RQ09812 - Project Manager/Leader - Intermediate

Must Haves:

• Extensive experience managing stakeholders.
• Project Management: Gathers requirements, creates detailed project schedules, monitors and forecasts project costs, and manages project schedules, deliverables, and scope.
• Coordination and Communication: Coordinates project processes, develops guidelines, clarifies roles, resolves conflicts, and ensures knowledge sharing.
• Managing project budget and timelines.
• Experience with Data & AI Governance processes and technologies
• Experience with Azure and Databricks as well as AI technologies

Title

CYSSC : Project Manager/Leader x 1 - Intermediate

Description

Responsibilities:

Provides project management on large scale, high profile and high-risk projects for OPS I&IT initiatives. Manage technical teams ensuring 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.

Work Arrangement

This role follows an Onsite Arrangement. As of October 20, 2025, the candidate is required to work onsite 4 days a week and from January 5, 2026, the candidate is required to work onsite 5 days a week or as directed by the Hiring Manager. An in-person interview may be required, including a skills demonstration.

Skills

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

General Skills:

Project Management: Gathers requirements, creates detailed project schedules, monitors and forecasts project costs, and manages project schedules, deliverables, and scope.

Leadership Experience: Strong in leading development and scrum teams. Plan and leads all phases of complex enterprise-wide projects, scheduling activities, explaining procedures, and monitoring the work of assigned technical resources.

Coordination and Communication: Coordinates project processes, develops guidelines, clarifies roles, resolves conflicts, and ensures knowledge sharing.

Risk Management: Identifies and mitigates risks, prioritizes issues, and recommends strategies to senior executives.

Conflict Resolution: Ability to identify and address conflicts between project and functional areas.

Client Relationship Management: Skills in managing client expectations, providing updates, and resolving potential conflicts.

Stakeholder Engagement: Participates in steering committees, provides reporting to senior executives, and promotes best practices for project management.

Technology Recommendations: Ability to recommend software, hardware, and technology resources.

Desirable Skills:

Project Management Knowledge: Understanding of PMI's Project Management Body of Knowledge.

Accessibility Standards: Familiarity with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and related regulations.

Scoring Criteria

Presentation of a project - 15%

• As part of the selection process, we invite all selected candidates to prepare a presentation that includes the following: A description of a project they personally managed
• Main project challenges and risks and how they were resolved.
• Any use of AI functionality to expedite the project timelines or reduce risk and cost.
• Selected candidates will present their project as part of the interview process.

Project and Team Management – 35%

• Experience in managing Scrum or technical teams.
• Leads project teams to deliver high-quality products and services.
• Strong Knowledge and /or experience of using AI tools for Project Management
• Resolves team impediments to increase the effectiveness of the development team.
• Identifies areas for improvement to boost the productivity of the Scrum Team.
• Facilitates and supports Daily Standup, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and Retrospective.
• Proficient in requirements refinement, story point estimation, velocity, retrospection, and other scrum techniques.
• Identifies, manages, and reports risks and issues.

Communication and Collaboration – 25%

• Excellent ability to develop crisp, concise, and engaging reports and presentation material for various audience.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Collaborates with diverse teams and negotiates solutions with multiple stakeholders.
• Manages client relationships, providing updates and resolving potential conflicts.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Effective interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills.

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Business and System Analysis – 25%

• Conducts review of business/system analysis to identify gaps in supporting software and product development.
• Strong Knowledge and /or experience of using AI tools for Business Analysis
• Collaborates with the Ministry's product owner to prioritize the product backlog.
• Ability to recommend software, hardware, and technology resources.

Job Type: Fixed term contract

Contract length: 6 months

Pay: Up to $90.00 per hour

Application question(s):

• Do you have Ministry experience?

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