RQ00505 - Project Manager/Leader - Intermediate

Must haves:

• Experience with and knowledge of Project Management concepts (e.g. project goals, risk, scope, participant roles, project and work package planning & scheduling, and quality management)
  
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written, and strong stakeholder engagement skills including experience working with clinical experts, technical teams, and healthcare administrators
  
• Time management, with the ability to manage tight deadlines and prioritize multiple projects
  
• Collaborative leadership style with the ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment
  
• 5-8 years of relevant Project Management experience leading projects in a healthcare environment is required including managing medium to large projects/programs with progressively increasing scale and scope of execution authority
  
• Demonstrated success working in matrixed management structures and engaging diverse stakeholder groups to achieve organizational goals
  
• Strong understanding of the healthcare sector and experience working within healthcare system environments
  
• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills
  

Responsibilities:

• Manage projects of high priority, complexity and long-term duration with provincial scope for the Health Innovation Pathway program including managing all applications to the pathway throughout their lifecycle
  
• Manage multiple projects concurrently
  
• Pull diverse internal and external interdisciplinary groups together, emphasizing interdependence, shared overall objectives, and the need for combined skills
  
• Monitor all project deliverables to ensure successful delivery within the constraints of scope, schedule, cost and quality
  
• Lead complex interdependencies between projects and with key partners
  
• Conduct regularly scheduled status reviews, provides business guidance, identify deviations to work plan and implement corrective action
  
• Develop and present material for review and informational purposes using excellent written, verbal, and graphical communications skills, with ability to express complex concepts effectively
  
• Be the key interface with Managers, Directors, executives and internal and external partners
  
• Create new or improve existing project and portfolio management standards (including processes and tools)
  

• Professional certifications: Project Management Professional; Knowledge and understanding of Project Management's Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge
  
• Demonstrated project management software skills and experience e.g. MS Project, MS Teams etc.
  
• Demonstrated experience working with various Project Management delivery methodologies (e.g. Waterfall, Agile, etc.)
  
• College/University degree in Health Sciences, Health Administration, Business Administration or related field is required
  
• Experience operating in highly political environments and across various organizational cultures 
  
• Experience in change management, process development and business/project management operations is preferred
  
  

Required Experience / Evaluation Criteria:  

• 5-8 years of relevant Project Management experience leading projects in a healthcare environment is required including managing medium to large projects/programs with progressively increasing scale and scope of execution authority. 20 Points
  
• Excellent communication skills, demonstrating strength in presentation skills, verbal, written, active listening, conflict resolution and stress tolerance. 20 Points
  
• Strong understanding of the healthcare sector and knowledgeable of the Health Innovation landscape in Ontario and beyond. 20 Points
  
• Proven track record of working with Clinical Experts, Government, technical teams, and healthcare administrators. 10 Points
  
• Demonstrated success working in matrixed management structures and engaging diverse partner groups. 10 Points
  
• Able to Lead complex interdependencies between projects and with key partners. 10 Points
  
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently while meeting all timelines and requirements. 10 Points
  

Deliverables Include:

• Manage HIP applications throughout their lifecycle
  
• Management and maintaining of HIP Master Tracker
  
• Internal and external partner engagement and management
  
• Design of processes, trackers and tools
  
• Project risk/issue management
  
• Project reporting and tracking
  

Must Haves: 

• 5+ years Experience with and knowledge of Project Management concepts (e.g. project goals, risk, scope, participant roles, project and work package planning & scheduling, and quality management) 
  
• 5+ years experience Excellent communication skills both verbal and written, and strong stakeholder engagement skills including experience working with clinical experts, technical teams, and healthcare administrators 
  
• 5+ years experience Demonstrated success working in matrixed management structures and engaging diverse stakeholder groups to achieve organizational goals