Project Management Consultant

Type of Engagement:

Contract

Engagement Period:

Engagements range from one month to several years

Location:

Ottawa
Toronto

Required Skills:

Exceptional interpersonal skills
Excellent written and oral communications skills
Complement of leadership and administrative abilities
Domain expertise is often required (e.g. change management, technology development, telecommunications, or e-commerce systems)

Engagement Description:

SOMOS regularly has opportunities for senior consultants who can lead project teams to get the job done.

This person is usually responsible for making the project succeed - often with all of the responsibility and none of the authority.

Over the years, SOMOS Senior PM Consultants have led the following types of initiatives:

Development of integrated project plans
Preparation of initiation documentation, such as Treasury Board Submissions
Procurement and subcontract management
Delivery of new systems
Delivery of new products
Organizational transition
Project rescue
Project review

These assignments involve leadership through communications, analysis, recommendations, negotiating, directing, cajoling, persuading, coordinating, and reporting. Interfaces are typically at the executive management level and call upon the ability to keep the sponsors informed and advised. To manage the team, the leader must invest the effort to understand the individuals' abilities and constraints and to make the necessary recommendations and decisions in order to deliver.

Engagements at this level are not for the faint of heart or the muddled of mind.

Experience:

Fifteen (15) or more years of progressive experience is typical.

Successful candidates at this level have typically worked several years as a practitioner in their field (computer science, engineering, finance, etc.) before advancing up the management ladder. They have taken on progressively greater responsibility and have demonstrated their ability to succeed in spite of the challenges of market, people issues, technical hurdles and chance.

Education:

Minimum

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Science, or other

Suggested

Second degree in a complementary field, such as Business, Humanities

Language Requirement:

Most positions require fluency in English
Many customers also have a requirement for abilities in French

Certifications:

PMP (Typical)
CMC or CMA (Recommended)

How to Apply:

If you are interested in this opportunity and believe that you qualify, please click here and quote opportunity number R06101501 - Project Management Consultant - Project Leader.

Clearance Requirement:

Many of our clients require Government of Canada personnel security clearances.