IT Project Manager

Position: IT Project Manager

Location: Toronto, ON

Job ID#: RQ11582

Duration: 7 Months

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager / Leader to lead large-scale, complex, high-profile IT initiatives within a public sector environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing project delivery, ensuring business requirements are met while maintaining scope, budget, timelines, compliance, and overall project effectiveness.

Key Responsibilities

Project Management

• Lead

large-scale, complex, high-profile, and high-risk IT projects.

• Ensure

project deliverables meet business requirements on time, within scope, and within budget.

• Maintain

compliance with established project management methodologies and frameworks.

• Develop

and manage detailed project schedules, integrated plans, deliverables, and project scope.

• Monitor,

forecast, and report on project costs to ensure financial objectives are achieved.

• Coordinate

and monitor project processes while developing and communicating project guidelines and procedures.

• Establish

and participate in governance forums, steering committees, and stakeholder meetings.

• Deliver

project, program, and portfolio reporting to senior stakeholders and executives.

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Lead

organizational development initiatives, strategy development, business planning activities, and funding requests.

• Source,

onboard, and manage project resources across multiple disciplines.

• Define

roles, responsibilities, expectations, and deliverables for project team members.

• Resolve

resource-related and interpersonal conflicts.

• Facilitate

knowledge sharing and collaboration across project teams.

• Manage

stakeholder relationships and expectations through effective communication and engagement.

Financial Management

• Develop

and manage complex project budgets involving multiple funding channels and dependencies.

• Ensure

strong fiscal control, accountability, forecasting, reconciliation, and budget governance.

Risk & Change Management

• Identify

project risks and issues proactively and implement mitigation strategies.

• Escalate

and communicate risks and issues to senior decision-makers.

• Lead

change management activities to support successful project implementation and adoption.

• Address

organizational resistance and build stakeholder support throughout project lifecycles.

Project Governance & Best Practices

• Promote

project management standards, methodologies, and best practices.

• Support

quality control and effective utilization of technology resources.

• Stay

informed on emerging technology trends, tools, and methodologies.

• Adapt

project approaches to support evolving business and technology environments.

Required Qualifications

General Skills

• Extensive

experience managing large, complex IT projects.

• Experience

developing project schedules, plans, budgets, and deliverables.

• Strong

project governance, reporting, and stakeholder management capabilities.

• Experience

directing project teams and ensuring timely delivery of project objectives.

• Proven

ability to manage risks, issues, resources, and project dependencies.

• Strong

communication, leadership, facilitation, and organizational skills.

• Ability

to work effectively in dynamic and changing environments.

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge

of Project Management Institute (PMI) standards and PMBOK methodologies.

• Understanding

of Information Management principles, concepts, policies, and practices.

• Knowledge

of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) requirements and standards.

• Experience

evaluating technology resource requirements, including software and hardware.

• Strong

issue resolution, troubleshooting, and conflict management capabilities.

• Ability

to manage client relationships and stakeholder expectations effectively.

Work Arrangement

• 5

days onsite.

About Symbiotic Digital.

Symbiotic Digital provides the IT Experts you need that solve problems and get things done. See what the top 2% in their field can do for you. (Symbiotic Digital is a division of Symbiotic Group Inc.) We serve customers in two ways, we provide:

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