RQ00496 - Project Manager - Senior

Must haves:

• University degree in computer science, health care, business or related discipline is required
  


• Direct/indirect related work experience representing continuous learning and required for someone to perform this job competently is ten to fifteen years.
  


• Project Management Professional (PMP) or actively working towards a designation is preferred
  


• Experience with Project Management Lifecycle, Software Development Lifecycle, Agile/Scrum
  


• Experience delivering I&IT projects, including promotion of applications and services through different environments
  


• Experience with of Microsoft Office Suite including Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Server
  


• Sound knowledge of finance and project cost\-accounting principles and practices with demonstrated experience with managing project budgets
  


• Demonstrated know\-how to get projects delivered under challenging circumstances and tight timelines
  


• IT Infrastructure and ITIL experience an asset
  


• An ability to build strong relationships with clients, vendors and stakeholders
  


• Superior leadership and communication skills
  


• Well\-developed analytical and dispute resolution skills
  


• Technical knowledge/expertise is an asset
  


• Experience with managing cloud projects (Azure or AWS) is an asset
  

Responsibilities:

The Senior Project Manager is responsible to oversee projects and workstreams, including management of issues, risks and service change requests to ensure successful and on\-time deployment of workstreams. 

• Develop and manage the Integrated Project Plan
  


• Forecast, monitor and report dedicated budgets for approved projects within the portfolio
  


• Engage with vendors and stakeholders; handle client relationships to manage expectations
  


• Proactively identify potential risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed; identify potential conflicts between project and functional areas
  


• Work closely with Architecture, Standards, Privacy and Security teams within Ontario Health to refine business requirements
  


• Articulate and prioritize issues and risks and recommend mitigation strategies for decision makers
  


• Use appropriate strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change in support of change during all stages of projects – concept, definition, planning, implementation and close\-out
  


• Ensure go\-live readiness: technical, configuration, conformance obligations and any workflow modifications
  


• Develop project status reports, deployment reporting/tracking and maintaining and monitoring status reporting logs for stakeholders within Ontario Health and the ministry
  


• Update and monitor project document repository to ensure all documents are reviewed and maintained in the repository
  

Required Skills:

• Experience with Project Management Lifecycle, Software Development Lifecycle, Agile/Scrum
  


• Experience delivering I&IT projects, including promotion of applications and services through different environments
  


• Experience with of Microsoft Office Suite, including Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Server
  


• Sound knowledge of finance and project cost\-accounting principles and practices with demonstrated experience with managing project budgets
  


• Demonstrated know\-how to get projects delivered under challenging circumstances and tight timelines
  


• Experience with managing cloud projects (preferably AWS cloud)
  


• IT Infrastructure and ITIL experience an asset
  


• An ability to build strong relationships with clients, vendors and stakeholders
  


• Superior leadership and communication skills
  


• Well\-developed analytical and dispute resolution skills
  


• Technical knowledge/expertise is an asset
  

Requirements

Required Experience / Evaluation Criteria:  

• Minimum ten to fifteen years of project management experience demonstrating ability to project planning and execution. Experience with creating a comprehensive project plan with milestones, resource allocation, risk management, and timelines for the migration to Cloud AWS. 15 Points
  


• Excellent communication skills, demonstrating strength in presentation skills, verbal, written, active listening, conflict resolution and stress tolerance. 15 Points
  


• Understanding of AWS services and cloud infrastructure and demonstrate experience with project managing solution in AWS cloud and migration planning from on\-prem data center to cloud. 15 Points
  


• Experience with Project Management Lifecycle, Software Development Lifecycle, project delivery methodologies like waterfall, Agile/Scrum. 15 Points
  


• Experience managing projects integrating Electronic Health Record (EHR) system with complex dependencies on various products across different stakeholders, setting expectations and fostering collaborative working environment. 15 Points
  


• Demonstrated knowledge of finance and project cost\-accounting principles and practices with demonstrated experience with managing project budgets. 15 Points
  


• Professional certifications: Project Management Professional; Knowledge and understanding of Project Management’s Institute’s Project Management Body of Knowledge. 10 Points
  

Must Haves: 

• Project Management Professional (PMP) or actively working towards a designation is preferred 
  


• 10+ years Experience with Project Management Lifecycle, Software Development Lifecycle, Agile/Scrum 
  


• 10+ years experience delivering I&IT projects, including promotion of applications and services through different environments 
  


• 10+ years experience with of Microsoft Office Suite including Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Server