Project Manager/Leader – Senior

Job Title: Project Manager/Leader – Senior
Location: Aurora, ON (Hybrid)
Estimated Duration: 11 Months

Job Title
Project Manager/Leader – Senior
Description
Responsibilities

• Provides project management on large scale, complex, high profile and high risk projects for OPS I&IT initiatives.
• Ensures project deliverables meet clients’ business requirements on time, scope and budget, with a focus on cost-effectiveness, efficiencies and compliance with OPS project management methodologies and frameworks.

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.

Deliverables

• Previous experience in successfully managing infrastructure development projects.
• Experience with public sector business case/funding acquisition and competitive procurements.
• Experience with procurement processes and with similar procurement challenges, ensuing a clear understanding of the Client's unique requirements.
• Knowledge and experience in project-managing large-scale innovative initiatives.
• Experience managing large-scale, complex, integrated project plans and implementation plans.
• Experience in identifying project scope and managing stakeholder expectations.
• Experience managing executive relationships and dealing with senior executives.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills to conduct a comprehensive review of current procurement processes, identifying inefficiencies, bottlenecks and opportunities for improvement.
• Demonstrate proficiency in change management, providing a plan to facilitate a smooth transition for the procurement team during the implementation phase.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of fiscal/budgeting elements of large-scale projects.
• Highly developed interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Track record of meeting deadlines.