Position Overview
The University of Ottawa is hiring a Product Manager, IT Security in IT Services and Infrastructure.
The position manages strategic IT initiatives, application solutions, business process design, project delivery, and application support.
Employment Details
- The position is a regular employee role with one opening and an expected schedule of 35 hours per week.
- The role reports to the Senior Manager, IT Security.
Core Responsibilities
- Manage initiatives supporting designated faculties or services and communicate with technical and non-technical university staff.
- Provide leadership and guidelines for application-solution implementation and support operational applications.
- Identify data sources and business rules and design conceptual and logical data models for the data warehouse environment.
- Select and implement technologies and tools for new releases and contribute to application design, testing, and improvement.
- Evaluate IT solution approaches, develop project proposals, document risks and mitigation strategies, and manage licensing and vendors.
- Design solutions using business process analysis, business process re-engineering, and workflow analysis.
- Organize, lead, and supervise interdisciplinary project teams and ensure appropriate staffing, controls, reporting, and risk management.
- Implement change-management and communication strategies, maintain application support services, and address client concerns.
Required Qualifications
- A university degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a related field is required.
- At least five years of project planning, risk analysis, and project management experience in a complex and diverse IT environment is required.
- Experience with project management methodologies and multi-year cross-functional systems projects is required.
- Experience creating estimates, workflow and information-flow maps, risk analyses, and mitigation strategies is required.
- Knowledge of the University’s IT policies, procedures, and guidelines is required.
- The role requires negotiation, influence, advanced interpersonal communication, independent work, deadline management, and awareness of emerging technologies.
- French and English proficiency, spoken and written, is required.
Preferred Security Experience
- Information security project experience, information security best practices, security awareness programs, and information security systems knowledge are advantageous.
Compensation
- The posted salary range is CAD 107,503.00 to CAD 134,379.00.
- The source does not specify a salary payment cadence.
About Information Technology
The university describes its IT environment as collaborative and focused on technology investments that support students, faculty, researchers, and staff.
The department supports a diverse range of platforms, products, and services in higher education.
