Project Manager 7744-1415

at  Foilcon

GENERAL SKILLS:

Leads organizational development, strategy development, business planning, and Ministry funding requests.
Gathers and develops requirements in order 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
Sources, selects and on-boards team members in various disciplines, clarify roles and responsibilities and set task/deliverable/performance expectations for resources that are both OPS unionized employees as well as fee for service (FFS) consultants.
Resolves resourcing and inter-personal conflicts, negotiates changes to resourcing, ensures knowledge is shared among team members such as project objectives and deliverables are met.
Develops complex project budgets based on multiple funding channels and cross ministry dependencies.
Effectively manages large project budgets and ensures a high level of fiscal control and accountability including estimates, forecasts and reconciliation/confirmation of actuals.
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.
Establishes and participates in steering committee and stakeholder forums
Provides, project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels.
Uses appropriate strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change during all stages of projects – concept, definition, planning, implementation and close-out.
Promotes OPS I&IT standards and best practices for project management to facilitate control of system quality, adherence to standard methodology and the control of the use of I&IT resources.

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
Ability to make recommendations on the acquisition of 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
Ability to handle client relationships to manage expectations, provides updates as required, identifies potential conflicts between project and functional areas
Skills

Experience and Skill Set Requirements· 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 using both predictive and Agile methodologies
• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
• Ability to make recommendations on the acquisition of 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
• Ability to handle client relationships to manage expectations, provides updates as required, identifies potential conflicts between project and functional areas

PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE €“ 25%

• Formal project management training/certification such as PMP, Scrum, Agile to apply best practices knowledge to unique and dynamic situations
• Experience leading large, complex and high-profile multi-disciplinary projects with multiple business and IT stakeholders with strong IRAD management skills
• Experience in leading digital initiatives from concept to launch working with product roadmaps and backlogs to ensure a smooth and on-time delivery
• Experience negotiating with clients on project scope, time and cost to define the project completion and acceptance.

STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS €“ 25%

• Political acuity to collaborate, share information, and lead/participate in relationship-building forums with multi-disciplinary stakeholders.
• Ability to develop and facilitate IT partnerships with business clients and ensure understanding of business directions, objectives, and priorities.
• Negotiation skills and diplomacy, to facilitate discussions, defuse tensions, and resolve issues.
• Experience working collaboratively with various stakeholders, influencing outcomes, and obtaining buy-in from senior level management, key stakeholders, and client management.

LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE €“ 25%

• Experience managing business stakeholders’ expectations and understand business processes and requirements to ensure project scope, business and technical requirements are clear, and agreed on, by each stakeholder.
• Experience in producing presentations, dashboards, briefing papers and submissions, business cases and status reports to different types of audiences.
• Proven track record of team-building and relationship management with client senior management and internal and external stakeholders.

PROCUREMENT AND VENDOR MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE €“ 20%

• Procurement knowledge and skills to develop RFS/RFP following organization policies for the acquisition of business solutions, IT development and the project staff.
• Experience managing vendor teams through planning, guidance, policies, procedures and project deliverables
• Ability to influence vendor teams for on-time, quality and timely completion of vendor deliverables

IT PUBLIC SECTOR EXPERIENCE €“ 5%

• Experience leading projects for a municipal, provincial or federal government
• Experience overseeing Digital First Assessment, Cyber Security, Privacy and Architecture and Project Gating for public sector projects.

• Provides project management on large scale, complex, high profile and high risk I&IT projects (multiple) for Ministry of Indigenous Affairs and First Nations Economic Reconciliation (IAFNER)
• Ensures project deliverables meet clients’ business requirements on time, scope and budget, with a focus on cost-effectiveness, efficiencies and compliance with OPS project management methodologies and frameworks.
• Communicates effectively, diplomatically and tactfully with multiple stakeholders and Ministry branches
• Facilitates business process change using a methodical approach, methods and techniques for the both the project and Ministry’s success.
• Develops procurement artifacts including RFS, SOW/Contract, approvals, etc.
• Procure and manage I&IT vendor deliverables, provide oversight and perform effective vendor management for the success of the projects
• Plan and lead project deliverables using Agile and Digital approaches