senior agile project manager.

Are you a Senior PMP-certified Project Manager with several years of enterprise delivery experience? Do you excel at clearing impediments for cross-functional Agile teams while aligning delivery roadmaps with executive strategic goals? Are You Ready to Lead High-Visibility Public Sector Digital Transformations? If so, we may have your next contract

Our team is seeking a Senior Agile Project Manager to drive large-scale, strategic IM/IT transformation initiatives for a major federal organization in Ottawa. In this role, you will bridge the gap between executive strategy and tactical execution, leading multidisciplinary Agile delivery teams (developers, architects, business analysts, and vendors) through all phases of the project lifecycle. You will balance Agile delivery flexibility with public sector governance, policy, and security standards. Apply today!

Advantages
C-Suite Exposure
Hybrid Contract (Ottawa Site Location)
Multi-year project (3 year contract to start)
Central Transformation Scope: Lead high-profile digital modernization efforts that shape future-state operating models, business capabilities, and service delivery across central government infrastructure.

Responsibilities
- Agile Team Leadership: Enable cross-functional delivery teams to meet Sprint and release commitments by removing impediments, facilitating collaboration, and supporting self-organizing ways of working.
- Roadmap & Backlog Translation: Work with stakeholders to translate business strategy and problems into actionable epics, features, user stories, and release roadmaps.
- Executive Governance & Reporting: Prepare decision-ready presentation decks for CIO project reviews, Executive Steering Committees, and Project Review working groups.
- Project Artifact Management: Develop and maintain essential project management artifacts, including Project Charters, Project Management Plans, Statements of Sensitivity, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), and schedules in MS Project or Jira.
- Risk & Dependency Coordination: Monitor and manage interdependencies across IT security partners, architecture teams, external vendors, and partner departments.

Qualifications
- Active Secret-level Security Clearance - validated by Canadian Government.
- Project Management Experience: Minimum of 10+ years of professional experience within the last 15 years as a Project Manager leading cross-functional teams, managing budgets/schedules, and delivering executive progress reporting.
- PMP Certification: Valid, active Project Management Professional (PMP) credential.
- Agile Execution: Proven track record delivering software or IM/IT initiatives using Agile methodologies (Sprint planning, Kanban, Jira, release roadmaps).
- Direct experience leading PM initiatives within the Canadian Federal Government.
- Familiarity with enterprise tools such as Jira, ServiceNow, and MS Project.
- Oral and written bilingualism in English and French in an Asset.

Summary
If you meet the above-listed criteria, register for a Randstad account online if you have not yet registered, and please apply directly online. We appreciate all applicants and those interested in this opportunity, however, only those with relevant experience will be considered.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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