Project Manager, Information Technology (Temp up to 24 months)

Position Details

• Work Model: Hybrid
• Contract Duration: Temporary up to 24 months
• Department: Finance and Technology

About the Role

Vacancy Statement:
Unless specifically stated, all job postings at the Municipality of Clarington are to fill existing vacancies within our organization.

This position reports directly to the Chief Information Officer, with a dotted-line relationship to the Supervisor, Business Development and the Deputy CAO/Treasurer. The Project Manager, Information Technology is responsible for supporting the project lifecycle for Clarington’s implementation of a new Microsoft Dynamics 365 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution, replacing the Municipality’s legacy finance and operations systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the full project lifecycle for Clarington’s implementation of Microsoft Dynamics 365, from charter and business case through design, build, go-live and post-implementation review.
• Develop, participate and assist in procurement (NRFP/RFP or Cooperative Agreement, evaluation, assist with negotiations, contract logistics) in partnership with Municipality’s procurement team while following Clarington’s by-laws.
• Serve as a point of accountability for scope, schedule, tracking and reporting on project budget, risk and quality, including budget submissions and financial reporting for each phase of the program.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams spanning Finance, IT, Human Resources/Payroll, Procurement, operating departments, the implementation partner and vendor resources; chair steering and working groups; prepare Council and executive updates.
• Oversee technical readiness (environment provisioning, integrations and interfaces, data migration and cleansing from legacy systems, cybersecurity, cut-over, testing, and contingency planning).
• Manage functional workstreams across general ledger, accounts payable and receivable, budgeting, procurement, project and grant accounting, asset management and financial reporting, including business process re-engineering and the secondment of subject matter experts.
• Ensure knowledge transfer to internal staff, producing robust documentation, SOPs and training that strengthen Clarington’s long-term ERP capabilities.
• Embed continuous improvement, capturing lessons learned and identifying future enhancements (e.g., human resources and payroll, asset management, analytics).
• Champion data-security and privacy by ensuring all project artefacts remain within Clarington-controlled systems.
• Drive parallel finance modernization workstreams such as chart of accounts redesign, retirement of manual and spreadsheet-based processes, integration with the Dynamics 365 CRM platform, and reporting and business intelligence.
• Coordinate technology dependencies pertinent to the ERP migration, including licensing, environments, server, storage and cloud services, working with Infrastructure & Security and Client & Application Services teams to minimize downtime.
• Contribute to PMO best practices, creating templates, dashboards, and knowledge-transfer sessions that strengthen Clarington’s project-delivery maturity long term.
• Advise departmental leaders on scoping, budgeting, and prioritizing future technology initiatives that align with the municipality’s IT Strategy (Strengthen, Innovate, Transform).
• Develop change-management and training plans, ensuring end-users adopt new tools and workflows effectively across Finance & Technology and all operating departments.
• Provide executive-level reporting, distilling complex schedules, risks, and financials into clear updates for Council, senior leadership, and internal stakeholders.

What you bring

• University degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, Accounting, Project Management or related discipline.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification is required.
• Minimum 3 years’ progressive IT project-management experience delivering complex, multi-stakeholder technology projects.
• Proven success leading large-scale RFPs and contract negotiations in a municipal or broader public-sector setting.
• Hands-on experience delivering ERP or enterprise financial system implementations, preferably Microsoft Dynamics 365 (Finance & Operations or Business Central).
• Demonstrated ability to monitor project budgets and to work with leaders, executives and/or stakeholders.
• ITIL, Agile/Scrum or Prosci Change Management certifications is an asset.
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 certifications, or experience with ERP implementation methodologies such as Microsoft Success by Design, is an asset.
• Expert grasp of project-management methodologies (Agile & Waterfall) and tools (MS Project, Teams, Azure DevOps).
• Understanding of public sector procurement legislation, public-sector governance, and municipal financial processes and reporting standards (PSAB).
• Excellent communication, written and verbal, facilitation and vendor-management skills.
• Advanced analytical, risk-management and report-writing abilities.
• Must be legally able to work in Canada and able to obtain/maintain a satisfactorily.