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 dynamic 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 agile 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

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