RQ09877 - Project Manager/Leader - Senior

Description:

Project Manager:

• Knowledge and experience with creating, augmenting and negotiating Licencing agreements and IT Software Statements of Work
  
• Practical experience with authoring and facilitating approvals of Treasury Board Submissions
  
• Practical experience managing large Ontario government IT projects and all the included administrative functions including review boards, report backs, etc.
  
• Practical knowledge with financial analysis, forecasting and tracking multi-year engagements
  
• Knowledge and understanding of Project Management's Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge.
  
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards.
  
• Knowledge of I&IT industry and trends to make recommendations on acquisition or other decisions relating to software, hardware, and technology resources
  
• Experience managing and coordinating project monitoring, anticipates and troubleshoots issues, provides ongoing expertise, resolves problems and provides project effectiveness
  
• Ability to identify conflict between project and functional areas and develops responses to successfully address conflict
  

General Skills / Duties:

• Knowledge and experience with creating, augmenting and negotiating Licencing agreements and IT Software Statements of Work
  
• experience with authoring and facilitating approvals of Treasury Board Submissions
  
• Practical knowledge with financial analysis, forecasting and tracking multi-year engagements
  
• Leads organizational development, strategy development, business planning, and Ministry funding requests.
  
• Practical experience managing large Ontario government IT projects and all the included administrative functions including review boards, report backs, etc.
  
• Gathers and develops requirements to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan.
  
• Experience developing and managing project schedules, deliverables, and scope
  
• Ability to promote I&IT project management best practices and adherence to standard methodologies
  
• Demonstrated experience directing project teams to ensure project deliverables are delivered on time and adhere to government and ministry standards
  
• Extensive experience coordinating and monitoring project processes, and developing/communicating guidelines and procedures
  
• Provides, project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels.
  
• Proactively identifies potential risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed.
  
• Articulates and prioritizes issues and risks at senior executive levels and recommends mitigation strategies for decision makers.
  
• Leads and conducts business analysis in order to assess client's business problems/opportunities and documents the business requirements in such a way that I&IT solutions can be determined
  
• Applies re-engineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative and cost effective service delivery approaches
  
• Knowledge and experience with a wide range of methods, techniques and tools for business architecture such as, but not limited to: business functional modeling, service lifecycle modeling, business event modeling, business process mapping, value chain analysis, and other related disciplines;
  
• Successfully completed business architectures in government settings or similar complex, multi-project/multi-client organizations;
  

Desirable Skills:

• Knowledge and understanding of Project Management's Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge
  
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices
  
• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
  
• Experience in structured, object oriented and agile methodologies for user requirements
  
• Experience in developing enterprise architecture deliverables (e.g. models) based on Ontario Government Enterprise Architecture processes and practice
  

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• Experience utilizing, managing and understanding various software development methodologies, including Agile/Scrum and scalable minimum viable products. 
  
• Experience leading, facilitating and initiating large-scale technology infrastructure procurements. 
  
• Knowledge and experience with creating, augmenting and negotiating Licensing agreements and IT Software Statements of Work 
  
• Experience in developing Treasury Board or SPP submissions
  

Nice to have:

• Prior OPS/Public Sector exp.
  

Skill Set Requirements:

Project Lead Experience:

• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices
  
• Experience utilizing, managing and understanding various software development methodologies, including Agile/Scrum and scalable minimum viable products.
  
• Experience with I&IT technology deployment
  
• Experience leading, facilitating and initiating large-scale technology infrastructure procurements.
  
• Experience in defining, planning, orchestrating, and delivering the initiative including business, operational, and information technology deliverables as needed.
  
• Experience with financial management and forecasting
  

Contract Management experience:

• Knowledge and experience with creating, augmenting and negotiating Licensing agreements and IT Software Statements of Work
  
• Experience with managing vendor performance through KPIs
  

Treasury Board Submissions and Governance Documentation experience:

• Experience in developing Treasury Board or SPP submissions
  
• Experience in developing enterprise architecture deliverables / artefacts (e.g. models) based on Ontario Government Enterprise Architecture processes and practice
  

Communication:

• Excellent communication, facilitation, negotiation, consensus building, and problem- solving skills;
  
• Effective stakeholder management skills
  
• Experience providing executive reports, presentations and implementation plans