Project Manager Officer Lead

Job description

Position Description:

Lead and manage the Program Management Office (PMO) for a large-scale Agile SAFe program. Drive governance, planning, reporting, and cross-team coordination to ensure successful delivery.

Need mandatory Government Security clearance for this role.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

1. Program Planning & PMO Operations

Establish and lead PMO structure, processes, and reporting aligned with Agile SAFe.
Develop and maintain the Project Management Plan (scope, schedule, risk, communications).
Manage onboarding and readiness for program kickoff and delivery cycles.

2. Governance & Decision Support

Prepare governance materials (decks, agendas, decision logs).
Coordinate approvals, escalations, and maintain governance calendars.

3. Scheduling & Delivery Alignment

Maintain integrated program schedule aligned to SAFe cadence and milestones.
Coordinate dependencies across Architecture, Release Management, and workstreams.

4. Reporting & Metrics

Define and operate reporting models, dashboards, and performance metrics.
Produce executive and sprint reports using Azure DevOps (ADO).

5. RAID Management

Lead risk, issue, action, and dependency management across workstreams.
Ensure mitigation strategies and timely escalation.

6. Scope & Financial Management

Enforce scope boundaries and monitor scope drift.
Track burn rates, forecasts, and financial health with internal finance teams.

7. Cross-Team Integration

Drive coordination across Architecture, Development, AI, Data Migration, UX, and Business teams.
Maintain unified view of program health and critical path.

8. Stakeholder Engagement

Align with client PMO and program management counterparts.
Promote transparency and consolidate insights for executive communication.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

• Proven experience in PMO leadership within Agile SAFe environments.
• Strong governance, scheduling, and financial management skills.
• Expertise in Azure DevOps reporting and dashboard creation.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

CGI is providing a reasonable estimate of the pay range for this role. The determination of this range includes factors such as skill set level, geographic market, experience and training, and licenses and certifications. Compensation decisions depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $105,000–$155,000. This role is an existing vacancy.

Skills:

·  English
·  PMI Project Management Prof
·  Project Management
·  French

What you can expect from us:

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