IT Project Manager - Part-time Contract (6 months)

About Canadian Bank Note Company

Canadian Bank Note Company (CBN) is a recognized leader providing secure document and enterprise system solutions in areas such as border security, civil identity, driver license and vehicle information, excise control, currency, lotteries, and charitable gaming. The organization values long-term employee relationships, underpinned by its Corporate Philosophy and seven Core Principles, offering competitive benefits including health, medical, life insurance, and a defined contribution pension plan with company matching.

Position Overview

This contract role as an IT Project Manager is based in Ottawa, Ontario, with hybrid work arrangements. The position is part-time, approximately three days per week, and lasts for six months. The Project Manager will lead the planning and initiation of complex IT projects by establishing project plans, governance frameworks, business cases, and stakeholder engagement strategies aligned with organizational goals and investment priorities. The role ensures projects are well-defined, approved, and prepared for design, procurement, and implementation stages.

Key Responsibilities

• Create and maintain detailed project plans outlining scope, schedules, milestones, resource needs, dependencies, assumptions, constraints, and critical paths.
• Articulate project objectives, deliverables, success criteria, and expected results ensuring alignment with corporate priorities.
• Coordinate planning efforts among internal teams, stakeholders, consultants, vendors, and business partners.
• Promote cross-functional collaboration for identifying and validating requirements, assumptions, dependencies, and resource allocations.
• Assist in developing business cases, cost projections, funding applications, and documentation for project approvals.
• Develop and oversee project governance frameworks, including charters, structure, authority levels, reporting, and stage-gate reviews.
• Facilitate governance meetings, steering committees, workshops, and engagement sessions with stakeholders.
• Manage communication and stakeholder engagement to ensure transparency, alignment, and informed decision-making.
• Prepare and present project status updates, risk analyses, and recommendations to management and governance boards.
• Support investment decisions and strategic planning through thorough recommendations and analysis.
• Identify, evaluate, and mitigate risks, issues, assumptions, constraints, and dependencies throughout the project lifecycle.
• Monitor project progress relative to approved plans and proactively manage risks, issues, and schedule impacts.
• Assess and manage change requests considering their effects on scope, timeline, budget, resources, risks, and objectives.
• Maintain comprehensive project documentation including plans, risk and issue logs, communication plans, and status reports.
• Coordinate contributions from consultants and vendors related to planning, assessments, design, and business case development.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies, governance standards, and project management best practices.

Qualifications

• Legal eligibility to work in Canada.
• Fluent proficiency in English (speaking, reading, writing).
• Possess a valid Government of Canada Reliability (Level I) security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or equivalent education combined with relevant experience.
• Strong knowledge of IT systems including infrastructure and applications as well as supporting technologies and methodologies.
• Expertise in project planning, scheduling, resource allocation, risk management, and budgeting.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office 365, Project, and Jira.
• A minimum of eight years managing complex, large-scale IT projects.
• Critical thinking and interpersonal skills with adaptability to changing environments.
• Preferred certifications include PMP, PRINCE2, Agile Certified Practitioner, Certified Scrum Master, ITIL.
• Experience with IT projects in both private and public sectors and solid business acumen are advantageous.

Additional Information

The organization is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusiveness, promoting applications from women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, and LGBTQ2+ communities. Accessibility accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process upon request. Use of artificial intelligence tools may be employed during recruitment phases to assist with tasks such as resume screening and interview scheduling, with all AI-assisted decisions overseen by humans to ensure fairness and compliance with relevant legislation.