Project Executive

Founded in 1967, ADGA is a privately owned and operated Canadian company. We employ over 700 highly skilled team members who apply their knowledge and expertise in service delivery of advanced technology solutions for clients in the Defence, Security and Enterprise Computing markets across Canada. Celebrating over 50 years in business, we are proud to be one of Canada’s most trusted professional engineering and consultancy firms. Our clients continue to rely on ADGA to provide subject matter expertise, and quality talent to fulfill their business objectives. We have done so successfully by anticipating and responding to the constant changes in technology, and evolving with agility. Our culture of commitment, trust, and accountability guides our business, fosters our growth, and is at the core of our relationships with clients, employees and consultants. Whether your projects are complex, large-scale requirements, or dependable, professional resources to execute on time, and on budget, you can count on ADGA to deliver. We are dedicated to your success.

We are looking for a Secret - cleared Project Executive to work on a long-term engagement over with our Canadian Federal Government clients.

The Project Executive will be responsible for performing, but not limited to, the following tasks:

• Manage one or more Project leads who may each be responsible for a component of the project and its associated Project team;
• Define and document project objectives, determine budget requirements;
• Meet with other organizational executives to ensure all organizational (internal and external) stakeholders are committed and moving forward on the project and organizational goals.
• Resolve issues related to the project;
• Prepare plans, charts, tables, and diagrams to assist in analyzing or displaying problems; work with a variety of project management tools;
• Project sign-off.

The deliverables for the Project Executive can include, but are not limited to the following:

• Strategies;
• High-level project plan;
• Project detailed cost estimate;
• Treasury Board Submissions;
• Communication plans;
• Resource requirements analysis and monitoring plans;
• Fit-gap analysis;
• Stakeholder engagement strategies;
• Project plans;
• Presentation decks;
• Lessons learned;
• Performance metrics;
• Status reports – Weekly to Project Authority.

Mandatory Requirements:

We must demonstrate that the Project Executive has at least ten (10) years, or one hundred twenty (120) months, of Project Management or Change Management experience where they conducted at least three (3) of the following tasks when leading complex transformational initiatives:

1. Complex Enterprise Resource Planning software, Enterprise COTS or similar software implementations;
2. Software Development;
3. Advisory role to senior executive capacity;
4. Managing more than two (2) project managers;
5. Risk management;
6. Concept of Operations (ConOps);
7. System Implementation Plans

We must demonstrate that the Project Executive has led at least two (2) projects in either of the following areas within the last five (5) years, or sixty (60) months:

1. Enterprise Resource Planning software
   
   OR
    
2. Enterprise COTS implementation or upgrade

The Project Executive must have worked on each of the referenced projects for a minimum of six (6) consecutive months.

Additional/Nice-to-have Requirements:

The Project Executive should have ANY of the following recognized professional certifications. Candidates with several of the following certifications will be considered first:

• Project Management Professional (PMP);
• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM);
• Program Management Professional (PgMP);
• Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP);
• Project Management Institute (PMI) Agile
• Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP);
• PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMIPBA);
• PMI Risk Management Professional (PMIRMP);
• PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP);
• Prince2 Practitioner;
• Prince2 Agile Practitioner;
• Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Practitioner or Advanced Practitioner;
• Portfolio, Programme and Projects Offices (P3O) Practitioner;
• Management of Portfolios (MoP) Practitioner;
• Management of Risk (MoR) Practitioner.

The Project Executive demonstrates that they have a current and valid SAP Certification.

ADGA commits to putting diversity into action to build a stronger, more representative team and help our customers and communities thrive. We are a proudly Canadian and woman-led company, striving to further diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace and provide every individual with the opportunities and resources to help them reach their full potential.

ADGA commits to putting diversity into action to build a stronger, more representative team and help our customers and communities thrive. We are a proudly Canadian and woman-led company, striving to further diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace and provide every individual with the opportunities and resources to help them reach their full potential.

ADGA s'engage à mettre la diversité en action pour bâtir une équipe plus forte et plus représentative et aider nos clients et nos communautés à prospérer. Nous sommes une entreprise fièrement canadienne, dirigée par une femme. Nous nous engageons pour promouvoir la diversité, l'équité et l'inclusion dans le milieu de travail et d'offrir à chaque personne les possibilités et les ressources qui lui permettront de réaliser son plein potentiel.