We are seeking a passionate, high energy, Project Manager – Infrastructure/Facility/Real Estate, Canada. Our strength is built on our ability to work together. Our diverse set of backgrounds offer different perspectives and new ways of thinking. It encourages lively discussions, inspires thought leadership, and helps us build better solutions for our people and clients. We are looking for someone who thrives in this setting and is inspired to craft relevant solutions through true collaboration. If you are excited by change, and excel through autonomy, we would love to hear from you!

 Why choose cognizant? 

It takes a lot to succeed in today’s fast-paced market, and Cognizant has become a leader in the industry. We love big ideas and even bigger dreams. We stand out because we put human experiences at the core. We help clients engage customers by envisioning and building creative products and services. We develop go-to-market strategies and invent entirely new business models, ensuring that every company we work with walks away with both support and a plan. Everything we do at Cognizant we do with passion—for our clients, our communities, and our organization. It’s the defining attribute that we look for in our people.

 Job Description:

• Minimum 10-12 years of relevant management experience with functional and technical aspects of IT infrastructure.
• Experience with development of project budget plan exercises (road map and business cases).
• Strong understanding of infrastructure related activity.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and have a strong ability to bring order and discipline to projects that engage many stakeholders and delivery partners.
• Deep understanding of SDLCs including Waterfall and Agile methodologies
• Experience and good understanding of vendor management
• Strong organization, planning, and program/project management skills
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communications at all levels, facilitation and diplomacy skills

 Activities:

• Define Project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with IT business partners, IT infrastructure partners, and business stakeholders
• Manage, orchestrate, and coordinate Project components (projects) and interdependencies
• Manage Project governance - including communication (process, preparation, execution)
• Manage Project priorities according to Project objectives (strategic level)
• Identify the expertise and skills needed to achieve Project’s goals/results
• Ensure the business value (desired outcome) of the Project is defined, communicated and ready to be supervised
• Prepare and effectively communicate Project expectations to business partners, infrastructure partners, stakeholders (including other Project leaders) in a timely and clear way
• Track and monitor Project schedule and milestones
• Identify, track and manage Project risks / issues, decisions and actions
• Manage consistency in process and tools across projects (i.e., changes)
• Make sure Project compliance and security requirements are met and supervised across all components

 Plus:

• Life sciences industry experience would be desired
• Knowledge and understanding of general computer controls, IT process management (i.e., ITIL) including incident, problem, change and release management would be a big plus
• PMI/PMP Certification