IT Project manager

Job title: IT Project Manager

Contract duration: 12 months

Location: Waterloo, ON (3 days onsite)

Position Summary

• The project requires an experienced IT Project Manager with strong Scrum and Agile delivery experience to coordinate the end-to-end technology implementation. The role will provide delivery structure across business, technology, product, architecture, vendors, and other cross-functional stakeholders while managing plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and governance. The Project Manager will also facilitate Scrum ceremonies, partner with the Product Owner on priorities and backlog management, monitor vendor and technology deliverables, and provide clear project reporting and escalation to support successful execution of the replatform initiative.

Position Responsibilities

• Support the end-to-end technology delivery of the
• project, translating project priorities into executable plans, milestones, dependencies, and measurable outcomes.
• Organize and facilitate key Scrum ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Partner closely with the Product Owner, business stakeholders, technology teams, architects, vendors, and other delivery partners to coordinate priorities and maintain delivery alignment.
• Manage project scope, schedule, resources, dependencies, risks, issues, assumptions, and deliverables.
• Maintain project plans, Agile/Scrum artifacts, dashboards, RAID items, status reporting, and governance materials to provide transparency into overall project health.
• Facilitate project governance and stakeholder discussions to support timely decision-making, issue resolution, and escalation.
• Coordinate and monitor vendor and partner deliverables, including commitments associated with contracts and statements of work.
• Promote Agile principles, continuous improvement, delivery discipline, accountability, and collaboration across the project team.
• Support project closeout, lessons learned, operational readiness, and knowledge transfer activities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum, hybrid delivery methodologies, project governance, risk management, and enterprise technology delivery.
• Scrum certification such as Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or SAFe is highly relevant; the document also identifies PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, or equivalent project-management certifications as preferred.
• Strong communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, negotiation, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple stakeholder groups in a complex enterprise environment.

Experience

• Demonstrated project/program management experience delivering large-scale technology or transformation initiatives within complex enterprise environments.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional and distributed teams, with multiple business and technology stakeholder groups.
• Experience managing technology delivery using Agile/Scrum, including backlog coordination, sprint execution, delivery tracking, and continuous improvement.
• Experience managing vendors, partner deliverables, dependencies, risks, financial commitments, and statements of work.
• Financial-services or another highly regulated industry experience is particularly relevant to the role.
• Technical and Analytical Skills
• Hands-on experience with Jira and Agile project-management tools; experience with Confluence, MS Project, Planner, and Power BI is also identified in the document.
• Strong understanding of Agile metrics and analytics, including maintenance of Scrum artifacts such as burndown charts.
• Ability to develop and maintain integrated delivery plans, milestones, project reporting, and dashboards.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities with attention to detail.
• Ability to proactively identify and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and delivery trade-offs.

Dexian stands at the forefront of Talent + Technology solutions with a presence spanning more than 70 locations worldwide and a team exceeding 10,000 professionals. As one of the largest technology and professional staffing companies and one of the largest minority-owned staffing companies in the United States, Dexian combines over 30 years of industry expertise with cutting-edge technologies to deliver comprehensive global services and support.

Dexian connects the right talent and the right technology with the right organizations to deliver trajectory-changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals. To learn more, please visit https://dexian.com/.

Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.