RQ11651 - Project Manager/Leader - Senior

Provides project management on large scale, complex, high profileand high risk projects for OPS I& IT initiatives.

Ensures project deliverables meet clients’ businessrequirements on time, scope and budget, with a focus on cost-effectiveness,efficiencies and compliance with OPS project management methodologies andframeworks.

General Skills:

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

Gathers and develops requirements in order to create andmaintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan.

Ability to monitor and forecast project costs and providereporting and input to ensure targets are met

Experience developing and managing project schedules,deliverables, and scope

Ability to promote I⁢ project management bestpractices and adherence to standard methodologies

Demonstrated experience directing project teams to ensureproject deliverables are delivered on time and adhere to government andministry standards

Extensive experience coordinating and monitoring projectprocesses, and developing/communicating guidelines and procedures

Sources, selects and on-boards team members in variousdisciplines, clarify roles and responsibilities and settask/deliverable/performance expectations for resources that are both OPSunionized employees as well as fee for service (FFS) consultants.

Resolves resourcing and inter-personal conflicts, negotiateschanges to resourcing, ensures knowledge is shared among team members such asproject objectives and deliverables are met.

Develops complex project budgets based on multiple fundingchannels and cross ministry dependencies.

Effectively manages large project budgets and ensures a highlevel of fiscal control and accountability including estimates, forecasts andreconciliation/confirmation of actuals.

Proactively identifies potential risk events and issuesbefore they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed.

Articulates and prioritizes issues and risks at seniorexecutive levels and recommends mitigation strategies for decision makers.

Establishes and participates in steering committee andstakeholder forums.

Provides, project, program, and/or portfolio reporting tomulti-stakeholders at senior executive levels.

Uses appropriate strategies and actions to overcomeresistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change during allstages of projects - concept, definition, planning, implementation andclose-out.

Promotes OPS I⁢ standards and best practices forproject management to facilitate control of system quality,



adherence tostandard methodology and the control of the use of I⁢ resources.

Knowledge and understanding of Project Management’sInstitute’s Project Management Body of Knowledge

Knowledge and understanding of Information Managementprinciples, concepts, policies and practices

Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarianswith Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards

Ability to make recommendations on the acquisition ofsoftware, hardware, and technology resources

Experience managing and coordinating project monitoring,anticipates and troubleshoots issues, provides ongoing expertise, resolvesproblems and provides project effectiveness

Ability to identify conflict between project and functionalareas and develops responses to successfully address conflict

Ability to handle client relationships to manageexpectations, provides updates as required, identifies potential conflictsbetween project and functional areas

Requirements
Experience and Skill Set Requirements:
Must Haves:

Experiencewith direct/indirect cost allocation and Total Cost of Ownership(TCO).

Comprehendscloud pricing models (AWS/Azure), software licensing, and hardwaredepreciation.

Experiencebuilding dynamic simulation workflows, scenario analysis frameworks, andvariance tracking.

leadsorganizational development, strategy development, business planning, andMinistry funding requests.

Experiencedeveloping and managing project schedules, deliverables, and scope

Nice to have:

OPS or public sector exp.

Skill Set Requirements:
Responsibilities:

Provides project management on large scale, complex, highprofile and high risk projects for OPS I⁢ initiatives.

Ensures project deliverables meet clients’ businessrequirements on time, scope and budget, with a focus on cost-effectiveness,efficiencies and compliance with OPS project management methodologies andframeworks.

General Skills:

Experience with direct/indirect cost allocation and TotalCost of Ownership (TCO).

Comprehends cloud pricing models (AWS/Azure), softwarelicensing, and hardware depreciation.

Experience building energetic simulation workflows, scenarioanalysis frameworks, and variance tracking and leads organizationaldevelopment, strategy development, business planning,



and Ministry fundingrequests.

Gathers and develops requirements in order to create andmaintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan.

Ability to monitor and forecast project costs and providereporting and input to ensure targets are met

Experience developing and managing project schedules,deliverables, and scope

Ability to promote I⁢ project management bestpractices and adherence to standard methodologies

Demonstrated experience directing project teams to ensureproject deliverables are delivered on time and adhere to government andministry standards

Extensive experience coordinating and monitoring projectprocesses, and developing/communicating guidelines and procedures

Sources, selects and on-boards team members in variousdisciplines, clarify roles and responsibilities and settask/deliverable/performance expectations for resources that are both OPSunionized employees as well as fee for service (FFS) consultants.

Resolves resourcing and inter-personal conflicts, negotiateschanges to resourcing, ensures knowledge is shared among team members such asproject objectives and deliverables are met.

Develops complex project budgets based on multiple fundingchannels and cross ministry dependencies.

Effectively manages large project budgets and ensures a highlevel of fiscal control and accountability including estimates, forecasts andreconciliation/confirmation of actuals.

Proactively identifies potential risk events and issuesbefore they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed.

Articulates and prioritizes issues and risks at seniorexecutive levels and recommends mitigation strategies for decision makers.

Establishes and participates in steering committee andstakeholder forums

Provides, project, program, and/or portfolio reporting tomulti-stakeholders at senior executive levels.

Uses appropriate strategies and actions to overcomeresistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change during allstages of projects – concept, definition, planning, implementation andclose-out.

Promotes OPS I⁢ standards and best practices forproject management to facilitate control of system quality, adherence tostandard methodology and the control of the use of I⁢ resources.

Awareness / knowledge of emerging I⁢ trends anddirections

Ability to adapt to changing trends, leverage emerging toolsand methodologies, and effectively lead projects to success in today’s dynamicIT landscape

Evaluation criteria:

Project Management

Technical, Deployment and Project Integration Skills

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📌 11748 (Ontario)
🏢 Maarut
📍 Ontario