About the role
HM Note: This hybrid contract role is in office at the manager's discretion. Candidate resumes must include first and last name, email and telephone contact information.
Description
Responsibilities:
- Provides project management on large scale, complex, high profile and high risk projects for OPS I&IT initiatives.
- Ensures project deliverables meet clients' business requirements on time, scope and budget
- Provide both Business and IT Project Leadership/Management as required
- Support Shared Utility Service (SUS) in all strategic planning associated with the project and its impact on the partner Ministry Stakeholders, political environment, technical support environment, etc. This includes assisting in preparing communications, conducting presentations, providing analysis and consulting advice.
- Define, plan, and monitor Cloud Acceleration and API Marketplace initiative and multiple sub-projects under these initiative including multiple infrastructure and application sub-projects
- Oversee systems integration within the SUS Platform and with the external partners
- Assist / Facilitate / Responsible for development of Integrated Project Plan
- Ensure that all required activities have been identified and assigned to sub project leads including new initiatives or changes to the initiatives, processes, procedures, or functions
- Obtain required sign off on all major project-related milestones
- Manage business and IT project-related risks
- Identify and rectify project schedule slippages, and/or adjust project plan with stakeholders and partners
- Monitor project and program timelines and deliverables, and communicate the status to designated management / stakeholders on a regular basis
- Resolution of escalated project / Program related issues
- Monitor the development of architecture deliverables
Skills
Experience and Skill Set Requirements
1. Technology Leadership 25%
1.1. 10+ years experience in technology project management, at least 5+ years must include projects that required large technology procurements.
1.2. Demonstrated experience gathering and developing requirements in order to create and maintain project schedules and integrated plans.
1.3. Demonstrated experience using the agile / scrum framework to promote best practices and awareness to the project team, clients and/or stakeholders in order to ensure success.
1.4. Demonstrated experience scheduling and facilitating agile / scrum events including but not limited to backlog management, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
1.5. Demonstrated experience with identifying and defining architectural requirements.
1.6. Demonstrated experience with change management.
1.7. Demonstrated experience identifying risks and providing proper mitigation strategies.
1.8. Demonstrated experience managing the implementation of application, infrastructure or migration activities.
1.9. Experience with Change Management and Release Management as processes supporting the implementation of large enterprise applications.
1.10. Experience with ITIL processes such as Service Level Management, Problem Management, Change Management, Release Management, and Capacity Management.
- Technology Experience 25%
2.1. Demonstrated experience with the design of new enterprise and application layers
2.2. Ability to define, identify and describe information architectural requirements with clients
2.3. Demonstrated experience with common, consistent, shareable, re-usable and extensible data structures
2.4. Knowledge of application and infrastructure design
2.5. 5+ years of experience with quality control and assurance methodologies and practices as applied to the implementation of large applications
2.6 Experience managing enterprise solutions with technologies that include IBM Portal, WebSphere, DataPower, OpenShift, Cloud Automation Manager, Ansible and Oracle Database.
2.7 Experience managing enterprise solutions with application Software such as Urban Code, Velocity, Cognos, Informatica and IBM APIC
- Vendor Management Experience 25%
3.1. Demonstrated experience managing large procurements, i.e. procurements resulting in multi-year contract durations and total values over $2M
3.2. Demonstrated experience with the full lifecycle of public procurements, including requirements development, Request for Bids (RFB) development, publishing, evaluation, contract award and vendor onboarding.
3.3. Demonstrated experience working with and managing external vendor relationships.
3.4. Demonstrated experience drafting SOW, Work orders and contract negotiations.
3.5. Demonstrated vendor management experience in OPS / government setting, understanding of Procurement practices
4. Stakeholder Management 25%
4.1. Demonstrated experience effectively communicating with teams, clients, various stakeholders and senior Management.
4.2. Demonstrated experience reporting on progress of deliverables, milestones, issues and risks to various audiences, including steering committees and formal status reporting.
4.3. Demonstrated experience preparing documentation such as Presentations, other technical documentation/deliverables (i.e. technical strategy document, option analysis) etc.
4.4. Experience providing updates and advice to senior management.
4.5. Experience presenting to executive steering committees responsible for project oversight and decision-making.
Must Have:
- Experience working with the delivery of complex Cloud technology projects
- Experience managing enterprise solutions with technologies that include IBM Portal, WebSphere, DataPower, OpenShift, Cloud Automation Manager, Ansible and Oracle Database.
- 10+ years experience in technology project management, at least 5+ years must include projects that required large technology procurements.
- Demonstrated experience using the agile / scrum framework to promote best practices and awareness to the project team, clients and/or stakeholders.
- IT Service Management experience with ITIL Foundations certification
About Foilcon
At Foilcon, we are focused on delivering results to our clients. To be their go to partner for technical services, application developement, integration and training. This leads us to our goals of being a great partner and being the good guys.
With our global resources, we bring the rest of the world within reach to our customers.
Our nimble, experienced team moves from ideas to execution rapidly.
Our motto..There is always a way
About the role
HM Note: This hybrid contract role is in office at the manager's discretion. Candidate resumes must include first and last name, email and telephone contact information.
Description
Responsibilities:
- Provides project management on large scale, complex, high profile and high risk projects for OPS I&IT initiatives.
- Ensures project deliverables meet clients' business requirements on time, scope and budget
- Provide both Business and IT Project Leadership/Management as required
- Support Shared Utility Service (SUS) in all strategic planning associated with the project and its impact on the partner Ministry Stakeholders, political environment, technical support environment, etc. This includes assisting in preparing communications, conducting presentations, providing analysis and consulting advice.
- Define, plan, and monitor Cloud Acceleration and API Marketplace initiative and multiple sub-projects under these initiative including multiple infrastructure and application sub-projects
- Oversee systems integration within the SUS Platform and with the external partners
- Assist / Facilitate / Responsible for development of Integrated Project Plan
- Ensure that all required activities have been identified and assigned to sub project leads including new initiatives or changes to the initiatives, processes, procedures, or functions
- Obtain required sign off on all major project-related milestones
- Manage business and IT project-related risks
- Identify and rectify project schedule slippages, and/or adjust project plan with stakeholders and partners
- Monitor project and program timelines and deliverables, and communicate the status to designated management / stakeholders on a regular basis
- Resolution of escalated project / Program related issues
- Monitor the development of architecture deliverables
Skills
Experience and Skill Set Requirements
1. Technology Leadership 25%
1.1. 10+ years experience in technology project management, at least 5+ years must include projects that required large technology procurements.
1.2. Demonstrated experience gathering and developing requirements in order to create and maintain project schedules and integrated plans.
1.3. Demonstrated experience using the agile / scrum framework to promote best practices and awareness to the project team, clients and/or stakeholders in order to ensure success.
1.4. Demonstrated experience scheduling and facilitating agile / scrum events including but not limited to backlog management, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
1.5. Demonstrated experience with identifying and defining architectural requirements.
1.6. Demonstrated experience with change management.
1.7. Demonstrated experience identifying risks and providing proper mitigation strategies.
1.8. Demonstrated experience managing the implementation of application, infrastructure or migration activities.
1.9. Experience with Change Management and Release Management as processes supporting the implementation of large enterprise applications.
1.10. Experience with ITIL processes such as Service Level Management, Problem Management, Change Management, Release Management, and Capacity Management.
- Technology Experience 25%
2.1. Demonstrated experience with the design of new enterprise and application layers
2.2. Ability to define, identify and describe information architectural requirements with clients
2.3. Demonstrated experience with common, consistent, shareable, re-usable and extensible data structures
2.4. Knowledge of application and infrastructure design
2.5. 5+ years of experience with quality control and assurance methodologies and practices as applied to the implementation of large applications
2.6 Experience managing enterprise solutions with technologies that include IBM Portal, WebSphere, DataPower, OpenShift, Cloud Automation Manager, Ansible and Oracle Database.
2.7 Experience managing enterprise solutions with application Software such as Urban Code, Velocity, Cognos, Informatica and IBM APIC
- Vendor Management Experience 25%
3.1. Demonstrated experience managing large procurements, i.e. procurements resulting in multi-year contract durations and total values over $2M
3.2. Demonstrated experience with the full lifecycle of public procurements, including requirements development, Request for Bids (RFB) development, publishing, evaluation, contract award and vendor onboarding.
3.3. Demonstrated experience working with and managing external vendor relationships.
3.4. Demonstrated experience drafting SOW, Work orders and contract negotiations.
3.5. Demonstrated vendor management experience in OPS / government setting, understanding of Procurement practices
4. Stakeholder Management 25%
4.1. Demonstrated experience effectively communicating with teams, clients, various stakeholders and senior Management.
4.2. Demonstrated experience reporting on progress of deliverables, milestones, issues and risks to various audiences, including steering committees and formal status reporting.
4.3. Demonstrated experience preparing documentation such as Presentations, other technical documentation/deliverables (i.e. technical strategy document, option analysis) etc.
4.4. Experience providing updates and advice to senior management.
4.5. Experience presenting to executive steering committees responsible for project oversight and decision-making.
Must Have:
- Experience working with the delivery of complex Cloud technology projects
- Experience managing enterprise solutions with technologies that include IBM Portal, WebSphere, DataPower, OpenShift, Cloud Automation Manager, Ansible and Oracle Database.
- 10+ years experience in technology project management, at least 5+ years must include projects that required large technology procurements.
- Demonstrated experience using the agile / scrum framework to promote best practices and awareness to the project team, clients and/or stakeholders.
- IT Service Management experience with ITIL Foundations certification
About Foilcon
At Foilcon, we are focused on delivering results to our clients. To be their go to partner for technical services, application developement, integration and training. This leads us to our goals of being a great partner and being the good guys.
With our global resources, we bring the rest of the world within reach to our customers.
Our nimble, experienced team moves from ideas to execution rapidly.
Our motto..There is always a way