Project Manager/Leader - Senior Toronto, ON Hybrid (2-3 days onsite)

Job Title: Project Manager/Leader - Senior

Location: Toronto, ON Hybrid (2-3 days onsite)

Duration: 12+ Months

Description:

General Skills

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

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

• Ability to monitor and forecast project costs and provide reporting and input to ensure targets are met.

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

• Ability to promote I&IT project management best practices and adherence to standard methodologies.

• Demonstrated experience directing project teams to ensure project deliverables are delivered on time and adhere to government and ministry standards.

• Extensive experience coordinating and monitoring project processes, and developing/communicating guidelines and procedures.

• Sources, selects and on-boards team members in various disciplines, clarifies roles and responsibilities, and sets task, deliverable, and performance expectations for resources that are both OPS unionized employees and fee-for-service (FFS) consultants.

• Resolves resourcing and interpersonal conflicts, negotiates changes to resourcing, and ensures knowledge is shared among team members to achieve project objectives and deliverables.

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

• Effectively manages large project budgets and ensures a high level of fiscal control and accountability, including estimates, forecasts, and reconciliation/confirmation of actuals.

• Proactively identifies potential risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigation strategies can be developed.

• Articulates and prioritizes issues and risks at senior executive levels and recommends mitigation strategies for decision-makers.

• Establishes and participates in steering committee and stakeholder forums.

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

• Uses appropriate strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change during all stages of projects including concept, definition, planning, implementation, and close-out.

• Promotes OPS I&IT standards and best practices for project management to facilitate control of system quality, adherence to standard methodology, and effective use of I&IT resources.

• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification.

• Extensive experience managing procurement and purchasing initiatives, including vendor management, contract administration, acquisition processes, and procurement compliance.

• Demonstrated experience meeting all mandatory qualifications outlined in the PM technical requirements.

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge and understanding of Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).

• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies, and practices.

• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards.

• Ability to make recommendations on the acquisition of software, hardware, and technology resources.

• Experience managing and coordinating project monitoring, anticipating and troubleshooting issues, providing ongoing expertise, resolving problems, and improving project effectiveness.

• Ability to identify conflicts between project and functional areas and develop responses to successfully address those conflicts.

• Ability to manage client relationships, set and manage expectations, provide updates as required, and identify potential conflicts between project and functional areas.

Must Haves:

• Executive-level briefing experience

• Previous experience in successfully managing infrastructure development projects.

• Experience with public sector business case/funding acquisition and competitive procurements.

• Experience managing large-scale, complex, integrated project plans and implementation plans. (mention the budget of projects managed)

• Experience managing executive relationships and dealing with senior executives.

• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification.

• Extensive experience managing procurement and purchasing initiatives, including vendor management, contract administration, acquisition processes, and procurement compliance.

• Demonstrated experience meeting all mandatory qualifications outlined in the PM technical requirements.