Project Manager, Digital Transformation

**Open Date**
- Nov 25 2024 - 10:50:00 AM**Close Date**
- Dec 13 2024 - 11:59:00 PM**Position Title**
- Project Manager, Digital Transformation**Posting Type**
- Full-time**Posting Status**
- Active**Position Length**
- Permanent**Department Group**
- Technology & Innovation Services**Hours per Week**
- 35**Department**
- Office of the Chief Administrative Officer**Openings**
- 1**Education**
- Bachelor's Degree**Experience**
- 8 years**Competition**
- 24-M029-303**Salary Range**
- $119,537- $135,837 per annum (Grade 11)**Description**:
Our team is highly skilled, passionate about our community, and we care. Let’s grow together.

**Senior Manager, Digital Transformation**:
Who We Are

In Whitby, we are dedicated to our work, our community, and each other. We work hard, we have fun, and we celebrate our successes.

The Town of Whitby is a community in transformation that is located in the heart of Durham Region in the eastern Greater Toronto Area. Whitby is the second-largest municipality in the region and one of the fastest-growing communities in Canada. Located on Lake Ontario and only an hour east of Toronto, the population of Whitby is expected to grow from 140,000 to more than 200,000 by 2031. Whitby’s Official Plan has been updated to establish new directions for Whitby’s planned growth and development; the protection of our natural and built environments; urban design intensification; sustainability; community improvement; and, new employment within this time frame.

The Town of Whitby combines a small town atmosphere with the sophistication and amenities of a larger urban centre. Whitby boasts two beautiful heritage downtowns, one of the finest recreational harbours with an award-winning marina, year round sports and recreation activities, parks, trails, and a robust arts and culture scene, all of which are part of the extraordinary amenities that Whitby residents enjoy every day.

Whitby has an exciting and aspiring future, with a community that is welcoming, growing and transforming. On our team, you can expect to make a difference through your work and have a direct impact on shaping our growing community. Creating an inclusive environment where employees experience job satisfaction and have rewarding careers is important to us. We live our values and foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, respect and engagement where people enjoy coming to work.

We want to be the preferred employer for the most talented people who care about the Town of Whitby, and are excited and proud to serve our vibrant community.

Let’s grow together.

What You Will Get To Do

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Digital Transformation, the Project Manager (PM) is the bridge between the business and the Technology division. They are accountable for successfully delivering technology solutions to improve operational efficiencies. This role plays an integral part in aligning projects and business needs with corporate strategic initiatives by collaborating across many lines of business to successfully deliver critical projects.

Duties for this role include, but are not limited to:

- Managing the full project lifecycle, including the implementation of multiple concurrent technology projects following recognized industry standard project management principles.
- Collaborating and communicating regularly with senior management, executive sponsors, business stakeholders, internal resources, and outside vendors to coordinate the delivery of project deliverables while ensuring all parties remain engaged and proactively informed throughout the course of the project.
- Directing and overseeing project staff and vendors to ensure cost-effective project implementations, manage change to preserve project commitments and to support the client throughout the project lifecycle to realize business benefits.
- Developing, coordinating, and implementing project management or business analysis tools including project charters, schedules, work breakdown structures, stakeholder analysis plans, risk registers, budgets, communication and transition plans based on best practices.
- Engaging with stakeholders to gather business, functional and technical requirements related to technology projects, work requests, business cases, or statements of work using accepted methodologies, practices and tools.
- Identifying, investigating, evaluating, and taking actions to mitigate project risks, escalating accordingly where appropriate.
- Coordinating, scheduling, preparing agendas, and producing minutes as Chair of project meetings and advisory groups.
- Oversee the procurement of complex technology solutions (including hardware, software, and professional services) in accordance with the Town’s Procurement Policy including the preparation, coordination and oversight of procurement documents and tools (RPF’s, RFI’s, RFQ’s), setting specifications and preparing cost estimates for projects.
- Managing budgets related to technology proj