RQ08825 - Project ManagerLeader - Senior

Description

Responsibilities:

• Provide project management for various highprofile projects within the branch
• Ensure project deliverables meet clients business requirements on time scope and budget with a focus on costeffectiveness efficiencies and compliance with OPS project management methodologies and frameworks
• Interact with senior staff within the ministry and with external partners and manage relationships
• Lead organizational development strategy development business planning and ministry funding requests.
• Gather and develop requirements to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan
• Identify 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
• Resolve resourcing and interpersonal conflicts negotiate changes to resourcing ensure knowledge is shared among team members so that project objectives and deliverables are met
• Develop complex project budgets based on multiple funding channels and crossministry dependencies
• Effectively manage large project budgets and ensure a high level of fiscal control and accountability including estimates forecasts and reconciliation/confirmation of actuals
• Use ministry project management tools for recording and reporting project/program data
• Participate in team meetings
• Create/update Integrated Project Management Plan (IPP) adjust and update IPP as per change requests

Perform reviews of schedule variance analysis adjust leads and lags and revise schedule

Manage and monitor project progress critical path activities and report on slippage

Create overall project status and project progress reports for project executives and stakeholders

Identify and manage issues review issue status and produce issue logs

Proactively identify potential risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed

Articulate and prioritize issues and risks at senior executive levels and recommends mitigation strategies for decision makers

Review change requests and prepare change requests report to be reviewed by Change Control Board and adjust integrated project plan accordingly

Prepare business transformation and adoption plans

Create and provide knowledge transfer documentation as part of the knowledge transfer plan

Establish and participate in steering committee and stakeholder forums

Provide project program and/or portfolio reporting to multistakeholders at senior executive levels

Use 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 closeout

Promote 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

Adopt and adhere to OPS Unified I&IT Project Methodology OPS/eHealth Ontario Gating process

• Be a demonstrated team player with a track record for meeting deadlines.

NOTE

Extension/Amendment Attestation: Extension(s) only allowed using unused days/funds left on contract. No additional funds will be added beyond the maximum contract value and any extension options included in the original SOW. These resources will be acquired through the IT Source Resource Pool or VOR Competitive arrangement #Tender12075 Managed Service Provider for Contingent IT Resources and/or Successor VOR for services all ending April 5 2026. VOR #Tender12075 terminates April 5 2026.

Assignment Type: This position is currently listed as Hybrid as consultants will be required to work onsite at the work location 2 days a week and 3 days from home. The details of this arrangement will be at the Hiring Managers discretion.

SkillsExperience and Skill Set Requirements

Core Skills and Experience

Over 10 years of project management experience leading and planning complex mission critical projects or initiatives involving business transformation and design development implementation and integration of IT solutions and services including webbased applications Cloudbased services and APIs.

Over 10 years of experience with the Software Development Life Cycle following Waterfall DevOps Agile or Iterative methodologies and practices.

Working with business analysts and system designers to define project scope and design and translate the business requirements and functional specifications into an application design appropriate to meet the business and operational/IT needs

Leading a team of business analysts designers developers & testers and working with crossfunctional teams

Overseeing the development of agreedto IT solutions and implementation of those solutions including design test installation and monitoring of the new systems and services.

Gathering and developing requirements in order to create and maintain a detailed project schedule timelines resource and integrated plan

Acting as the senior business/technical expert coordinating all aspects of a specific deliverable including the oversight of team members where appropriate

Applying business process transformation and reengineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative cost effective service delivery approaches

Identifying articulating and prioritizing issues and risks at senior executive levels and recommending mitigation strategies for decision makers

Establishing and participating in working groups and stakeholder forums

Developing detailed project management documentation

Identifying conflicts and communicating deliverable conflicts or issues to the engagement lead or client manager

Proactively identifying managing and working with relevant parties on risk mitigation strategies to ensure commitments and deliverables are completed as per approvals and stakeholder expectations

Anticipating and resolving problems to ensure that the deliverables are completed on time and within budget to the highest quality meeting or exceeding expectations

Identifying and resolving project conflicts related to resources schedules cost etc.

Developing and/or supporting the development of training and communications material in support of large system implementation

Developing preparing reports and presentations including options recommendations implementation plans designs strategies and changemanagement options

Developing maintaining and regularly completing any reporting or dashboard tools required by project sponsors/clients

Presenting solutions in written or oral reports preparing documentation and presenting progress reports to clients

Providing project program and/or portfolio reporting to multistakeholders at management levels

Using 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 closeout

Building positive relationships by developing an understanding of business and deliverable needs

Developing mechanisms frameworks processes and procedures for implementing the deliverables as it relates to the project

Working with teams to apply the best practices in definition and design of application software hardware and network requirements

Project Management Professional (PMP) Designation is desired.

Deployment to meet the functional and nonfunctional requirements adhering to GOITS and Digital Health standards and internal branch standards and in some cases proposing amendments to those standards.

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Technical Experience/Knowledge

10 years knowledge and experience with designing implementing and integrating webbased applications and/or cloudbased microservices and solutions using full stack Javabased and/or Microsoft .Net technologies.

7 years of experience with Agile project management and development practices (Scrum Master certified preferred); managing the backlog sprint planning velocity tracking Agile testing retrospects etc.

Familiar with a wide range of methods techniques and tools for business architecture such as but not limited to:

business functional modeling

service lifecycle modeling

business event modeling

business process mapping

business process reengineering;

Demonstrated experience with JAD sessions and in working with stakeholders to identify their business needs and translate them into concise and complete requirements; creating and managing the requirements as User Stories Epics Story Maps etc.

Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles concepts policies and practices

Experience with integrated change control process

Experience with project management software such as MS Project Planview Jira or Microsoft DevOps Azure.

Experience with the implementation of web applications and services using cloud technology such as MS Azure OpenShift Kubernetes Docker; and web application servers such as Solaris Red Hat IBM WAS 8.0 IBM Cloud Pak.

Experience in applying business process transformation and reengineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative cost effective service delivery approaches

Experience with Digital Health Standards including HL7 FHIR.

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Healthcare Experience

7 years of experience working with federal/provincial/broader publicsector healthcare providers

Knowledge of Public Sector Enterprise Architecture artifacts (or similar) processes and practices and ability to produce technical documentation that comply with industry standard practices

Indepth knowledge of industry standard such as Project Management Institute (PMI) and Public Sector I&IT project management methodologies.

Knowledge and experience with Public Sector/eHealth Ontario related projects

Knowledge and understanding of Ministry policy and IT project approval processes and requirements

Experience adopting and adhering to Public Sector Unified I&IT Project Methodology Public Sector Enterprise Architecture and Public Sector Gating process and Public Sector Standard Systems Development Methodologies

Experience with the delivery of large complex IT Healthrelated projects and publicfacing services

Demonstrated experience with GOITS Digital Health standards and internal branch standards.

Knowledge of Ontarios Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) and its municipal equivalent the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA) Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) and their respective regulations.

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General Skills

Has a recent Criminal Record and Judicial Matters Check (CRLJMC) or recent security clearance certificate to work for the federal and/or provincial government.

Demonstrated strong leadership collaboration and people management skills

Exceptional analytical problem solving and decisionmaking skills

Demonstrated strong interpersonal verbal and written communication and presentation skills

Proven troubleshooting and critical thinking experience

Demonstrated ability to apply strong listening skills to facilitate issue resolution

Effective consulting skills to engage with all stakeholders with proven track record for building strong working relationships

Strong interpersonal facilitation and negotiation skills with ability to build rapport with stakeholders and drive negotiations to a successful outcome

Excellent customer service skills including tact and diplomacy to ensure client needs are managed effectively

A motivated flexible detailoriented and creative team player with perseverance excellent organization and multitasking abilities and a proven track record for meeting strict deadlines.

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Must Haves:

Over 10 years of project management experience leading and planning complex mission critical projects or initiatives involving business transformation and design development implementation and integration of IT solutions and services including webbased applications Cloudbased services and APIs.

Over 10 years of experience with the Software Development Life Cycle following Waterfall DevOps Agile or Iterative methodologies and practices.

Working with business analysts and system designers to define project scope and design and translate the business requirements and functional specifications into an application design appropriate to meet the business and operational/IT needs

Demonstrated experience with JAD sessions and in working with stakeholders to identify their business needs and translate them into concise and complete requirements; creating and managing the requirements as User Stories Epics Story Maps etc.

Experience with the implementation of web applications and services using cloud technology such as MS Azure OpenShift Kubernetes Docker; and web application servers such as Solaris Red Hat IBM WAS 8.0 IBM Cloud Pak.

Demonstrated experience with GOITS Digital Health standards and internal branch standards.

Experience with the delivery of large complex IT Healthrelated projects and publicfacing services

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