RQ11323 - Project Manager/Leader - Senior

- Providesproject management on large scale, complex, high profile and high riskprojects for OPS I⁢ initiatives.

- Ensuresproject deliverables meet clients’ business requirements on time, scopeand budget, with a focus on cost-effectiveness, efficiencies andcompliance with OPS project management methodologies and frameworks.

General Skills:

- Leadsorganizational development, strategy development, business planning, andMinistry funding requests.

- Gathersand develops requirements in order to create and maintain a detailedproject schedule and/or integrated plan.

- Abilityto monitor and forecast project costs and provide reporting and input toensure targets are met

- Experiencedeveloping and managing project schedules, deliverables, and scope

- Abilityto promote I⁢ project management best practices and adherence tostandard methodologies

- Demonstratedexperience directing project teams to ensure project deliverables aredelivered on time and adhere to government and ministry standards

- Extensiveexperience coordinating and monitoring project processes, anddeveloping/communicating guidelines and procedures

- Sources,selects and on-boards team members in various disciplines, clarify rolesand responsibilities and set task/deliverable/performance expectations forresources that are both OPS unionized employees as well as fee for service(FFS) consultants.

- Resolvesresourcing and inter-personal conflicts, negotiates changes to resourcing,ensures knowledge is shared among team members such as project objectivesand deliverables are met.





- Developscomplex project budgets based on multiple funding channels and crossministry dependencies.

- Effectivelymanages large project budgets and ensures a high level of fiscal controland accountability including estimates, forecasts andreconciliation/confirmation of actuals.

- Proactivelyidentifies potential risk events and issues before they occur so thatproper mitigating strategies can be developed.

- Articulatesand prioritizes issues and risks at senior executive levels and recommendsmitigation strategies for decision makers.

- Establishesand participates in steering committee and stakeholder forums

- Provides,project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders atsenior executive levels.

- Usesappropriate strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change andcapitalize on forces in support of change during all stages of projects –concept, definition, planning, implementation and close-out.

- PromotesOPS I⁢ standards and best practices for project management tofacilitate control of system quality, adherence to standard methodologyand the control of the use of I⁢ resources.

- Awareness/ knowledge of emerging I⁢ trends and directions

- Abilityto adapt to changing trends, leverage emerging tools and methodologies,and effectively lead projects to success in today’s energetic IT landscape





- Knowledgeand understanding of Project Management’s Institute’s Project ManagementBody of Knowledge

- Knowledgeand understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policiesand practices

- Knowledgeand understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act(AODA) and related regulations and standards

- Abilityto make recommendations on the acquisition of software, hardware, andtechnology resources

- Experiencemanaging and coordinating project monitoring, anticipates andtroubleshoots issues, provides ongoing expertise, resolves problems andprovides project effectiveness

- Abilityto identify conflict between project and functional areas and developsresponses to successfully address conflict

- Abilityto handle client relationships to manage expectations, provides updates asrequired, identifies potential conflicts between project and functionalareas

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

- Demonstrated experience in coordinating and planning for themodernization of large, complex multi-platform, multitier informationtechnology systems.

- Experience producing Project Planning and Coordinationdocumentation such as but not limited to:Business Case, Processes,Charter, Integrated Project Plan, Migration plans, Schedules, project kick offmaterials, roadmaps, release management etc. throughout SDLC (Agile andWaterfall)

- Experience with business stakeholder management and statusreporting at the Executive level

Nice to Have:

- Experience with Planview

Skill Set Requirements:

Technical Skills:

📌 11715 (Toronto)
🏢 Maarut
📍 Toronto