This resource will coordinate cross-ministry governance, strategic planning, risk and issue management, stakeholder alignment and executive reporting in the discovery phase of this modernization initiative. The resource needs to act as the primary liaison between business partners, IT teams, and senior leadership, ensuring collaboration across all workstreams with the goal of securing a successful launch of a major enterprise I⁢ project across EDU and MCURES portfolios Demonstration of solid project management experience with over 5 years of experience. Anticipates and resolves problems to ensure that the deliverables are completed within budget, to the highest quality, meeting or exceeding expectations.

Change-management principles and methodology expertise. Manage project schedules, milestones, risks, issues, and key deliverables, Prepare polished executive-ready presentation materials. Oversee deliverables, project governance submission and tracking (through Planview), and the I⁢ UPM gateway process.

Prepare executive briefings and future RFB planning Other Project Management Skills - 45% Provide senior project management leadership throughout the project lifecycle, leveraging a minimum of five years of project management experience to ensure successful project delivery. Lead the development, coordination, and tracking of TB/MBC, and Strategic Planning Process (SPP) deliverables, ensuring timelines and quality expectations are met. Provide regular project status reporting to senior leadership, including progress updates, key decisions, risks, issues, financial status, and recommendations.

Foster collaboration across ministries and stakeholder groups to ensure project objectives, governance requirements,



and business outcomes remain aligned throughout the discovery and implementation phases. Lead change management planning and implementation activities to support stakeholder readiness, adoption, and successful organizational transition. Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and critical path activities to ensure project objectives are delivered on time, within budget, and to the expected quality standards.

Support the onboarding of the project into Planview, ensuring alignment with OPS enterprise-wide Project Portfolio Management (PPM) best practices for project governance, administration, tracking, and reporting. Provide ongoing support for the application of the I⁢ Project Methodology across all project phases, including Feasibility, Project Approval, Definition, Planning, Implementation, and Close-Out. Ensure that the required governance, system development, and project management artefacts are completed and maintained for each phase to demonstrate compliance with organizational standards and project delivery requirements.

Coordinate the alignment of system development activities with project management phases, including: Executing requirements, analysis, and design activities in support of the Definition and Planning phases. Aligning coding, testing,



and deployment activities with the Implementation phase, where the solution is developed and delivered. Supporting post-implementation review activities during the Close-Out phase to capture lessons learned and validate the successful design, development, and deployment of the solution.

Public

Sector - 10% Previous public sector experience in an organization of equivalent size and complexity to Ontario Public Service. Demonstrates experience designing and developing applications that comply with GO-ITS standards would be an asset Strong understanding of challenges and issues that ministry may have with respect to data Demonstration of strong project management experience with over 5 years of experience. Anticipates and resolves problems to ensure that the deliverables are completed within budget, to the highest quality, meeting or exceeding expectations.

Change-management principles and methodology expertise. Manage project schedules, milestones, risks, issues, and key deliverables, Prepare polished executive-ready presentation materials. Oversee deliverables, project governance submission and tracking (through Planview), and the I⁢ UPM gateway process.

Prepare executive briefings and future RFB planning Provide senior project management leadership throughout the project lifecycle, leveraging a minimum of five years of project management experience to ensure successful project delivery. Lead the development, coordination, and tracking of TB/MBC, and Strategic Planning Process (SPP) deliverables, ensuring timelines and quality expectations are met. Previous public sector experience in an organization of equivalent size and complexity to Ontario Public Service.

📌 Project Manager/Leader - Senior (Toronto)
🏢 Maarut
📍 Toronto