RQ10247 - Project Manager/Leader - Senior

Responsibilities:

• Provides project management on large scale, complex, high profile and high risk projects for OPS I&IT initiatives. Ensures project deliverables meet clients’ business requirements on time, scope and budget, with a foc
  

General Skills:

• Leads organizational development, strategy development, business planning, and Ministry funding requests. 
  


• Gathers and develops requirements to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan. 
  


• Ability to monitor and forecast project costs and provide reporting and input to ensure targets are met 
  


• 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 
  

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• 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 providing executive reports, presentations and implementation plans
  

Nice to have:

• Knowledge and experience of the Registry system (ex. Catalyst).
  


• Excellent communication, facilitation, negotiation, consensus building, and problem\- solving skills
  



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. 
  

Business Analysis experience:

• 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 
  

Business Architecture experience:

• Knowledge of Zachman Framework including business / information / application / technology / security architectures 
  


• 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 
  

Public Service Experience:

• Understanding of government environments 
  


• Prior experience working on: the ONBIS Modernization Project, Ontario Business Registry Project, Private Security and Investigative Services (PSIS) project, ServiceOntario account for Business