Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

Position Description
CGI is seeking a Project Manager to lead project planning, execution, coordination, and delivery using established Project Management Office (PMO) methodologies and best practices.

In this role, you will develop project plans aligned with stakeholder and sponsor needs, establish clear outcomes, service level agreements, performance metrics, and schedules, and ensure successful project delivery.

You will coordinate project teams, define individual responsibilities, manage competing priorities, and provide ongoing direction throughout the project lifecycle. The role involves managing a large project or several smaller projects while maintaining accountability for scope, timelines, deliverables, and stakeholder communication.

Your future duties and responsibilities
• Lead project teams, promote engagement, assign responsibilities, and ensure accountability for project deliverables and outcomes.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, schedules, objectives, service level agreements, and performance metrics aligned with stakeholder and sponsor requirements.
• Oversee project execution, coordinate team activities, monitor progress, and ensure completion within established timelines.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for project issues, conflicts, and barriers, facilitating timely resolution.
• Manage project scope and requirements changes, competing demands, and shifting priorities while assessing and communicating impacts on budgets, schedules, and risks using fact-based metrics and assumptions.
• Provide consulting and guidance on project initiatives, including business case preparation, alternative approaches, and problem resolution.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve project delivery methods, promote innovation, and apply project management best practices.
• Monitor and analyze project performance metrics, identify trends, and support informed decision-making.
• Prepare monthly Project Status Reports, communicate project progress, and escalate critical issues to stakeholders, sponsors, and senior management.
• Oversee project closure activities, including client satisfaction surveys, closure analysis, and documentation of project outcomes.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role
• Bachelor's degree.
• Minimum 10 years of experience managing small to medium-sized projects.
• Demonstrated experience applying project management methodologies, frameworks, and best practices.
• Experience developing and managing project plans, schedules, deliverables, and individual deadlines.
• Knowledge of project performance metrics, including data collection, reporting, trend analysis, and metric development.
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with project teams, stakeholders, sponsors, and senior management.
• Ability to identify project issues, perform basic root cause analysis, evaluate potential solutions, and select appropriate alternatives.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, Microsoft Project, and/or Visio.
• Strong organizational, time management, customer service, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to apply conceptual and analytical thinking, creative problem-solving, and attention to detail while managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Assets
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

This role is hybrid and requires you to be in the office 4 days per week.

Compensation

CGI is providing a reasonable estimate of the pay range for this role. The determination of this range includes factors such as skill set level, geographic market, experience and training, and licenses and certifications. Compensation decisions depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $70,000 –$140,000. This role is an existing vacancy.

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