Product Manager, Information Technology

Position overview

Responsibilities

• Identify business and strategic needs and assess the feasibility of proposed IT solutions.
• Develop project proposals, document risks, and define mitigation strategies.
• Manage licensing and provisioning and liaise with vendors.
• Organize, lead, and supervise interdisciplinary project teams and ensure appropriate staffing.
• Maintain project controls and progress reporting and monitor risks and mitigation actions.
• Lead professionals working on systems development, maintenance, and support.
• Advise staff on project management, development methods, design alternatives, and technical options.
• Manage and evaluate employee performance and set objectives when applicable.
• Design solutions to complex business problems using process analysis, re-engineering, and workflow analysis.
• Design conceptual and logical data models for a data warehouse environment.
• Support, maintain, design, test, and improve operational applications and select technologies for new releases.

Qualifications

• University degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field.
• At least five years of project planning, risk analysis, and project management in a complex and diverse IT environment.
• Knowledge of computing principles, application development, relevant business processes, and management systems.
• Knowledge and experience with software development methodologies, tools, techniques, and lifecycle.
• Experience managing multiple cross-functional systems development projects.
• Experience preparing estimates, leading project planning, analyzing risks, and developing mitigation strategies.
• Demonstrated experience with architectural concepts, modeling, and technology selection and implementation.
• Ability to negotiate and influence clients and keep abreast of emerging technologies.
• Spoken and written French-English bilingualism.

Key competencies

• The University identifies planning, initiative, client service orientation, teamwork, and cooperation as required employee competencies.

Compensation

• Listed salary range is CAD 104,333 to CAD 129,723; compensation cadence is not specified.

Schedule

• 35 hours per week.