Data Project Manager

Job summary

The Data Project Manager will coordinate and execute research and data management projects, focusing on Indigenous history and cultural research. Responsibilities include managing project schedules, budgets, and resources while ensuring effective communication with stakeholders and team members.

Job details

Position Title: Data Project Manager Employment Type: Contract Location: Ottawa, ON (preferred) Language Requirements: English or Bilingual (English and French) Role Overview: We are looking for a passionate and experienced Data Project Manager to lead and coordinate complex data, imaging, and information management projects across Canada. The Data Project Manager will be responsible for driving projects from initiation through completion, ensuring that data-related deliverables are well planned, appropriately resourced, accurately managed, and delivered on time and within budget. Working collaboratively across functional areas, the Data Project Manager will oversee project schedules, budgets, resources, data requirements, reporting, compliance, and risk management. Key Responsibilities: Data Project Management and Delivery: * Lead the planning and delivery of complex data andimagingprojects, including definingobjectives, scope, milestones, deliverables, timelines, budgets, and resource requirements. * Develop andmaintaindetailed project plans, schedules, task trackers, workflows, and data deliverable plans. * Translate business, client, and stakeholder needs into clear project requirements and data-related deliverables. * Coordinate the collection, management, validation, analysis, reporting, and delivery of project data in collaboration with technical and subject-matter teams. * Establish processes tomonitordata quality, completeness, consistency, accuracy, and timeliness throughout the project lifecycle. * Identifyproject dependencies, risks, issues, and opportunities and coordinateappropriate mitigationand resolution. * Monitor project progress against approved scope, schedule, budget, and quality requirements and escalate significant variances asrequired. * Coordinate approvals, documentation, and project records to ensure information isaccurate, complete, secure, andaudit-ready. * Support project close-out, including final deliverables, lessons learned, documentation, and transition to ongoing operations where applicable. Data Governance, Quality, and Compliance: * Support the development and implementation of data governance, quality assurance, documentation, and information management practices. * Ensure project activities align with applicable privacy, security, data protection, contractual, and organizational requirements. * Establish andmaintainappropriate processesfor data access, documentation, version control, retention, and secure information sharing. * Identifydata quality issues and coordinate with relevant team members to investigate and resolve discrepancies. * Maintain clear documentation of data sources, definitions, processes, assumptions, and requirements to support transparency and continuity. * Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of data standards, processes, and project management practices. Team Coordination: * Provide day-to-day project direction and coordination to remove barriers andmaintainproject momentum. * Coordinate cross-functional teams, including research, data, technical, operational, and subject-matter resources. * Monitor project resourcing and team capacity andidentifyemerging resource requirements. * Support team members in meeting projectobjectives, deliverables, and quality expectations. Stakeholder and Client Engagement: * Serve as a primary project contact for internal and external stakeholders, providing clear andtimelycommunicationregardingproject status, risks, requirements, and deliverables. * Facilitate discussions to understand stakeholder needs and translate them into actionable project and data requirements. * Build effective working relationships with clients, communities, partners, technical teams, and other stakeholders. * Communicate complex data, project, and technical information in a clear and accessible manner to both technical and non-technical audiences. Documentation and Reporting: * Develop andmaintainproject dashboards, status reports, performance metrics, briefings, and other management reporting. * Monitor and communicate key project and data-related performance indicators. * Coordinate the preparation and delivery of data-driven reports, presentations, and other client deliverables. * Ensure project documentation and data records are organized, current, secure, and accessible to authorized stakeholders. * Track contractual, regulatory, reporting, and data deliverable requirements. * Capture lessons learned andidentifyopportunities to improve future data projects and processes. Qualifications: * Bachelor's degree in project management, data management, information management, social sciences, business, or a related field and/or a recognizedData orProject Management certification. * 3–5 years of experience managing complex data, research, technology, or information management projects. * Experience managing projects involving multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and complex data or information requirements. * Eligible for PWGSC security clearance. * Bilingual (English/French) considered an asset. Skills and Abilities: * Strong project planning and delivery skills, including managing schedules, budgets, resources, milestones, deliverables, risks, and competing priorities. * Strong understanding of data lifecycle management, data quality, governance, and information management principles. * Ability to translate business and stakeholder requirements into clear projectobjectives, plans, and data deliverables. * Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skills, with excellent attention to accuracy and quality. * Strong written and verbal communication skills, including preparing reports, dashboards, presentations, and executive briefings. * Ability to build effective relationships and provide leadership and coordination across clients, communities, partners, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams. * Proficiencywith project management, collaboration, reporting, and data-related tools and software. * Ability to work effectively in culturally diverse environments; knowledge of archival research, culturally sensitive research practices, and change management methodologies is an asset. What We Offer * Competitive salary * Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, life insurance, and disability coverage (if eligible) * An enriching opportunity to contribute to impactful research How to Apply: To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter. Only applicants selected for interviews will be contacted. About CDCI Established in 1998, CDCI is Canada’s leading historical research management and litigation support organization, with offices in Ottawa and Vancouver. CDCI takes pride in advancing research that supports Indigenous communities and highlights Canada’s path toward Truth and Reconciliation. Learn more about our work at www.cdci.ca [http://www.cdci.ca/].

What you’ll do

The Data Project Manager will coordinate and execute research and data management projects, focusing on Indigenous history and cultural research. Responsibilities include managing project schedules, budgets, and resources while ensuring effective communication with stakeholders and team members.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in project management, social sciences, or a related field, along with 3-5 years of experience in complex research or data-driven projects. Strong knowledge of Indigenous history, cultural sensitivity practices, and eligibility for security clearance are required.

Benefits

• Medical • Dental • Life insurance • Disability coverage

Listed skills

• Budgeting · Preferred
• Compliance · Preferred
• Risk Management · Preferred
• Documentation · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• Reporting · Preferred
• Team Leadership · Preferred
• Project management · Preferred
• scheduling · Preferred
• data management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Project management
• Data management
• Research coordination
• Budgeting
• Risk management
• Stakeholder engagement
• Indigenous history
• Cultural safety
• Communication
• Team leadership
• Reporting
• Documentation
• Compliance
• Scheduling
• Mentoring
• Report Writing
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Project Schedules
• Accountability
• Litigation Support
• Workflow Management
• Project Management Certification
• Bilingual (French/English)
• Research
• Applied Research
• Archival Research
• Auditing
• Reconciliation
• Dashboard
• Management
• Change Management
• Cultural Safety
• Data Management
• English Language
• Problem Solving
• Risk Management
• Project Management Software
• Project Management
• Milestones (Project Management)
• Organizational Communications
• Quality Assurance
• Resource Allocation
• Social Sciences
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Team Management
• Timelines
• Security Clearance
• Resourcing
• Project Closure
• Cultural Sensitivity

Job areas

• Management & Leadership
• Data & Analytics
• Science & Research
• Social Services
• Government & Public Sector
• Data Project Manager
• Project Manager (General)
• Management and Organization Analysts
• Project Management Specialists