Technical Project Manager - Events Platform Implementation

$85,800 - $202,700/Yr

CGI Group - Alexandria, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - Alexandria, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

CGI is seeking a Technical Project Manager with deep experience managing technical projects, with a focus on implementing a unified events platform and surrounding integrations. As a technical project manager, you will work with a diverse project team to drive project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring/controlling, budget, reports and closure. The role is a significant position that involves working with all levels of stakeholders, executive, business, technology and data SMEs by developing and implementing solutions in a complex, highly dynamic environment. This position is located at the client site in Alexandria, VA; however, a hybrid working model is acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating with cross discipline team members to make sure that all parties are on track with project requirements, deadlines, and schedules.
• Leads efforts to monitor scope, cost, schedule, and performance of a project team, and be responsible for regular interactions with clients, stakeholders, and suppliers/subcontractors.
• Plans and schedules project activities with specific implementation of an event platform and integration solutions.
• Accountable for quality management and adhering to quality assurance (QA) processes.
• Negotiates timelines with key stakeholders and resolves resource conflicts.
• Provides status regarding project health to clients and key stakeholders.
• Ensures deliverables are produced and delivered in an agile fashion.
• Establishes effective project communication plans and ensuring their execution.
• Facilitate change requests to ensure that all parties are informed of the impacts on schedule and budget.
• Critically evaluates information gathered from multiple sources, reconciles conflicts, decomposes high-level information into details, distinguishes user requests from the underlying true needs, and validates requests in JIRA ticketing system.

Requirements

• Knowledge and experience in events platforms like Cvent and RainFocus.
• Knowledge and experience with integration platforms like Mulesoft.
• Advanced written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Excellent leadership and experience working with cross-functional resources.
• Timely, decisive, and effective problem-solving skills.
• Solid project management skills related to project planning and control, scope management, issue and risk management, and quality management.
• Business process analysis and redesign experience: strong business analysis skills; process mapping; data querying; business process redesign and implementation.
• Managing technical application development/software development type projects.
• Agile product development skills: participation in agile SCRUM teams and agile ceremonies.
• Strong understanding of systems and their underlying data structures and technologies to be able to provide technology solutions.
• Systems implementation skills: requirements/process analysis, conceptual and detailed design, configuration, testing, training, change management, and support.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and/or Information Technology or equivalent experience.

Benefits

• Competitive base salaries.
• Eligibility to participate in an attractive Share Purchase Plan (SPP) in which the company matches dollar-for-dollar contributions made by eligible employees, up to a maximum, for their job category.
• 401(k) Plan and Profit Participation for eligible members.
• Generous holidays, vacation, and sick leave plans.
• Comprehensive insurance plans that include, among other benefits, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, out-of-county emergency coverage in all countries of employment.
• Back-up childcare, Pet insurance, a Member Assistance Program, a 529 college savings program, a personal financial management tool, lifestyle management programs and more.