Description
We are seeking a highly motivated AVP, IT Delivery Lead to support our team and work towards achieving results within budget, schedule, and scope constraints. As a leader, influencer, and collaborator, you will play a crucial role in delivering large-scale IT programs.
Responsibilities:
- Program & Project Planning: Develop integrated project plans, including scope, timelines, budgets, and resource allocation.
- Team Leadership: Lead project teams, including internal and external partners, to ensure alignment with project goals and objectives.
- Risk Management: Lead initiatives to strengthen risk identification, escalation, mitigation, and control adherence across IT and Operations.
- Partner Engagement: Foster strong relationships with clients, vendors, and team members to improve collaboration and project success.
- Communication: Maintain clear and open communication channels with project partners, providing regular updates and reports.
- Scope Management: Work closely with the business to baseline and monitor project scope and activate change requests as needed.
- Financial Management: Produce cost models, maintain budgets and expenditures, making vital adjustments to stay within budget.
- Quality Assurance: Ensure project results meet quality standards and best practices.
- Governance & Reporting: Maintain project documentation, including project plans, status reports, and other artefacts.
- Multi-Program Delivery: Lead multiple large, complex IT programs concurrently, balancing priorities, scope, and resources to deliver on time and within budget.
- Cross-Program Dependency Management: Identify, track, and manage interdependencies, shared resources, and timelines across programs to reduce conflicts and delivery risk.
- Problem Solving: Identify and resolve project issues and obstacles to keep projects on track.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
- Project management certification (e.g., PMP) is an asset.
- At least 7 years of experience managing projects with large budgets, complex solutions, and multiple-year duration.
- Experience overseeing multiple projects within a program structure.
- Proven track record of leading multiple large-scale IT programs concurrently, delivering on time, within budget, and to agreed scope.
- Experience managing dependencies, shared resources, and competing priorities across a portfolio of enterprise IT initiatives.
- Ability to lead large, multi-disciplinary teams, including vendor and system integrator partners.
- Excellent leadership, communication, management, and interpersonal skills.
- Proficiency in MS Project, Microsoft Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), Teams, and SharePoint.
- Proficiency in JIRA and Confluence.
Benefits:
- Compelling rewards package, including base compensation, eligibility for annual bonus, retirement savings, share plan, health benefits, personal wellness, and volunteer opportunities.
- Outstanding career development opportunities.
- Competitive vacation package with the option to purchase 5 extra days off per year.
- Employee-driven programs focused on diversity and inclusion.
- Corporate wellness programs to support employees' physical and mental health.
- Employee discount on home and auto insurance.
- Hybrid flexible work model.