About the job RQ11217 - Sr. Project Manager/Leader RQ11217 - Sr. Project Manager/Leader
NOTE: Has to have excellent verbal and written communication skills (transparent & concise)
Must Haves
Minimum 10+ years of experience as a Project Manager directly responsible for leading all aspects of large, complex Application Development initiatives
Demonstrated hands on experience leading and managing agile projects, preferably following Scrum methodology
Advanced knowledge of project management principles, methods and techniques
Demonstrated experience successfully managing OPS governance Cluster and Corporate governance approval processes such as project gating, architecture governance points, digital first assessment
Experience managing privacy and security deliverables
Experience leading technical teams
Experience running scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives
Demonstrated experience managing external and internal stakeholders and project interdependencies
Advanced skills in Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, and Visio, and Planview
Project rescue/project triage experience is an asset
Responsibilities:
Provides project management on large scale, complex, high profile and high risk projects for OPS I⁢ 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.
General Skills:
Leads 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 met
Experience developing and managing project schedules,



deliverables, and scope
Ability to promote I⁢ project management best practices and adherence to standard methodologies
Demonstrated experience directing project teams to ensure project deliverables are delivered on time and adhere to government and ministry standards
Extensive experience coordinating and monitoring project processes, and developing/communicating guidelines and procedures
Sources, selects and on-boards team members in various disciplines, clarify roles and responsibilities and set task/deliverable/performance expectations for resources that are both OPS unionized employees as well as fee for service (FFS) consultants.
Resolves resourcing and inter-personal conflicts, negotiates changes to resourcing, ensures knowledge is shared among team members such as project objectives and deliverables are met.
Develops complex project budgets based on multiple funding channels and cross ministry dependencies.
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 forums
Provides, 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⁢ 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⁢ resources.
Knowledge and understanding of Project Management's Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge
Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices
Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
Ability to make recommendations on the acquisition of software, hardware, and technology resources
Experience managing and coordinating project monitoring, anticipates and troubleshoots issues, provides ongoing expertise, resolves problems and provides project effectiveness
Ability to identify conflict between project and functional areas and develops responses to successfully address conflict
Ability to handle client relationships to manage expectations, provides updates as required, identifies potential conflicts between project and functional areas
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Note: The higher end of the range is intended for absolutely exceptional candidates who meet all must-have requirements and most or all nice-to-have qualifications. The client will evaluate candidates based on both rate expectations and overall skill set when shortlisting.
$96.65/hr - $115.98/hr Inc.

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📌 Sr. Project Manager/Leader (Ontario)
🏢 Source Code
📍 Ontario