Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited is a global leader in secure document solutions, and they are seeking an IT Project Manager for their North American Service Delivery group. The role involves ensuring the timely and budget-conscious delivery of identification system solutions for state government customers across the United States.
Responsibilities
- Defining Scope: Work with stakeholders to define the project scope, objectives, and deliverables
- Resource Allocation: Determine the resources (time, money, personnel) needed for the project and allocate them accordingly
- Timeline Creation: Develop a detailed project timeline, including milestones and deadlines
- Original Budget Creation: Set-up the original budget for the project for each labour and expense category
- Cost Forecasting: Forecast the costs for each labour and expense category as the project unfolds
- Budget Tracking: Monitor the project’s financial performance, ensuring that spending stays within the approved budget
- Financial Reporting: Prepare financial reports to keep stakeholders informed about the project’s budget status
- Baseline Schedule Creation: Create the Baseline schedule for the project aligned with the initial budget
- Schedule Tracking: Maintain and update the schedule by updating the actual and planned start and end dates of each activity, with a focus to ensure timely delivery
- Milestone reporting: Report schedule progress, based on milestones relative to the baseline
- Regular Updates: Provide regular updates to stakeholders through meetings, emails, and reports
- Feedback Incorporation: Gather feedback from stakeholders and incorporate it into the project plan as needed
- Conflict Resolution: Address any conflicts or issues that arise among stakeholders to keep the project on track
- Risk Identification: Identify potential risks that could impact the project’s success
- Risk Mitigation: Develop strategies to mitigate identified risks, such as contingency plans
- Risk Monitoring: Continuously monitor risks throughout the project and adjust plans as necessary
- Task Delegation: Assign tasks to team members based on their skills and expertise
- Performance Monitoring: Monitor the performance of team members to ensure tasks are completed on time and to the required standard
- Team Support: Provide support and guidance to team members, helping to resolve any issues that arise
- Data Collection: Collect data on project performance, such as task completion rates and quality metrics
- Analysis: Analyze the data to identify trends and areas for improvement
- Reporting: Prepare detailed reports on project progress and present them to stakeholders
- Various other duties and responsibilities
Skills
- Legally eligible to work in the United States
- Fluent in English (speak, read, write)
- Ability to travel approx. 4-12 weeks/year
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology (or similar) or Business or an equivalent combination of relevant education and additional years of work experience
- Knowledge of the following: IT systems (infrastructure/applications and supporting technologies, methodologies, etc.), Project planning, scheduling and resource allocation, Risk management and mitigation, Budgeting and financial management
- Proficiency in Microsoft O365, Project, Jira
- 8+ years of experience managing complex, large scale IT projects
- Critical thinking skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Adaptability
- PMP, PRINCE2, Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP), Certified Scrum Master, ITIL, certifications
- Experience managing IT project in both the private and public sectors
- Business acumen
Benefits
- Health, medical and life insurance benefits
- A 401k plan with company matching
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