About the job RQ07730 - Project Manager/LeaderMust Haves:Experience leading GIS (Esri) based projectsExperience leading IT Infrastructure modernization and maintenance focused projectsExperience with ArcGIS Portal and/or ArcGIS OnlineNice to have skills:Experience with the OPSResponsibilitiesProvides project management on large scale, complex, high profile and high risk projects for OPS I&IT initiatives.Ensures project deliverables meet clients business requirements on time, scope and budget, with a focus on cost-effectiveness, efficiencies and compliance with OPS project management methodologies and frameworks.In this role, the successful candidate will be required to lead 3 projects under the Geospatial Ontario IT Program (please see attachments for more information):LIO Modernize Data Maintenance (38.5% allocation or 25 days of effort) – This project aims to review the data editing and maintenance requirements of users and data owners across the province. Results should be combined with the discovery outcomes of items 204, and 205 to design a replacement for the legacy LIO Editor/Mapper/Reporter toolset; i.E., recommend new Geospatial Ontario data maintenance solution(s).Providing Access to OPS GIS to LIO Warehouse (30.8% allocation or 20 days of effort) – This project aims to review the Geospatial Ontario Warehouse (authoritative geospatial data database) data access solutions against the needs of their users. The objective is to identify solutions available for decommissioning, design recommended solutions for development, as well as, inform the development of new data modelling standards, and/or the new data maintenance solution(s) (LIO Editor/Mapper/Reporter replacement).LIO Data Modelling Standards (30.8% allocation or 20 days of effort) – This project aims to understand data owner required data model control, what, and how those data models need to change, and how those changes can support future user data access, and data maintenance (LIO Editor/Mapper/Reporter replacement) solutioning.All Geospatial Ontario IT Program projects are composed of both IT Source Fee-For-Service and Full Time Employee resources.Projects will maintain independent, as well as, Program, and Corporate level governance.General SkillsLeads organizational development, strategy development, business planning,



and Ministry funding requests.Gathers and develops requirements in order to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan.Ability to monitor and forecast project costs and provide reporting and input to ensure targets are metExperience developing and managing project schedules, deliverables, and scopeAbility to promote I&IT project management best practices and adherence to standard methodologiesDemonstrated experience directing project teams to ensure project deliverables are delivered on time and adhere to government and ministry standardsExtensive experience coordinating and monitoring project processes, and developing/communicating guidelines and proceduresResolves resourcing and inter-personal conflicts, negotiates changes to resourcing, ensures knowledge is shared among team members such as project objectives and deliverables are met.Effectively manages large project budgets and ensures a high level of fiscal control and accountability including estimates, forecasts and reconciliation/confirmation of actuals.Proactively identifies potential risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed.Articulates and prioritizes issues and risks at senior executive levels and recommends mitigation strategies for decision makers.Establishes and participates in steering committee and stakeholder forumsProvides, project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels.Uses appropriate strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change during all stages of projects concept, definition, planning, implementation and close-out.Promotes OPS I&IT standards and best practices for project management to facilitate control of system quality, adherence to standard methodology and the control of the use of I&IT resources.Experience leading projects involving Esri-based geospatial solutions, ArcGIS Portal, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Image Server, GIS infrastructure, middleware, maintenance, services, applications, databases, monitoring, and tools.Experience leading projects involving integrated networking technologies, Microsoft Azure,



Oracle Spatial, MS Fabric, midrange server, enterprise storage, and personal computer system technologies.Integrated networking technologies, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Spatial, MS Fabric, midrange server, enterprise storage, and personal computer system technologies.Knowledge and understanding of Project Managements Institutes Project Management Body of KnowledgeKnowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practicesKnowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standardsAbility to make recommendations on the acquisition of software, hardware, and technology resourcesExperience managing and coordinating project monitoring, anticipates and troubleshoots issues, provides ongoing expertise, resolves problems and provides project effectivenessAbility to identify conflict between project and functional areas and develops responses to successfully address conflictAbility to handle client relationships to manage expectations, provides updates as required, identifies potential conflicts between project and functional areasHybrid work arrangements are supported.SkillsExperience and Skill Set RequirementsProject Management Experience - 45Formal Project Management trainingExperience leading large, technically complex projectsExperience identifying issues, risks, setting out project timelines, tracking, managing, and reporting progressExperience leading multi-disciplinary projects with IT groups, industry, and business clientsTechnical Experience - 25Experience GIS (Esri) based projectsExperience leading IT Infrastructure modernization and maintenance focused projectsExperience with ArcGIS Portal and/or ArcGIS OnlineExperience with Microsoft Azure infrastructureCommunication Experience - 25Experience resolving conflictExperience communicating technical concepts to lay audiencesExperience negotiating project direction to achieve consensusExperience coordinating Business Analysts and stakeholder engagementPublic Sector Experience - 5Experience leading IT projects though gaiting processes, and working with multi-disciplinary teams.Experience overseeing business needs discovery, options analysis, and solution recommendations within the Public Sector.Experience coordinating the implementation of current IT solutions within the Public Sector#J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Rq07730 - Project Manager/Leader (Toronto)
🏢 Rubicon Path
📍 Toronto