IT Applications Project Manager - Full-time / Part-time

strongCompany Description:/strongpspanProcom is a leading provider of professional IT services and staffing to businesses and governments in Canada./spanbr /br /spanWith revenues over $500 million, the Branham Group has recognized Procom as the 3rd largest professional services firm in Canada and is now the largest “Canadian-Owned” IT staffing/consulting company./spanbr /br /spanProcom’s areas of staffing expertise include:/spanbr /span• Application Development/spanbr /span• Project Management/spanbr /span• Quality Assurance/spanbr /span• Business/Systems Analysis/spanbr /span• Datawarehouse amp; Business Intelligence/spanbr /span• Infrastructure amp; Network Services/spanbr /span• Risk Management amp; Compliance/spanbr /span• Business Continuity amp; Disaster Recovery/spanbr /span• Security amp; Privacy/spanbr /br /spanSpecialties• Contract Staffing (Staff Augmentation)/spanbr /span• Permanent Placement (Staff Augmentation)/spanbr /span• ICAP (Contractor Payroll)/spanbr /span• Flextrack (Vendor Management System)/span/pstrongJob Description:/strongpbbIT Applications Project Manager /b/b/ppOn behalf of our client, Procom Services is searching for aspan /spanbbIT Applications Project Manager /b/bspan /spanfor a contract opportunity in Dallas, TX./ppbbIT Applications Project Manager  Job Details/b/b/ppThe Project Manager will be responsible for ensuring that the project produces the required deliverables, to the required standard of quality and within the specified constraints of time and cost. The Project Manager is normally responsible for medium to large complexity and or medium to large risk projects. This will include managing the governance, scope, costing, scheduling, communications, planning amp; tracking, terms amp; conditions and risk management of the project to ensure total customer satisfaction.br /br /bKEY ACCOUNTABILITIESbr //bbr /- Application assessment experience is a mustbr /- Defines the project requirements and manages the agreement process of the project requirements and objectives with the Project Governance Board or appointed project assurance rolebr /- Manages the delivery of the project and production of the required products / deliverables in partnership with the customer and delivery units to ensure acceptance, closedown and handover to service.br /- Reports to the relevant stakeholders through regular Status Reports. br /- Manages business and project risks and produces an effective plan and risk assessment so that impact to timeframe and project costs are understood and mitigated.br /- Establishes and maintains the Change Control (CC) for their project against agreed plans.br /- Identifies opportunities to increase revenue and margin and manage changes to the project baseline.br /Is accountable for tracking the project costs and supporting any payment milestones.br /- Manages the relationship and communications with key stakeholders (customer and subcontractors); Grows long-term relationships with clients and capitalizes on equity and partnership opportunities.br /- Manage activities of project resources and develops a team of personnel resources. Defines the roles and responsibilities of the project team, forecasts and establishes the project team and ensures that the team understands the task that is to be undertaken.br /- Complies with and enforces standard policies and procedures and works across practices to share lessons learned and best practices.br /- Designing, testing and documentation of computer applications that uses in providing services to our customers. Such as Service Desk ticketing software, Problem Management applications, Asset Management applications, Monitoring tools, to name a few. (all of which are software applications)/ppbr /bKEY MEASUREMENTS/b/ppbbr //b- Key elements by which resources at that level are measured:br /Project delivered within contractual obligations - on time, high quality and within budget br /- Client Satisfaction targets per client surveybr /- Governance, risk management and other explicit control requirements adherencebr /- Contribute to professional community through production and reusable content from other projects and lessons learnedbr /- Contribution to business development thru identification of new opportunitiesbr /br /bSCOPEbr //bbr /- Accountable for delivering medium to high complexity and or medium to high risk projects (normally $500k project budget or more)br /- Has ultimate authority to direct others and ensure project aligns with contractual obligations and client’s expectation; Commercial decision making authority within restraints of the documented Signature Authority Process br /- Is fully accountable for own work and/or project/supervisory responsibilitiesbr /- Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.br /- Makes decisions that influence the success of projects and team objectives/ppbbIT Applications Project Manager Mandatory Skills/b/b/ppbb-This PM must have strong experience in application assessments./b/b/pp- Typically 6 + years IT project management experience br /- PMP certification and/or ITIL certification a plusbr /- Detailed understanding of project management methodologiesbr /- High level conceptual understanding of IT domains (desktop, server, security, network, COTS applications, storage, database, WAN, LAN)br /- Ability to communicate at senior levels and good commercial and influencing skillsbr /- Delivered more than 10 projects and experience of at least 2 types of project at different stages in lifecycle br /- Planning, financial and budgetary control skills br /- Must be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office, Project, SharePoint and related “Project Management toolquot; CA Clarity a plusbr /- Experience in the following types of projects in a Client facing role:br /- Server hardware/virtual refreshbr /- Data Center Migrations, Installations, Moves or Consolidationsbr /- Operating Systems migrations and upgrades (Window, NT, etc.)br /- AD/Exchange upgradesbr /- COTS application upgrades (commercial off the shelf) (examples-Netscaler, VPN, AppSense, Lync, SharePoint)br /- Office 365 deploymentsbr /- Infrastructure Expansionsbr /- Single Sign on deploymentsbr /- VOIP Deployments/ppbbIT Applications Project Manager  Start Date/b/b/ppASAP/ppbbIT Applications Project Manager  Assignment Length/b/b/pp4+ months/pstrongAdditional Information:/strongpAll your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Please send your resume in bWord /bformat only. /p