Expert Program and Project Management
- Quebec, QC, Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
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- Experience
- Minimum 7 years of experience in Information and Technology (Technology) project management
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Job Summary
The role is responsible for the end-to-end planning, execution, and financial management of various IT projects. Working closely with Delivery Managers and cross-functional teams, the project manager maintains tight control over project scope, schedules, budgets, and risk mitigation plans. Rather than simply directing daily technical tasks, this role serves as the central hub for project governance, milestone tracking, and stakeholder communication. Additionally, the position is accountable for providing transparent status reporting to leadership, managing project-level vendor financials, and ensuring deliverables are completed on time and within approved funding constraints.
Main Responsibilities
The role has standard working conditions in an office environment with a regular workweek from Monday to Friday and is eligible to participate in CN's hybrid work model. The role involves managing priorities and delivering work within established timelines, with support from the team to ensure sustainable and effective workload management. The role may require minimal travel (10%) within Canada and the United States (U.S.).
Experience
Project Management
The role is responsible for the end-to-end planning, execution, and financial management of various IT projects. Working closely with Delivery Managers and cross-functional teams, the project manager maintains tight control over project scope, schedules, budgets, and risk mitigation plans. Rather than simply directing daily technical tasks, this role serves as the central hub for project governance, milestone tracking, and stakeholder communication. Additionally, the position is accountable for providing transparent status reporting to leadership, managing project-level vendor financials, and ensuring deliverables are completed on time and within approved funding constraints.
Main Responsibilities
- Coordinate and complete large scale and complex projects
- Understand the needs of the business stakeholders
- Negotiate changes in scope, budget, or schedule with sponsor and steering committee or management
- Facilitate and orchestrate cross-functional project activities
- Report progress to Delivery Managers, head of a unit or the department and steering committee
- Identify resource requirements
- Identify milestones and critical success factors
- Communicate and collaborate with people across the organization including partners, clients, and vendors to get work done
- Ensure project transparency with timely and effective project communications
- Develop and maintain comprehensive risk and issue logs, creating proactive mitigation strategies before escalation is required.
- Lead steering committee with the Delivery Managers and Senior Delivery Managers
- Handle project constrains and assumptions as well as maintain projects Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) throughout the project's lifecycle
- Manage project financials, including monthly forecasting, tracking actuals against budget, and reporting on financial health.
The role has standard working conditions in an office environment with a regular workweek from Monday to Friday and is eligible to participate in CN's hybrid work model. The role involves managing priorities and delivering work within established timelines, with support from the team to ensure sustainable and effective workload management. The role may require minimal travel (10%) within Canada and the United States (U.S.).
Experience
Project Management
- Minimum 7 years of experience in Information and Technology (Technology) project management
- Demonstrated experience with large Technology projects
- Experience with end-to-end delivery of mission-critical technology products and services where downtime is close to zero
- Experience working in the Transportation or Rail industry on Technology projects*
- Candidates with an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience will be considered
- Any requirement marked with (*) will be considered an asset (not mandatory)
- Bachelor's Degree in Management, Engineering or Computer Science
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
- Candidates with equivalent practical experience, education, or training will be considered
- We Care About Each Other
- We Strive for Excellence
- We Succeed Together
- We Lead Responsibly
- Conflict management
- Stakeholder management
- Planning
- Influence
- Financial acumen
- Knowledge of Agile methodologies (e.g., Scaled Agile, Lean, Scrum), Development Operations (DevOps), and continuous integration and delivery
- Knowledge of project management best practices
- Knowledge of Microsoft ADO
- Knowledge of Microsoft Project Professional Server (e.g., Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) and Progressive Web Application (PWA)).
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint)
- Knowledge of both English and French is a strong asset.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Plan and deliver large, complex IT projects, managing scope, schedules, budgets, risks, resources, milestones, and project-level financials. Coordinate cross-functional teams and vendors, lead steering committee activities, and provide transparent progress and financial reporting to stakeholders and leadership.
Requirements
Requires at least seven years of technology project management experience, including delivery of large-scale projects and mission-critical products or services with near-zero downtime. A bachelor's degree in Management, Engineering, or Computer Science and PMP certification are listed; rail or transportation technology experience is an asset, as are knowledge of Agile, DevOps, Microsoft project tools, and English and French.
Skills
- Project Management
- Program Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Planning
- Financial Management
- Budget Forecasting
- Risk Management
- Issue Management
- Scope Management
- Schedule Management
- Cross-Functional Coordination
- Steering Committee Leadership
- Agile Methodologies
- DevOps
- Continuous Integration and Delivery
- Microsoft Azure DevOps
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Management & Leadership
- Technology
- Transportation
- Finance & Accounting
Keywords
- Information Technology
- Technology Project Management
- Large-Scale Projects
- Mission-Critical Technology
- End-to-End Delivery
- Project Governance
- Project Scope
- Project Scheduling
- Project Budgeting
- Financial Forecasting
- Budget Tracking
- Risk Mitigation
- Issue Logs
- Stakeholder Communication
- Vendor Management
- Key Performance Indicators
- Agile
- Scaled Agile
- Lean
- Scrum
- DevOps
- Continuous Integration and Delivery
- Microsoft Azure DevOps
- Microsoft Project Professional Server
- Project and Portfolio Management
- Progressive Web Application
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Project Management Professional
- Rail Transportation