Project Manager

Visionpool Business Services is hiring a REMOTE PROJECT MANAGER. This opportunity is considered REMOTE with occasional onsite work in Victoria, British Columbia.

Qualifications:

• Degree in Information Technology, Sciences, Engineering or other technology related field

• Demonstrated IT –related project experience

• knowledge and use of the systems development life-cycle.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience within the last seven (7) years as a Project Manager in one or more of the following knowledge areas : - Project Integration Management - Project Scope Management - Project Time Management - Project Cost Management - Project Quality Management - Project Human Resource Management - Project Communications Management - Project Risk Management - Project Procurement Management

• PMI – Project Management Professional (PMP®) designation

• Ability to make effective use of technology (e.g. special product knowledge such as Microsoft Project

• Must be able to provide project examples that clearly demonstrate experience on at least three (3) projects of eight (8) months or longer duration, which includes strong communication skills to lead stakeholders from multiple groups with diverse interests to consensus on project scope, objectives and responsibilities

• Must be able to provide project examples that clearly demonstrate three (3) or more years in managing multi-disciplinary teams (e.g. core business staff, professional employees, middle managers and other private sector contractors) and developing feasibility studies, business cases, and treasury board submissions

• Must be able to provide project examples that clearly demonstrate experience in preparing project charters, master project plans, providing risk analysis and risk management, and coordinating Ministry resources and contractors to achieve project objectives

• Must be able to provide project examples that clearly demonstrate experience in managing change requests/budget requests including: - cost estimates; - schedules; - resources required to deliver integrated solutions; - deliverables; - inter-dependencies on other tasks/sub-projects/projects

• Must be able to provide project examples that clearly demonstrate a track record of successfully delivering medium complexity projects (less than $5M in value, greater than six (6) months in duration and at least five (5) people reporting to the Project Manager) preferably in a public sector environment

• Demonstrated expertise on projects with the following characteristics: a) medium complexity and/or sensitivity (usually small to medium scope in a fairly static business environment with limited need for scope adjustment); b) multiple stakeholders (typically involving interaction with a cross discipline team represented by several interested parties) such as: - government (e.g. a provincial government), - broader public sector (e.g. a crown corporation, municipality or agency), and c) routine timelines and budgets generally not exceeding $5 million and usually under one (1) year in duration; and d) impacts may be to all of government, broader public sector, private sector and to large components of citizenry.