Program Manager – Senior – RECRUITED – CAN

Job title: Program Manager – Senior – RECRUITED – CAN

Company: Randstad


Job description: Are you a Senior Program Manager looking for a new opportunity?
Are you looking for a new contract opportunity?We are pleased to offer you a new contract opportunity for you to consider: Senior Program Manager-Start: ASAP
-Estimated length: 12 months
-Location: Toronto
-Onsite roleActively seeking for candidates with below requirements.Advantages
You will have an opportunity to work with a leading employer in the local market.Responsibilities

• Ensure program momentum by owning, driving, and championing through quality execution, clear decision making, and providing visibility on progress and gaps
• Produce and manage program roadmap & milestones, status reports, steering decks, resource plan and budget
• Oversee the deliverables of agile work streams to coordinate and communicate scope, approach, goals, synchronization of milestones, interdependences, governance, and overarching change management
• Develop team rapport and client relationships by providing excellent communication and successful program execution and delivery
• Quickly earn the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders, mobilize, motivate and lead teams and set direction and approach
• Communicate findings and recommendations succinctly in a logical and coherent storyline that facilitates productive program discussions and decision making
• Anticipate threats to team progress and proactively engage stakeholders and leadership to address issues, prioritize projects, and achieve objectives
• As program scope and requirements will continue to evolve during execution, your ability to successfully manage changes, risks, issues and actions is critical to success
• Your teams and clients may be located across multi-site and time zones, so you will need to be flexible and adaptable in managing these needs

Qualifications

• 8+ years overall experience in IT project management/delivery, scrum master and agile (Scaled Agile) experience
• 2 – 3+ years program delivery experience with complex IT initiatives
• 2+ years experience managing global teams
• Experience in DevOps and Agile Toolset (JIRA, Confluence)
• Experience in Agile framework and principles (including Kanban and Scrum) and Agile At Scale
• Experience managing large complex IT initiatives and programs with budgets of $1-5M+
• Proven experience leading and managing cross-functional agile teams
• Ability to make sound decisions in a timely manner, leveraging data and engaging others from the start
• Adept at stakeholder engagement, political consensus-building, and conflict resolution
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize a wide range of tasks
• Proven effective relationship building skills with demonstrated ability to influence others (including mangers, directors, and senior leadership) successfully
• Excellent ability to communicate at all levels with clarity and precision (verbal & written)
• Understanding of web architecture, user experience, and web design principles – i.e Digital Web and Marketing technologies, front-end development, Web Accessibility, SEO, Search, Website Analytics
• Experience managing large program budgets and vendor costs

Preferred skills:

• Bachelor’s degree or similar education
• PMP, Program Mgmt Certification or similar
• Certified Scrum Master, SAFe certification or similar
• Experience in Agile Toolset (JIRA, Confluence) and time-tracking systems (Planview)
• Excellent problem solving and resolution, influencing, negotiation, and presentation skills
• Ability to manage multiple program workstreams (multiple agile scrum teams) simultaneously while maintaining quality and meeting stakeholder and business expectations
• Motivated individual capable of owning and driving assignments
• Financial Services Sector experience is beneficial, but not required.

Summary
Do you have this experience? If you answer YES, then please apply IMMEDIATELY to so we can then discuss your experience and interest in this opportunity!Randstad Technologies GroupCanada’s largest provider of IT Staffing Solutions, offering hundreds of permanent and contract opportunities across all roles, levels and platforms. Our Web-based tools help you see and apply for jobs matched automatically to your skills and preferences. When you’re ready to interview we meet with you in person to help you build the technology career path you’ve always wanted. Visit www.randstad.ca to get started!Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada’s workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.

Expected salary:

Location: Toronto, ON

Job date: Sat, 16 Nov 2024 07:07:16 GMT

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