Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement – RQ11651

Role Snapshot

Job Title: RQ11651 – Project Manager/Leader – Senior

Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement

Work Location: 222 Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Work Arrangement: Onsite – 5 Days per Week

Estimated Start Date: September 28, 2026

Estimated End Date: March 31, 2027

Business Days: 133.00

Extension: Probable after the initial mandate

Hours: 7.25 hours per day

Security Level: No Clearance Required

Must Have

Experience with direct and indirect cost allocation and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

Understanding of cloud pricing models, including AWS and Azure, software licensing, and hardware depreciation.

Experience building energetic simulation workflows, scenario analysis frameworks, and variance tracking.

Experience leading organizational development, strategy development, business planning, and Ministry funding requests.

Experience developing and managing project schedules, deliverables, and scope.

Nice to Have

Ontario Public Service (OPS) or public sector experience.

Description Responsibilities

Provide project management for large-scale, complex, high-profile, and high-risk projects for OPS I⁢ initiatives.

Ensure 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

Lead organizational development, strategy development, business planning, and Ministry funding requests.





Gather and develop requirements to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan.

Monitor and forecast project costs and provide reporting and input to ensure targets are met.

Develop and manage project schedules, deliverables, and scope.

Promote I⁢ project management best practices and adherence to standard methodologies.

Direct project teams to ensure deliverables are completed on time and comply with government and ministry standards.

Coordinate and monitor project processes extensively and develop and communicate guidelines and procedures.

Source, select, and onboard team members across various disciplines; clarify roles and responsibilities; and establish task, deliverable, and performance expectations for resources who are both OPS unionized employees and fee-for-service (FFS) consultants.

Resolve resourcing and interpersonal conflicts, negotiate changes to resourcing, and ensure knowledge is shared among team members so that project objectives and deliverables are met.

Develop complex project budgets based on multiple funding channels and cross-ministry dependencies.

Effectively manage large project budgets and ensure a high level of fiscal control and accountability, including estimates, forecasts, and reconciliation or confirmation of actuals.





Proactively identify potential risk events and issues before they occur so that appropriate mitigation strategies can be developed.

Articulate and prioritize issues and risks at senior executive levels and recommend mitigation strategies for decision-makers.

Establish and participate in steering committees and stakeholder forums.

Provide project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multiple stakeholders at senior executive levels.

Use appropriate strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces supporting change during all project stages, including concept, definition, planning, implementation, and close-out.

Promote OPS I⁢ standards and project management best practices to facilitate control of system quality, adherence to standard methodologies, and control of I⁢ resource usage.

Apply experience with direct and indirect cost allocation and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

Understand cloud pricing models, including AWS and Azure, software licensing, and hardware depreciation.

Build dynamic simulation workflows, scenario analysis frameworks, and variance tracking, and lead organizational development, strategy development, business planning, and Ministry funding requests.

Gather and develop requirements to create and maintain detailed project schedules and/or integrated plans.

Monitor and forecast project costs and provide reporting and input to ensure targets are met.

Develop and manage project schedules, deliverables, and scope.

Promote I⁢ project management best practices and adherence to standard methodologies.

Direct project teams to ensure project deliverables are completed on time and comply with

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