RQ11053 Sr. Program Manager

RQ11053 - Sr. Program Manager

9-month contract - possible extension

ONSITE 5 days - 21 College Street Toronto

Security Level: OPP Level 4

Must-have:

• Executive communication
• Strategic planning
• 5 years in Program management

Nice-to-have:

• Experience working with federal/provincial/broader public-sector
• In-depth knowledge of Public Sector Program/Project Management artifacts (or similar) processes and practices and ability to produce program level documentation that comply with industry standard practices.

Responsibilities:

Provide program management leadership and expertise of large scale highly complex high profile and high-risk initiatives that may be multi-jurisdictional and/or enterprise-wide. Ensure accountability for the programs centralized group of projects and their successful full life cycle delivery. Ensure programs are delivered cost effectively and efficiently and in compliance with organizations methodologies standards and frameworks.

General Skills:

• Demonstrated experience leading and overseeing program strategy development from inception through to project close-out and any required transition to operations business planning benefits identification and organization funding requests for I&IT programs.
• Demonstrated experience understanding and articulating I&IT executive expectations and translating into program deliverables
• Experience directing managing and leading multidisciplinary project teams including multiple Project Managers each responsible for an element of the project and associated matrix team members
• Experience monitoring and managing the cost risk schedule governance technical performance and program impact of each of the component projects
• Experience providing a program/portfolio view of project inter-dependencies and external project dependencies monitoring and reporting on exposure levels
• Exercises a range of leadership responsibilities including the role of coach and developer of talent
• Experience developing complex budgets based on multiple funding channels and cross organization dependencies.
• Experience analyzing program and organizations environments to identify potential risks and issues; articulates and prioritizes issues and risks to senior executives; recommends mitigation strategies to decision-makers to ensure projects are delivered on schedule Uses significant innovation in the planning analysis and execution of tasks
• Experience directing stakeholder consultation facilitation and consensus building.
• Provides program portfolio and/or project reporting to multiple stakeholders
• Experience leading strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change
• Experience seeking new and unique business processes technologies and products to benefit programs portfolios and projects
• Experience supervising the development and communication of program-related updates including through media relations social media etc. Experience building positive relationships within the team and external parties
• Experience contributing to improvements in life cycle based on lessons learned and past experience
• Adheres to the organizations standards and best practices for program
• Experience scheduling and organizing meetings/events and maintaining agenda
• Ensures technology is used correctly for all operations (video conferencing presentations etc.).

Desirable Skills:

• Expert knowledge of PMLC Excellent communication & collaboration skills

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Note: The higher end of the range is intended for absolutely exceptional candidates who meet all must-have requirements and most or all nice-to-have qualifications. The client will evaluate candidates based on both rate expectations and overall skill set when shortlisting.

INCORPORATED RATE RANGE (7.25 billable hours per day)

• $108.81/hr - $130.58/hr Inc.

T4 RATE RANGE (7.25 billable hours per day)

• $87.05/hr - $104.46/hr T4