Project Manager 0113-2116

HM Note: This role allows the candidate to work remotely. Candidate must be based in Ontario and able to go to the office when required.

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, clarify roles and responsibilities and set task/deliverable/performance expectations for resources that are both OPS unionized employees as well as fee for service (FFS) consultants.

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

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 mitigating 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 multi-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 – 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 the control of the use of I&IT resources.

Desirable Skills:

Knowledge and understanding of Project Management’s Institute’s Project Management Body of Knowledge

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

Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability 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, anticipates and troubleshoots issues, provides ongoing expertise, resolves problems and provides project effectiveness

Ability to identify conflict between project and functional areas and develops responses to successfully address conflict

Ability to handle client relationships to manage expectations, provides updates as required, identifies potential conflicts between project and functional areas

Deliverables

Business Case, Project Planning and Procurement Experience 35%

• Experience preparing complex business cases.
• Experience with project scoping to confirm operational/business requirements.
• Experience developing project plans.
• Experience preparing project-related briefing notes/decision notes.
• Experience with public sector funding submissions/procurements.

Technology Project Management Experience – 35%

• Experience gathering technical requirements for multifaceted technology/data projects.
• Experience managing large-scale, complex, integrated project plans and implementation plans.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Experience managing competing priorities, scope, and project timelines.
• Experience at a senior level in order to guide a multifaceted project during its initial phases.

Relationship Management – 30%

• Experience managing executive relationships and reporting to senior management.
• Experience building relationships with stakeholders and managing competing priorities.
• Experience with public sector governance processes and requirements.
• Leadership skills to align activities across several project streams and organizations.
• Leadership to manage and resolve issues, working in collaboration with team members.

Must haves:

• Database experience
• At least 10+ years of experience as a project manager

Strong nice to haves:

• Policing experience
• Government experience
• Law enforcement