Project Manager, IT Security

3 weeks ago

Ottawa, Canada University of Ottawa Full time

**Because at uOttawa, you belong**

**About Information Technology**
Information Technology is a dynamic and collaborative environment. We are focused on prioritizing and optimizing technological investments that facilitate the best student experience, as well as the activities of faculty, researchers and staff. Our greatest strength are the people working with us. People like you, professionals eager to flex their intellectual muscle and achieve new heights in their career. Working here gives you access to a great IT environment, rich with a diverse range of platforms, products, and services. This is a place where innovative ideas are welcome.

In a nutshell: working here is challenging and rewarding. It’ll bring out the best of you. We want people that have the drive to advance IT in higher education. We have the technologies to keep your inner fires burning, and benefits that can help you sustain a better lifestyle. And all this minutes away from gyms, the Byward Market, downtown, and the Rideau Canal at lunch time for runners and skaters.

**Position Purpose**

The position will remain open until filled.

**In this role, your responsibilities will include**:

- **Project Planning and Business Case Preparation**:Works with client manager to identify business and strategic needs, as well as opportunities for IT solutions to be applied to solve business problems and increase administrative efficiency and lower administrative costs, improve service, etc. Evaluates the technical, economic, and operational feasibility of different approaches to solving business problems. Develops project proposals, analyzes and documents risks, and risk mitigation strategies. Ensures licensing management, provisioning and liaisons with vendors.
- **Project management**: Organizes inter-disciplinary project teams according to the needs of each project, leads and supervises their work. Negotiates with stakeholders to ensure that project teams are appropriately staffed. Ensures that appropriate controls and progress reports are prepared regularly. Ensures that risks are monitored and that risk mitigation strategies are implemented when necessary.
- **Team lead**:Leads a team of professionals involved in multiple system development projects and/or system maintenance and support activities. Provides advice to staff regarding project planning and management, system development methods, design alternatives, and technical options. Depending on the context, or a particular project, manages and evaluates the employees’ performance and sets up their objectives.

**What you will bring**:

- University degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems (MIS) or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in project planning, risk analysis and project management in a complex and diverse IT environment.
- Knowledge and experience in project management methodologies and managing multi-year projects (information security projects would be an added asset) that involve cross-functional systems.
- Experience creating estimates (timeframes, budgets, resources, etc.), as well as creating process workflow/information flow maps and performing risk analysis and proposing risk mitigation strategies;
- Knowledge and experience with information security best practices, security awareness programs, and information security systems would be an asset.
- Knowledge of the University’s IT policies, procedures, and guidelines.
- Ability to negotiate and influence clients in accepting solutions that align both the strategic goals of the University and short and long-term client requirements.
- Advanced interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with business clients, external vendors and technical resources;
- Ability to work with mínimal supervision, under pressure and with very firm deadlines;
- Ability to proactively keep abreast of new/emerging technologies.
- Bilingualism - French and English (spoken and written).

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

**Salary**: $90,969.00-$113,711.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

**Experience**:

- Project management: 5 years (preferred)

**Language**:

- French and English (advanced level) (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5

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