Senior Project Manager

VTRAC Consulting Corporation
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Position#:
VRC24170-RQ07098

Position:
Senior Project Manager/Leader (Ontario Government)

Position Type:
Contract

No

of Positions:
1

Location:
Toronto, ON - Hybrid

Responsibilities:

Provide project management for the COVaxON solution
Ensure 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
Interact with senior staff within the ministry and with external partners and manage relationships
Lead organizational development, strategy development, business planning, and ministry funding requests.
Gather and develop requirements to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan
Identify 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
Resolve resourcing and interpersonal conflicts, negotiate changes to resourcing, ensure knowledge is shared among team members so that project objectives and deliverables are met
Develop complex project budgets based on multiple funding channels and cross-ministry dependencies
Effectively manage large project budgets and ensure a high level of fiscal control and accountability including estimates, forecasts and reconciliation/confirmation of actuals
Use ministry project management tools for recording and reporting project/program data
Participate in team meetings
Create/update Integrated Project Management Plan (IPP), adjust and update IPP as per change requests
Perform reviews of schedule, variance analysis, adjust leads and lags, and revise schedule
Manage and monitor project progress, critical path activities, and report on slippage
Create overall project status and project progress reports for project executives and stakeholders
Identify and manage issues, review issue status, and produce issue logs
Proactively identify potential risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed
Articulate and prioritize issues and risks at senior executive levels, and recommends mitigation strategies for decision-makers
Review change requests, and prepare change requests report to be reviewed by Change Control Board, and adjust integrated project plan accordingly
Create and provide knowledge transfer documentation as part of the knowledge transfer plan
Participate in steering committee and stakeholder forums
Provide project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels
Promote 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
Adopt and adhere to OPS Unified I&IT Project Methodology, OPS/e-Health Ontario Gating process
Be a demonstrated team player with a track record for meeting deadlines.

Requirements:

Project management, leading and planning complex, mission-critical projects or initiatives involving business transformation, and design, development, and implementation of IT Health-related solutions
Working with business analysts and system designers to define project scope, and design and translate the business requirements and functional specifications into an application design appropriate to meet the business and operational/IT needs
Leading a team of business analysts, designers, developers and working with cross-functional teams
Overseeing the development of agreed-to solutions and implementation of those solutions, including design, testing, installation and monitoring of the new systems
Gathering and developing requirements in order to create and maintain a detailed project schedule, timelines, resources and integrated plan
Acting as the senior business/technical expert, coordinating all aspects of a specific deliverable including the oversight of team members where appropriate
Applying business process transformation and re-engineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative, cost effective service delivery approaches
Identifying, articulating and prioritizing issues and risks at senior executive levels and recommending mitigation strategies for decision makers
Establishing and participating in working groups and stakeholder forums
Developing detailed project management documentation
Identifying conflicts and communicating deliverable conflicts or issues to the engagement lead or client manager
Proactively identifying, managing and working with relevant parties on risk mitigation strategies to ensure commitments and deliverables are completed as per approvals and stakeholder expectations
Anticipating and resolving problems to ensure that the deliverables are completed, on time and within budget, to the highest quality, meeting or exceeding expectations
Identifying and resolving project conflicts related to resources, schedules, cost etc.
Developing and/or supporting the development of training and communications material in support of large system implementation
Developing, preparing reports and presentations, including options, recommendations, implementation plans, designs, strategies and change-management options
Developing, maintaining and regularly completing any reporting or dashboard tools required by project sponsors/clients
Presenting solutions in written or oral reports, preparing documentation and presenting progress reports to clients
Providing project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at management levels
Using 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
Building positive relationships by developing an understanding of business and deliverable needs
Developing mechanisms, frameworks, processes, and procedures for implementing the deliverables as it relate to the project
Working with teams to apply the best practices in the definition and design of application software, hardware and network requirements
Project Management Professional (PMP) Designation

Deployment to meet the functional and non-functional requirements, adhering to GO-ITS and Digital Health standards and internal branch standards and in some cases proposing amendments to those standards.

Must Haves:

10+ years of experience with:

Project management on large-scale, complex, high-profile, and high-risk projects for Public Sector I&IT initiatives.
Leading and planning complex, mission-critical projects or initiatives involving business transformation and design, development, and implementation of IT Health-related solutions
Working with business analysts and system designers to define project scope, and design and translate the business requirements and functional specifications into an application design appropriate to meet the business and operational/IT needs
Acting as the senior business/technical expert, coordinating all aspects of a specific deliverable including the oversight of team members where appropriate
Developing detailed project management documentation
Developing, and preparing reports and presentations, including options, recommendations, implementation plans, designs, strategies and change-management options
Providing project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at management levels

Deployment to meet the functional and non-functional requirements, adhering to GO-ITS and Digital Health standards and internal branch standards and in some cases proposing amendments to those standards.

Project management software such as MS Project, Planview, Jira, and Confluence
Managing projects using Agile project management methodologies for the analysis, design, development and implementation of applications in large complex environments

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