My client is currently seeking an IT Manager, Team Lead to join their team full time.  This is a great opportunity with one of the major Banks located in the Mississauga area.

• Key accountabilities include:
• Lead project teams to design, develop, and deploy quality solutions that meet client requirements and project objectives.
• Work with business and technology partners to identify, schedule and prioritize project activities to ensure the delivery of project solutions within budget constraints
• Conduct cost estimates for integrated projects
• Creation of detailed project plans and PMLC documents
• Detailed project planning, execution, tracking, reporting, and cost / risk management
• Assist with research and design for highly complex requirements or issues
• Responsible for proactively communicating resourcing requirements for development projects, highlighting issues, and recommending alternate courses of action
• Develop, implement and improve solutions/processes that maximize system availability and efficiency, and minimize production issues
• Collaboration with management team to manage the overall project portfolio
• Manage project financials relating to project budgets
• Collaborate with Business, other partners and external vendors
• Support a healthy work environment that promotes excellence in customer service, quality, innovative thinking and strong teamwork
• Opportunity for people management depending on applicant skills and career goals
  
  Job Requirements
• Strong project management skills and demonstrated experience.
• Experience in Project Management Lifecycle (PMLC) and System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) processes.
• Proficient in the use of the Microsoft Project and PMO process standards, e.g. IAD logs, meeting minutes, status reporting.
• Strong relationship management skills, ability to effectively interact with varying competencies throughout the bank (technical and non-technical)
• Excellent communications, negotiations, and organizational skills. Able to clearly articulate and deliver messages, both verbally and in writing
• Ability to act autonomously, to recommend, negotiate and improve processes
• Strong listening and influencing skills to foster an open, innovative, responsive, and professional team environment.
• Flexible and able to quickly adapt to changing priorities
• Ability to work on multiple projects with team that may be split between Mississauga and London locations. Some limited travel may be required
• Experience in managing projects in Data Warehousing, Unix environment, SQL, DB2, Cognos, SAS, Ab Initio an asset.
• People management experience an asset (May have up to 5 direct reports)
• Leadership skills: May have to lead upto 10-15 people max (contractors & employees)
• Should have strong Relationship Management, Negotiation and Organizational skills
• Strong SDLC and PMLC skills

Specific Educational Requirements/Accreditations:

• College / University degree
• PMP designation would be an asset