QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

• Requires completion of a 3-year college program, or a university degree (preferred), in the field of information technology, mathematics, or equivalent, in a quantitative field, coupled with relevant, ongoing education and/or experience in project management, application procurement, application development, design and implementation.
• Successfully completed the Project Management designation, Project Management Professional, as a minimum.
• Requires a minimum of 5 years’ progressive experience designing, planning, and executing technology projects in a multi-platform environment.
• Professional Knowledge
• A solid understanding of waterfall and agile methodologies.
• Extensive knowledge of and experience in project management (planning, implementation, measurement) under conditions of rapid change, supporting a diverse user community including external stakeholders.
• Relevant practical experience in project management, business process analysis, control structures and information systems design, development and implementation.
• Financial acumen to support the development and monitoring of a significant operating and capital budget.
• Knowledge of Law Society’s systems and business culture would be an asset, as would general management experience.
• Technical Skills
• Microsoft Office Suite / 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Detailed knowledge of current trends and developments in information systems and their practical applications, as they relate to scope of responsibilities.
• Thorough understanding of application system development lifecycle and documentation requirements to support each phase in the cycle.
• Thorough understanding of the networked, Windows environment, and MS Office programs.
• Understanding of various architectural application frameworks.
• Experience with Microsoft Project Web App (PWA), Project Online, SharePoint and Azure DevOps would be advantageous.
• Competencies
• Customer service skills.
• Negotiation skills with tact and diplomacy.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Project coordination, prioritization, and time management skills.
• Interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills, the ability to drive effective communication to leaders and teams across the organization.
• Excellent communication skills related to needs identification, business process consultation, solution selling and relationship management at all levels of the organization.
• Presentation skills.
• Relationship Management, expectation management.
• Reasons through and interprets specialized and elaborate written and spoken information.

Oversees the planning, coordination, and delivery of a range of initiatives that advance the Law Society and the Business Innovation & Operations Management (BIOM) department goals. Manages full project lifecycles, from resource planning and risk assessment to implementation and closure, while engaging stakeholders across departments, including end users, IT, and external vendors. Supports organizational change management, prepares materials for leadership and other stakeholder meetings, delivers presentations and training, and monitors budgets to ensure alignment with financial objectives.