IT Project and Program Manager

You plan, lead, and control, in collaboration with the project and program team, all project activities in technology. You lead large-scale and strategic projects (from $1 million to > $5 million) related to one or more services to the City.

You identify and analyze user needs, develop a project plan, mobilize stakeholders, and manage the schedule, risk assessment, and budgets allocated to technological aspects. You support business solution delivery groups and various divisions as well as other centers of expertise in the execution of large-scale projects.

And more specifically:

• Ensures integrated management of IT projects and programs under their responsibility and ensures they meet the required quality, allocated budget, and timeline for the completion of each stage.
• Manages and develops a project charter, an integrated project plan, a resource plan, a risk and contingency management plan, as well as other artifacts related to IT project/program management.
• Participates in the management of human, material, and technical resources related to the IT project/program and ensures supplier management and contract administration while ensuring compliance with contractual agreements.
• Ensures the application of the project and program methodology framework including continuous improvement and integration of new practices.

• Hold a bachelor's degree in business administration, project management, software engineering, or computer science;
• Have six (6) years of relevant experience in budget management, portfolio management, project management, and IT governance;
• Know the IT project delivery cycles.

Choosing the City of Laval means working for the third largest city in Quebec on diverse and stimulating mandates. It also means having the opportunity to grow within a human, committed team that enjoys working with pleasure.

For this position, we offer competitive working conditions and benefits:

• 3 weeks of annual vacation (pro-rated for months worked in the first year);
• 16.5 public holidays per year including several days off during the holiday season;
• 3 weeks of paid sick days at the beginning of the year;
• Comprehensive group insurance package;
• Defined benefit pension plan;
• Work schedule allowing for work-life balance;
• Work location easily accessible with free parking;
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP);
• Possibility to accumulate overtime;
• Reimbursement of professional dues;
• Priority access to a daycare CPE.