management
• Quality Assurance
• User Research
• Service Design
• Performance Measurement
• Cross-Functional Collaboration

Job areas

• Management & Leadership
• Technology
• Government & Public Sector
• Transportation
• Consulting

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