Position Description: This role is hybrid and requires you to be at our downtown Toronto and/or Client office a minimum 3 days per week – subject to change at any time.The Project Manager is responsible for managing all aspects of assigned projects, from inception to implementation and closure, with a focus on an upcoming data center transformation project. The Project Manager ensures that objectives and goals are met and commitments on budget, quality, scope, and schedule are achieved, following standard project management practices such as those established by the PMI in the PMBOK. The Project Manager is also responsible for ensuring that the efforts of various internal functional areas and external service providers and customers are integrated in the best interest of the project by promoting and enforcing the Client’s Project Management methodology. The Project Manager facilitates communication with all stakeholders efficiently and effectively. The Project Manager directs, manages, and coordinates team members including technology resources, user groups, internal and external consultants, contractors, and vendors.Your future duties and responsibilities:Direct complex projects often involving multiple internal and external constituents and matrix partners.Work with people managers across T&O to ensure projects are staffed with the right people.Directly manage all aspects of the project lifecycle and work with corporate and IT partners to oversee all phases of the project, and to ensure that related processes are completed as required (including change management, process management, transition to business/operations, system development, quality management, etc.).Build and sustain day-to-day relationships and communications (including project briefings) with stakeholders at various levels of the organization. Sustain and manage the relationship with the Project Sponsor throughout the duration of the project by providing sound advice, counsel and support.Ensure end results are of the highest caliber with a quantifiable benefit.Ensure the mechanisms of change management (plans, processes, tools) are in place and effectively executed.Ensure project issues and risks are identified, quantified, managed and tracked. Use past experience to proactively anticipate risk and develop appropriate mitigation strategies and plans.Ensure risks, assumptions and constraints are appropriately communicated and escalated when necessary.Rigorously manage scope to ensure commitments are achieved within agreed upon time, cost, and quality parameters.Manage and validate financial forecasts and provide on‑going reconciliation of resources and other related project expenditures.Define and track project milestones while developing, maintaining, and reporting on a detailed overall integrated delivery schedule.Develop project artifacts including charter, detailed schedule, resource plan, contingency plan, and other related PM artifacts, while complying with applicable Client PMO standards.Monitor and control the project. Propose recommendations and adjustments to the Project Sponsor and PMO Lead and publish project status reports.Provide the Project Sponsor and PMO Lead with continued insight into the viability of the business case (e.g., costs, benefits, KPIs) as the project progresses.Provide leadership, motivation, coaching, and mentoring for project team members to obtain a high level of cooperation and contribution from all project members.Chair regular core team and key governance forums (e.g., Project Steering Committees) to review progress with key stakeholders.Represent the interests of the project, program or PMO in various governance and inter‑department forums.Negotiate complex contracts with external vendors (in consultation with the PMO Lead and Project Sponsor) to ensure receipt of specific resources and materials, as well as best value for the organization.Ensure day‑to‑day vendor relationship management occurs (including monitoring performance, reviewing and approving vendor invoices).Contribute to improving best practices of the project management community within the organization to help drive consistency, transparency and execution excellence on projects.Required qualifications to be successful in this role:Possesses advanced knowledge and 5+ years of experience in project management.Demonstrated experience leading infrastructure‑related projects using iterative Waterfall / Agile methodologies.Holding a valid PMP designation from the Project Management Institute (PMI) is an asset.Holding a valid agile certification (e.g., Scrum Master) is an asset.Thorough knowledge of project management methodologies and techniques (e.g., PMI, PMBOK).Knowledge and experience with the following technologies is an asset: cloud infrastructure knowledge (deep understanding of Azure IaaS, PaaS, networking, storage, security); virtualization & migration experience with Nutanix, UCS, Azure Migrate; hybrid cloud architecture ability; networking & security familiarity with VPNs, firewalls, NSGs, identity management, encryption.Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and ability to manage impacts of infrastructure change with in‑flight application changes.Sound technical acumen, with demonstrated agility in learning and ability to quickly become comfortable with unfamiliar technologies.Excellent relationship management and consulting skills that enable earning the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders, mobilizing and motivating teams, setting direction and approach, resolving conflict, and executing with limited information and ambiguity.Excellent vendor management, stakeholder management and influencing skills.Excellent risk management skills.Ability to navigate a matrix organization effectively.Solid presentation, written and verbal communication skills which bring clarity and precision at various decision‑making meetings.Solid problem‑solving and critical‑thinking skills.Skills:Conflict ResolutionFirewallsLeadershipNegotiationPortfolio ManagementProject ManagementWaterfall ModelFinancial ServicesLegal Disclaimer At CGI, we value the strength that diversity brings and are committed to fostering a workplace where everyone belongs. 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