Senior Project Manager – App Mod Program

Job overview

Compensation and term

• The monthly compensation range is CAD 11,397.00 to CAD 17,081.58.
• This is a one-year term position with a stated job end date of November 1, 2027.

Project delivery

• Manage complex enterprise projects across multiple functional areas involving university information systems and business processes.
• Lead project-management, functional, solution-architecture, change-management, and user-experience workstreams.
• Guide system development and deployment, package implementation, scalability, performance, and university-wide systems integration.
• Maintain risk, action, issue, and decision logs.
• Define scope, sequencing, schedules, budgets, and implementation plans with workstream teams and optimize resources.
• Form project teams; define requirements, strategic alignment, charters, plans, budgets, schedules, staffing, and quality objectives.
• Monitor project progress and quality, assess variances, implement corrective changes, and keep management informed.

Procurement and improvement

• Manage procurement with UBC Procurement and Legal Counsel, including procurement documentation, processes, evaluation methods, contracts, service-level agreements, RFIs, and RFPs.
• Oversee project-team deliverables and monitor reliable system and tool performance.
• Conduct post-implementation reviews and improve project methodologies.
• Collaborate with enterprise initiative teams to share practices and resolve cross-program impacts.

Team and stakeholder leadership

• Balance team workload, assign and review work, provide analytical guidance, and remove barriers to project success.
• Ensure team members have appropriate tools and training and provide constructive performance feedback.
• Maintain productive relationships with sponsors, vendors, clients, senior leaders, and university teams.
• Evaluate sponsor and client satisfaction at project completion.
• Coach project managers and maintain current knowledge of IT techniques and tools.

Minimum qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline; a postgraduate degree may be required for specialized positions.
• At least nine years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Technical expertise in a highly specialized area; supervisory experience may be required.
• Commitment to respecting diverse perspectives and developing knowledge and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Preferred qualifications

• PMP designation is an asset.
• Experience preparing RFPs and managing RFIs/RFPs for vendor evaluation, selection, and procurement is preferred.
• Experience in change management, budget development, financial management, and risk management is preferred; supervisory experience is an asset.
• Higher-education project experience and experience with policy or regulatory compliance are assets.
• Technical experience with large-scale IT projects, COTS systems, system development, enterprise architecture, business-process change, data migration, and integration is preferred.
• Ability to work independently, manage projects within allocated resources, facilitate groups, deliver presentations and workshops, and manage competing deadlines.
• Leadership, consulting, consensus-building, conflict-resolution, negotiation, and team-building skills are assets.
• Intermediate knowledge of application development methods and implementation best practices, and understanding of IT industry trends and players.

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