Project Manager/Leader - Senior RQ06216

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Start Date: 2023-11-14
End Date: 2024-12-31
Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery (former MGCS)
Position: RQ06216 - Project Manager/Leader Senior
Location: 222 Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario
Supplier Comments
Closing Date: 2023-11-08, 10:45 a.m EST
Hybrid - up to 3 days on site and 2 remote
Must Have:
15+ years experience in project management, stakeholder management and IT project delivery preferably in the public sector
Demonstrated experience working with and managing external vendor relationships and contracts/agreements.
Excellent skills in producing presentations, dashboards, briefing papers and submissions, business cases and status reports to different types of audiences.
Experience and working knowledge of collaboration tools, such as Azure DevOps, SharePoint, Planview, MS Teams
Nice:
Azure Dev Ops Board
Experience and working knowledge of collaboration tools, such as Azure DevOps, SharePoint, Planview, MS Teams
Project Manager/Leader
Description
Responsibilities:

1. Manage a consolidated project plan and schedule, day to day work of the project team, task assignments, priorities, team deliverables, issues and risks, stakeholder engagement, project communication and project financials.
2. Lead a project team to work effectively and efficiently toward project objectives in a complex and diverse environment with multiple stakeholders and changing priorities to ensure high quality deliverables.
3. Provide regular communication and status updates to management on all aspects of the project. Prepare briefings, presentations and other project documentation as required.
4. Manage project issues and risks (e.g. identifies, monitors, escalates, resolves, and reports) through the team. Create mitigation strategies, propose resolutions and escalate issues to management when required.
5. Lead, facilitate, coordinate project team meetings. Track action items, decision items, and follow up on items as necessary.
6. Work closely with internal and external project stakeholders to ensure the objectives of the project are being met and aligned with the overall strategies and goals.
7. Collaborates with various internal or external service providers/partners to plan/align project dependencies and/or integrate solution components.
8. Clearly communicate project team member roles and responsibilities and set clear and specific expectations for project resources.
9. Champions the agile / scrum framework to promote best practices and awareness to the project team, clients and/or stakeholders in order to ensure success.
   Skills
   Experience and Skill Set Requirements
10. Project Management Knowledge and Skills (30%)
    1.1. 15+ years experience in project management, stakeholder management and IT project delivery preferably in the public sector
    1.2. Demonstrated experience in creating, monitoring and reporting on project timelines and deliverables.
    1.3. Demonstrated experience leading and delivering multiple projects and cross-functional teams, including scoping, planning and managing resources.
    1.4. Ability to conduct quick assessments, identifying potential risks and issues and and providing proper mitigation strategies.
    1.5. Excellent time management and prioritization skills; ability to coordinate multiple tasks simultaneously without loosing focus on the priority.
    1.6. Ability the manage project budget, forecast and management of budget variances.
    1.7. Ability to estimate resource requirements, identify gaps, and assist in the recruitment of the required resources where needed.
    1.8. Ability to assess project delays and lead meetings to understand causes, impacts, and implements corrective actions.
11. Technology Experience (20%)
    2.1. Knowledge of IT security authentication protocols and policies
    2.2. Knowledge of I&IT governance policies and processes
    2.3. Ability to review and understand project architectural artifacts,
    2.4. Experience and working knowledge of collaboration tools, such as Azure DevOps, SharePoint, Planview, MS Teams
12. Vendor Management Experience (20%)
    3.1. Demonstrated experience in understanding and managing procurement processes such as: requirements development, Request for Bids (RFB) development, vendor evaluation, contract award and vendor onboarding.
    3.2. Demonstrated experience working with and managing external vendor relationships and contracts/agreements.
    3.3. Demonstrated experience drafting SOW, Work orders and contract negotiations.
    3.4. Demonstrated vendor management experience in OPS / government setting, understanding of Procurement practices.
13. Consultation, Communication and Collaboration (30%)
    4.1. Strong facilitation and negotiation skills to lead consultations, resolve issues and obtain buy-in
    4.2. Able to manage stakeholders’ expectations and understand requirements to ensure project scope and outcomes are clearly understood by all stakeholders.
    4.3. Excellent skills in producing presentations, dashboards, briefing papers and submissions, business cases and status reports to different types of audiences.
    4.4. Exceptional verbal, written and presentation skills