PMO Governance Manager

at  Hydro One Networks Inc

49292 - Markham - Regular - Ongoing
Hydro One is proud to be the largest electricity transmission and distribution provider in Ontario, serving nearly 1.4 million customers. We have a long history in the industry with our roots dating back over 110 years to 1906. Since then, we have worked to grow and evolve to meet the changing needs of our customers and communities across Ontario. Today, we’re focused on providing exceptional customer service and ensuring we are building safe communities where we live, work and play.
It’s an exciting time to join the team at Hydro One!

SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Provide guidance on the creation Project Plans, develop action plans for issues, track risk mitigation plans, make recommendations as necessary to advance project
• Manage and provide consultative services and specialized expertise in information-technology areas.
• Maintain the templates for logs to track issues, action items, risks, queries and change management for each project
• Manage and report on governance metrics including progress, earned value metrics, baseline, forecast and actual dates, costs and scope.
• Prepare governance reports for the Project Control Office
• Create & maintain a sharepoint library for all governance framework templates and processes
• Review project and project status files for integrity, accuracy and timeliness
• Review and approve Invoices and charges
• Cooperate with other areas of IM/IT in the application of standards, methodologies, architectures, etc.

MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Negotiate and influence behaviour of vendors and service providers to achieve desired results.
• Communicate and translate Hydro One Strategies and direction to staff, contractors and vendors to align project objectives in achieving goals within the Strategy
• Build team alignment amongst staff, contractors and vendor personnel with diverse backgrounds many of whom will be working together for the first time,
• Demonstrate business acumen by translating technical options into business objectives.
• Resolve technical, business and personnel issues; escalate unresolved issues in a timely manner to supervisors.

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE:

• BA or BSc in Computer Science, Engineering
• At least 12 years experience in IT
• Experience managing IT projects, either in Business or IT Infrastructure domains

DEMONSTRATED MANAGEMENT SKILLS:

• Communication of Project Management Processes to business and service providers
• Able to persuade, convince, influence or impress others
• Initiative – takes action, proactively doing things and not simply thinking about future actions
• Information seeking – ability to acquire information relevant to the achievement of valued goals
• Strategic business thinking - ability to apply their technical knowledge and experience to facilitate management decisions for achieving business

Please refer the Job description for details