Senior Consulting Project Manager

Senior Consulting Project Manager
Director of Delivery
Victoria, BC
Reference # ZC20080602

Cliff Tang, Principal
Zealots Consulting Inc. Executive Search
IT Recruitment Consulting & Leadership Development
"Part of Your Team"
1199 Lynn Valley Road, PO Box 16133, North Vancouver, BC V7J 3S9
604-727-3141 (phone)
604-988-3152 (fax)
e-mail: clifftang@zealotsconsulting.com
web: www.zealotsconsulting.com

Client Background and Primary Accountabilities:

Our client is a successful and profitable 120+ person provider of IT professional consulting services and customized software solutions to public entities in Canada and the US. Key clients include the Province of British Columbia, the Province of Alberta and numerous others.

Its corporate headquarters are in Victoria BC with additional offices in Vancouver and Edmonton. Our client’s five-year plan calls for strategic growth, creating the opportunity for a qualified senior project manager to join the team of 100+ professionals in the Victoria Office. Projects range in focus from: high level business analysis services, software consulting/development and technical project delivery.

The successful candidate will have primary accountabilities managing multiple projects that will include custom application development, enterprise content management and business intelligence solutions.

She/he will have 8+ years experience managing enterprise level IT projects over 3 million dollars with teams ranging from 5 – 25 business and technical staff. Ideally this professional will have worked and led a group of 7+ project managers and holds a professional project management (PMP) designation.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Business or Equivalent.
• PMP (mandatory) and/or CMC (optional) designation.
• Direct experience in the consulting and/or custom software development industries managing large scale application development projects.
• Experience with the provisioning of technology services to the Government of British Columbia.
• Both a high-level and technical familiarity with current key software development principals and technical environments.
• Desire to work in a highly entrepreneurial environment, while guiding the team of talented project managers through a significant stage of project management growth, standardization, team development, and growth.
• Shows willingness and enthusiasm to operate/live in Victoria, BC with travel to company facilities in Vancouver and Edmonton as required.
• Strong understanding of broader British Columbia business trends.
• Proven ability to build key relationships with all project stakeholders and external alliances as well as to develop new business.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:

Highly Desired Qualifications:

• Proven success in leading a team of project management professionals.
• Significant experience in a management role with profit responsibility