Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement - RQ11582

Role Snapshot

Job Title: RQ11582 - Project Manager/Leader - Senior

Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement

Work Location: 222 Jarvis St, Toronto, Ontario

Work Model: Onsite – 5 days onsite

Estimated Start Date: September 10, 2026

Estimated End Date: March 31, 2027

Business Days: 152.00

Hours: 7.25 hours per day

Extension: Probable after the initial mandate

Security Level: No Clearance Required

Key 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, within scope and budget, with a focus on cost-effectiveness, efficiencies and compliance with OPS project management methodologies and frameworks.

General Skills

The successful candidate should demonstrate the following skills and experience:
- 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, clarifies roles and responsibilities, and sets 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, and 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.
- Awareness / knowledge of emerging I⁢ trends and directions.
- Ability to adapt to changing trends, leverage emerging tools and methodologies, and effectively lead projects to success in today’s dynamic IT landscape.

Desirable Skills





- Knowledge and understanding of Project Management Institute’s Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).
- 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, anticipating and troubleshooting issues, providing ongoing expertise, resolving problems and providing project effectiveness.
- Ability to identify conflict between project and functional areas and develop responses to successfully address conflict.
- Ability to handle client relationships to manage expectations, provide updates as required, and identify potential conflicts between project and functional areas.

Experience And Skill Set Requirements

Project Management – 35%

The successful candidate should demonstrate solid project management experience, including:
- Managing large-scale, complex, high-profile and high-risk I⁢ projects.
- Developing and managing project schedules, deliverables, and scope.
- Gathering and developing requirements to create and maintain detailed project schedules and/or integrated plans.
- Monitoring and forecasting project costs.
- Developing complex project budgets based on multiple funding channels and cross-ministry dependencies.
- Managing large project budgets with strong fiscal control and accountability.
- Managing estimates, forecasts and reconciliation/confirmation of actuals.
- Directing project teams and ensuring deliverables are completed on time and according to government and ministry standards.
- Managing project resources, including OPS unionized employees and fee for service (FFS) consultants.
- Establishing and participating in steering committees and stakeholder forums.
- Providing project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to senior executive stakeholders.
- Managing risks, issues, conflicts and changes throughout the project lifecycle.
- Applying project management best practices and standard methodologies.

Technical, Deployment and Project Integration Skills – 35%

The successful candidate should demonstrate strong technical, deployment and project integration experience, including:
- Promoting OPS I⁢ project management standards and best practices.
- Understanding and applying standard project management methodologies and frameworks.
- Coordinating and monitoring project processes.
- Developing and communicating project guidelines and procedures.
- Supporting system quality and adherence to standard methodology.
- Promoting effective control and use of I⁢ resources.
- Awareness and knowledge of emerging I⁢ trends and directions.
- Ability to adapt to changing trends and leverage emerging tools and methodologies.
- Ability to make recommendations regarding the acquisition of software, hardware, and technology resources.
- Experience coordinating project activities across multiple functional areas.
- Ability to identify and resolve conflicts between project and functional areas.
- Ability to effectively lead projects through concept,



definition, planning, implementation and close-out.

Documentation Skills – 20%

The successful candidate should demonstrate strong documentation, planning and reporting capabilities, including:
- Gathering and developing project requirements.
- Creating and maintaining detailed project schedules and/or integrated plans.
- Developing project guidelines and procedures.
- Developing project budgets, estimates and forecasts.
- Preparing project, program, and/or portfolio reporting.
- Providing reporting and input to ensure project cost targets are met.
- Documenting project risks, issues and mitigation strategies.
- Developing and communicating project information to stakeholders and senior executives.
- Supporting Ministry funding requests.
- Supporting organizational development, strategy development and business planning activities.
- Applying Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices.

Public Sector Experience – 10%

The successful candidate should demonstrate experience relevant to public sector project environments, including:
- Experience with OPS I⁢ initiatives.
- Understanding and adherence to government and ministry standards.
- Experience promoting OPS I⁢ project management best practices.
- Experience with OPS project management methodologies and frameworks.
- Experience working with OPS unionized employees and fee for service (FFS) consultants.
- Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices.
- Knowledge and understanding of AODA and related regulations and standards.
- Experience with Ministry funding requests.
- Experience working with senior executive stakeholders and decision makers.
- Experience establishing and participating in steering committees and stakeholder forums.

Core Competencies

- Senior Project Management.
- Large-Scale I⁢ Project Management.
- Complex, High-Profile and High-Risk Projects.
- OPS I⁢ Initiatives.
- Organizational Development.
- Strategy Development.
- Business Planning.
- Ministry Funding Requests.
- Project Scheduling.
- Integrated Project Planning.
- Project Deliverables and Scope Management.
- Budget Development and Management.
- Financial Forecasting and Cost Monitoring.
- Fiscal Control and Accountability.
- Estimates, Forecasts and Reconciliation.
- Risk and Issue Management.
- Risk Mitigation Strategies.
- Stakeholder Management.
- Senior Executive Reporting.
- Steering Committee Management.
- Project Team Leadership.
- Resource Management.
- OPS Unionized Employees.
- Fee for Service (FFS) Consultants.
- Conflict Resolution.
- Change Management.
- Project Monitoring.
- Project Guidelines and Procedures.
- OPS I⁢ Standards and Best Practices.
- Project Management Methodologies and Frameworks.
- Emerging I⁢ Trends and Technologies.
- Software, Hardware and Technology Resource Acquisition.
- Information Management.
- AODA Compliance and Related Standards.
- Project Management Institute’s PMBOK.
- Client Relationship Management.
- Government and Ministry Standards.
- Project Lifecycle Management.
- Concept, Definition, Planning, Implementation and Close-Out.

Work Arrangement

Onsite – Toronto, Ontario

The successful candidate will be required to work 5 days onsite at:

222 Jarvis St, Toronto, Ontario

- Work Model: Onsite – 5 days onsite
- Hours: 7.25 hours per day
- Estimated Start Date: September 10, 2026
- Estimated End Date: March 31, 2027
- Business Days: 152.00
- Extension: Probable after the initial mandate
- Security Level: No Clearance Required

📌 Project Manager/Leader - Senior (Toronto)
🏢 S M Software Solutions
📍 Toronto