CGI is looking for an Agile project manager to provide project management expertise and work closely with our client to successfully deliver Agile project. This is a client facing role located downtown Toronto.

Your future duties and responsibilities

The Agile Project Manager (APM) is responsible for planning, leading, organizing, and motivating agile project teams to achieve a high level of performance and quality in delivering agile projects that provide exceptional business value to users.

The APM may be responsible for managing several concurrent high visibility projects using agile methods in a fast-paced environment that may cross multiple business divisions. The APM may play a number of different roles in actual practice:

At an enterprise level, leading and managing large, complex enterprise-level projects consisting of multiple Agile teams and/or requiring integration with other activities outside the scope of the Agile teams

At a team level, playing a consultative role to help put in place the appropriate people, process, and tools and coaching members of the team as needed to optimize the efficiency of the project team

In situations that require a hybrid Agile approach, using good judgment and skill to develop a project management approach that is suitable for planning and managing the effort to achieve the project goals within designated project constraints .

Assisting the client in understanding the Agile approach and help navigate their requirements to fit the project needs and requirements .

In performing these roles, the Agile Project Manager will be expected to use a high level of knowledge and experience in blending traditional project management principles and practices with an Agile development approach in the right proportions to fit large, complex, mission-critical, enterprise-level projects and with the appropriate level of planning and provide the right balance of agility and predictability.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

• 10+ years of Project Management experience within IT and agile.
• Proven experience working with multiple clients on IT project-based initiatives.
• Prior experience with SCRUM/Agile methodologies with enterprise-level application development projects.
• Experience in planning complex system rollouts.
• Experience managing project financials and forecasts (up to $15M)
• ServiceNow experience will be highly preferred
• Experience in the public sector will be highly preferred.
• Strong experience managing projects using Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, etc.).
• Excellent skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and growing transparency.
• Superb communication and presentation skills in providing pertinent and detailed information to clients and delivery / operational teams.
• Agile Project Management tools such as Jira or equivalent
• Experience in leading cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

Education and Certification

• Bachelor in Computer Science, or equivalent.
• Certified Project Manager (PMP) certification.
• Certified PMI-ACP, CSM, or equivalent preferred

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