Project Manager

Project Manager

The successful proponent will work primarily remote but on occasion, travel may be required to Victoria, (once in a quarter – if applicable). The expenses will not be reimbursed. US based candidates will not be eligible for this role Estimated Work Start Date: 15-Apr-2025 Estimated Work End Date: 31-Mar-2026 Standard Hours Per Day: 7.00 Estimated Work Days: 251.00

Project Name: BCM MFM TMS Implementation

Experience and Education Requirements

Have a minimum of three (3) years of experience within the last seven (7) years as a Project Manager in one or more of the following knowledge areas:

• Project Integration Management
• Project Scope Management
• Project Time Management
• Project Cost Management
• Project Quality Management
• Project Human Resource Management
• Project Communications Management
• Project Risk Management
• Project Procurement Management

Have an undergraduate degree (e.g. BA, B.Sc, information technology, engineering or other technology related field). The Province will consider certification as a CA, CMC, CMA, CGA, or CFA as an alternative to a conventional undergraduate degree; Preferably have a PMI – Project Management Professional (PMP®) designation

Provide project examples that clearly demonstrate experience on at least three (3) projects of eight (8) months or longer duration, which includes strong communication skills to lead stakeholders from multiple groups with diverse interests to consensus on project scope, objectives and responsibilities and liaison with Ministry management and staff; Provide project examples that clearly demonstrate three (3) or more years in managing multi-disciplinary teams (e.g. core business staff, professional employees, middle managers and other private sector contractors) and developing feasibility studies, business cases, and treasury board submissions Provide project examples that clearly demonstrate experience in managing change requests/budget requests including: - cost estimates; - schedules; - resources required to deliver integrated solutions; - deliverables; - inter-dependencies on other tasks/sub-projects/Ministries' projects Provide project examples that clearly demonstrate a track record of successfully delivering medium complexity projects (less than $5M in value, greater than six (6) months in duration and at least five (5) people reporting to the Project Manager) preferably in a public sector environment.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Function - Description (All under direction, oversight & guidance of Project Director) - Desired Skills / Experience (Understood that not all may be available)

Project Plan development and maintenance / project work controls CORE - Planning session facilitation; work plan development, integration and ongoing maintenance; status analysis; work assignment report / view development; status and work assignment meeting leadership and note taking - Experience with:team leadership, planning session leadership,complex project work plan construction and maintenance (reasonably advanced MS Project skills),project team meeting leadership,project status analysis and solution or recommendation development (slippage or overage resolution),standard project management documentation writing,ability to work with and support multi-discipline project team.

Governance decision and secretariat support SUPPORT - DISCRETIONARY - Support to project director in (rather than independent work regarding): preparation of detailed and dashboard level status reports; governance meeting decision / review material assembly and packaging; governance meeting planning support; governance meeting minuting - Experience with:status report development – both detailed and executive dashboard levels,agenda and minutes development for senior mgmt. or executive meetings,meeting material assembly packaging and quality assurance,senior management consultations re priorities, subject matter, etc.

Risk planning and management CORE - Risk planning session facilitation; risk identification / analysis / mitigation planning; risk management update gathering and analysis; risk management team leadership (TBD); risk register maintenance; risk escalation support (link to governance above) - Experience with:team leadership, risk planning session leadership,risk analysis and mitigation planning,risk registry maintenance,risk status reporting,issue (escalation) note drafting

Issue identification and management CORE - Issue mgmt. process administration (receipt, triage, analysis, assignment, registration, tracking, escalation); issue status collection and analysis; issue escalation documentation and support (link to governance above) - Experience with:structured process administration (issue mgmt. in this case),team leadership, issue planning session leadership,issue analysis and resolution planning,issue log maintenance,issue status collection & reporting,issue (escalation) note draftingpreference for experience with JIRA

Scope change analysis and management SUPPORT - Support to project director in (rather than independent work regarding): change mgmt. process administration (receipt, triage, impact analysis, alternatives development, registration, escalation); change approval documentation and support (link to governance above) - Experience:structured process administration (change mgmt. in this case),change request triage (urgency, decision level),change request impact and alternatives analysis,change request documentation,change registry maintenance,change decision routing

Business analysis supplementation DISCRETIONARY - AS / IF REQUIRED: Occasional support to / supplementation of project business analysts in the development of related deliverables – including analysis, resultant or conclusion development, documentation and imagery development, etc. - Intermediate business analyst skills (ability to take on small independent business analysis projects, or provide support to senior business analysts)