IT Technical Project Manager

We are currently seeking a IT Technical Project Manager - SFDC to join our team in Mississauga, Ontario (CA-ON), Canada (CA).

**Job Description**:
Our Project Management practice group is currently seeking an IT Technical Project Manager who has strong experience in IT Applications deployments including Sale Force (SFDC) to support one of our global Healthcare devices/Life Science clients, based out of Mississauga, ON, Canada.

In this role, the IT Technical Project Manager will be responsible for initiation and managing of IT projects for enhancements, upgrade, migrate, integration of various systems including SFDC upgrade to support their global business.

Responsibilities and Duties:

- Actively collaborate with the stakeholders in a consultative role eliciting business and technical requirements and help prioritize implementation aligning to IT strategies.
- Align to business and IT priorities by effectively leveraging waterfall, iterative and Agile methodologies, while coaching and mentoring team members.
- Effectively utilize the PM Framework, leveraging the tools like PPM, JIRA, Confluence and other collaboration tools for increased productivity.
- Manage multiple projects (internal, external, & for multiple divisions) in parallel, with regular monitoring, reporting while delivering on time and within budget.
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies for daily stand up, sprint planning, backlog grooming, retrospectives while effectively meeting business goals and improving team velocity.
- Lead team to resolve all program/project issues and constraints, effectively communicate, manage expectations and resolve conflicts working closely with team and leadership.
- Build and execute operational and technical project plans, facilitate all project gate reviews and effectively escalate issues to meet the project milestones/goals.
- Actively manage scope and change aligning to business priorities, identify risks and issues, prioritize conflicting needs, handle matters expeditiously and proactively, follow-through on projects to successful completion with mínimal guidance, often with deadline pressures.
- Effective communicator, who is flexible and adaptable to work with global teams in different time zones and cultures, in a dynamic and evolving environment.
- Provide regular status update to the Leadership and Management team with constant drive to make improvements to the outcomes.
- Demonstrate high adaptability and flexibility to take responsibility to support new projects that has priority and as communicated.

Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in business, computer science, Information Technology, or 10 years' experience in Information Technology projects.
- Pharmaceutical project experience
- Certified in PMP and Agile methodologies

Preferred Experience and Skills:

- Experience as Sales Force (SFDC) Project Manager leading new implementation, feature enhancements, upgrades, release, and life cycle management supporting business transformation.
- Experience in Agile/Scrum methodologies, facilitating the ceremonies like backlog grooming, epic /User story, daily standups, estimation, and velocity, resolving impediments, sprint retrospection, coaching team members and usage of JIRA, Confluence and metrics reporting.
- Strong communicator with effective presentation skills delivering formal presentations to various levels of management articulating project status, risk mitigations, benefits & financial realizations.
- Self-motivated and independent critical thinker who can visualize and guide team during conflicting situations to stay focused on business goals & priorities
- Has strong experience in PM Framework, following estimation guidelines, resource management, gate reviews, Quality audits, process improvements, provide training and usage of PPM tools & dashboard.
- Effective conflict management in a fast paced environment, take higher responsibilities working with cross functional team who are working on multiple priorities
- Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills with ability to influence stakeholders and team members with variety of personal styles to focus on right priorities under pressure and tight deadlines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills is a must.

About NTT DATA Services:
NTT DATA Services is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants without regarding to race, color, religion, citizenship, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, physical or mental disability, veteran or marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter so that we may connect you with the appropriate team.

This position is eligible for company benefits that will depend on the nature of the role offered. Company benefits may include medical,