RQ09772 - Project Manager/Leader - Senior

MUST HAVES:

• 5+ years of knowledge and experience working with federal/provincial/broader public sector healthcare related projects
• Demonstrated alignment with the Ontario Digital Service Standard, ensuring delivery practices reflect user-centered design, accessibility, privacy, and security principles.
• Identifying, prioritizing, and articulating risks and issues at senior executive levels; developing and recommending mitigation strategies.
• Driving agile delivery with product-focused teams; collaborating with business analysts and system designers to define scope, translate business requirements into functional specifications, and ensure alignment with operational/IT needs.

General Skills

· Strong leadership, collaboration, and people management skills, with a proven ability to build effective teams.

· Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and troubleshooting capabilities supported by critical thinking.

· Excellent communication skills (interpersonal, verbal, written, and presentation), with the ability to influence and engage diverse stakeholders.

· Skilled in active listening, facilitation, and negotiation to resolve issues, build rapport, and achieve successful outcomes.

· Effective consulting skills with a track record of building strong working relationships and providing sound guidance to stakeholders.

· Dedicated to delivering outstanding client service with tact, diplomacy, and professionalism.

· Highly motivated, adaptable, and detail-oriented team player known for creativity, perseverance, organizational strength, and the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.

5+ years of experience in the following:

· Demonstrated alignment with the Ontario Digital Service Standard, ensuring delivery practices reflect user-centered design, accessibility, privacy, and security principles.

· Proven experience leading and planning complex, mission-critical business transformation and IT health-related initiatives, including the design, development, and implementation of solutions, while managing large cross-functional teams, enterprise-wide engagement, and vendor partnerships to ensure effective collaboration across ministries, vendors, and stakeholders

· Driving agile delivery with product-focused teams; collaborating with business analysts and system designers to define scope, translate business requirements into functional specifications, and ensure alignment with operational/IT needs.

· Managing cross-functional teams of business analysts, designers, and developers; establishing working groups and stakeholder forums to support project delivery.

· Gathering and refining requirements, developing detailed schedules, timelines, resource plans, and integrated project plans.

· Applying business process transformation and re-engineering to improve service delivery through cost-effective approaches.

· Identifying, prioritizing, and articulating risks and issues at senior executive levels; developing and recommending mitigation strategies.

· Proactively managing conflicts related to resources, schedules, costs, and deliverables, ensuring commitments are met within scope, budget, and timelines.

· Anticipating and resolving problems to maintain quality standards and stakeholder expectations.

· Preparing and maintaining comprehensive project documentation, dashboards, reports, and presentations, including recommendations, implementation plans, strategies, and change-management options.

· Developing training and communications materials to support large system implementations and adoption readiness, ensuring compliance with GO-ITS and Digital Health standards.

· Providing program and portfolio reporting to multiple stakeholders and presenting progress updates through written and oral reports.

· Using strategies to overcome resistance to change and leverage forces supporting change throughout the project lifecycle (concept, planning, implementation, close-out).

· Building positive stakeholder relationships by understanding business and deliverable needs, and by developing frameworks, processes, and mechanisms to support project execution.

Public Sector Experience

· 5+ years of knowledge and experience working with federal/provincial/broader public sector healthcare related projects

· Knowledge of industry standard such as Project Management Institute (PMI) and Public Sector I&IT project management methodologies.

· Knowledge and understanding of Ministry policy and IT project approval processes and requirements

· Experience adopting and adhering to Public Sector Unified I&IT Project Methodology, Public Sector Enterprise Architecture and Public Sector Gating process, and Public Sector Standard Systems Development Methodologies

· Experience with large complex IT Health-related projects

· Demonstrated experience with GO-ITS Digital Health standards, and internal branch standards.

Job Type: Fixed term contract

Contract length: 6 months

Pay: Up to $110.00 per hour

Application question(s):

• Do you have experience in Ministry?
• 5+ years of knowledge and experience working with federal/provincial/broader public sector healthcare related projects?
• Demonstrated alignment with the Ontario Digital Service Standard, ensuring delivery practices reflect user-centered design, accessibility, privacy, and security principles?
• Identifying, prioritizing, and articulating risks and issues at senior executive levels; developing and recommending mitigation strategies?
• • Driving agile delivery with product-focused teams; collaborating with business analysts and system designers to define scope, translate business requirements into functional specifications, and ensure alignment with operational/IT needs?

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Toronto, ON M5B 2L1