RQ00810 Project ManagerLeader Senior
Posted:
26 September 2026 (3 hours ago)
Application Deadline:
24 December 2026
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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 focus on cost-effectiveness efficiencies and compliance with OPS project management methodologies and frameworks.
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 clarifies roles and responsibilities and sets task deliverable and performance expectations for resources that are both OPS unionized employees and fee-for-service (FFS) consultants.
- Resolves resourcing and interpersonal conflicts negotiates changes to resourcing and ensures knowledge is shared among team members to achieve project objectives and deliverables.
- 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 mitigation 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 multiple 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 including 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 effective use of I&IT resources.
- PMP (Project Management Professional) certification.
- Extensive experience managing procurement and purchasing initiatives including vendor management contract administration acquisition processes and procurement compliance.
- Demonstrated experience meeting all mandatory qualifications outlined in the PM technical requirements.
Desirable Skills
- Knowledge and understanding of Project Management Institutes Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).
- Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles concepts policies and practices.
- Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities 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 anticipating and troubleshooting issues providing ongoing expertise resolving problems and improving project effectiveness.
- Ability to identify conflicts between project and functional areas and develop responses to successfully address those conflicts.
- Ability to manage client relationships set and manage expectations provide updates as required and identify potential conflicts between project and functional areas.
Requirements
Deliverables
- Previous experience in successfully managing infrastructure development projects.
- Experience with public sector business case/funding acquisition and competitive procurements.
- Experience with procurement processes and with similar procurement challenges ensuing a clear understanding of the OPPs unique requirements.
- Knowledge and experience in project-managing large-scale innovative initiatives.
- Experience managing large-scale complex integrated project plans and implementation plans.
- Experience in identifying project scope and managing stakeholder expectations.
- Experience managing executive relationships and dealing with senior executives.
- Excellent analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills to conduct a comprehensive review of current procurement processes identifying inefficiencies bottlenecks and opportunities for improvement.
- Demonstrate proficiency in change management providing a plan to facilitate a smooth transition for the procurement team during the implementation phase.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Knowledge of fiscal/budgeting elements of large-scale projects.
- Highly developed interpersonal and negotiation skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Track record of meeting deadlines.
Must Haves:
- Executive-level briefing experience
- Previous experience in successfully managing infrastructure development projects.
- Experience with public sector business case/funding acquisition and competitive procurements.
- Experience managing large-scale complex integrated project plans and implementation plans. (mention the budget of projects managed)
- Experience managing executive relationships and dealing with senior executives.
- PMP (Project Management Professional) certification.
- Extensive experience managing procurement and purchasing initiatives including vendor management contract administration acquisition processes and procurement compliance.
- Demonstrated experience meeting all mandatory qualifications outlined in the PM technical requirements.