Project Manager

**Position Information**

**Posting Number**:

- ROM24-337E**Title**:

- Project Manager (RFT 1.0 FTE)**Position Status**:

- Regular Full-time**FTE**:

- 1.0**Job Schedule**:

- Days**Department**:

- Quality & Patient Safety**Union**:

- Non-union**Site**:

- Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre**About The Royal**
- As one of Canada’s foremost mental health care and academic health science centres, The Royal has a clear purpose: to get more people living with mental illness into recovery faster. This is at the core of everything we do and it is driven by the passion, focus and dedication of our employees. Every day, the work that we do transforms the lives of people with mental illness through specialized mental healthcare, advocacy, research and education._

The PMO Manager for the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (ROHCG) is responsible for ensuring the successful planning, execution, and delivery of hospital projects. This role involves establishing project management standards, managing a portfolio of projects, and providing strategic guidance to project owners to improve project outcomes and align with the Royal’s objectives.

Provides advice and support on strategic initiatives, project coordination, operational planning, resource allocation, utilization monitoring, quality improvement initiatives, and corporate liabilities/issues. Responsibilities include leading projects that improve patient safety and support People and Culture/HR initiatives, ensuring the successful implementation of these projects by adhering to best practices and meeting stakeholder expectations

Works collaboratively with leadership to develop applicable strategies and engages with the management team, senior leaders, and physicians across ROHCG and may include external stakeholders.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:
**Strategic Support**:

- Develops and implements PM strategies, charters, methodologies, and best practices to standardize project management processes across the hospital.
- Establishes governance frameworks for project management, including project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
- Ensures alignment of projects with the Royal’s strategic goals and objectives.

**Multi-Project Management Coordination**:

- Oversees the portfolio of hospital projects, ensuring they are executed efficiently and effectively.
- Drive initiatives related to People and Culture/HR, ensuring that projects enhance organizational culture, employee engagement, and HR processes
- Execute projects focused on improving quality, infection prevention and control (IPAC), and patient safety to ensure optimal healthcare outcomes and compliance with standards.
- Monitors project progress, identify and address any issues or risks, and ensure that projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
- Coordinates with various departments to facilitate project execution and resolve any inter-departmental conflicts.
- Manages and prioritizes resource needs to optimize project performance and ensure timely delivery of project milestones.

**Risk & Performance Management**:

- Identifies potential risks and develops mitigation plans to address them.
- Monitors and manages project risks throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring that issues are resolved promptly
- Establishes and tracks key performance indicators (KPIs) for project success.
- Prepares and presents detailed project reports, including performance metrics, financial summaries, and status updates, to senior management.
- Conducts post-project evaluations to identify lessons learned and areas for improvement.
- Compiles reports on portfolios to monitor budgets, performance indicators, and risk factors.

**Communication**:

- Acts as the primary point of contact for project-related communications within the hospital.
- Provides regular updates on project status, risks, and issues to stakeholders, including senior management and department heads.
- Facilitates meetings and presentations to review project progress and address stakeholder concerns.
- Acts as a coordinator to help facilitate project priorities among teams

**Compliance & Quality Assurance**:

- Ensures that all projects comply with hospital policies, regulatory requirements, and industry standards.
- Implements quality assurance processes to maintain high standards of project delivery.
- Develops appropriate tracking systems to investigate issues and identify outliers to ensure data integrity and validity

**Other**:

- Works in a manner that is in compliance with staff and patient/client safety practices, policies and procedures of The Royal.
- Ensures a work environment that is conducive to the Royal’s Anti-Racism, Harassment, Discrimination-Free Workplace and work safety policies and practices.
- Demonstrates commitment to health equity, values diversity and contributes to an inclusive working environment.

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Healthcare Administration, Busi