Mainframe Project Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Oversee project management for software migration initiatives for clients utilizing the IBM Z platform.

• Collaborate with management and evaluate project proposals to establish objectives, timelines, budget constraints, methodologies for executing projects, and resource allocation.

• Assess the necessity for and deliver appropriate project management for planning and execution (including the creation of project plans).

• Provide reports on project activities, scope changes, challenges, and requirements to the leadership team, serving as a strategic resource to align implementers and decision-makers towards consistent business or mission-driven goals and objectives.

• Maintain communication with internal management and the customer regarding ongoing progress, milestones, and potential project risks.

• Evaluate and analyze processes and procedures to identify improvement opportunities and enhance efficiencies, then facilitate the implementation of these enhancements.

• Track, evaluate, and enhance the effectiveness of program best practices, ensuring ongoing process and quality improvements with a strong emphasis on client accounts.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of five years of experience in technical project management - PMP or PRINCE2 certification required.

• Proven knowledge of operations and project management competencies.

• Experience in managing cross-functional technical teams, with overall accountability for scope, budget, timelines, and contractual deliverables, which includes utilizing techniques for planning, monitoring, change control, and risk management.

• Exceptional negotiation abilities with the capacity to organize competing priorities and adapt to changes effectively.

• Experience with IBM Z Mainframe.

• Familiarity with IBM Z software products and ISV product replacements with IBM offerings.

• Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills.

🏝️ Benefits

• Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), as defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade.

• Company provided holidays.

• Personal Days.

• Sick Leave.

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada).

• Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada).

• Life and disability insurance.

• Employee assistance programs.

• Additional benefits as outlined by local policy and eligibility.