HM Note: This hybrid contract role is five (5) days in office. Candidates resumes must include first and last name.
Description
- Responsible for overall project oversight including planning scheduling budgeting and governance.
- Acts as liaison with the vendor manages risks and issues and ensures compliance with OPS project management standards.
Deliverables:
- Ensure project deliverables meet business requirements on time within scope and budget in alignment with OPS project management methodologies and frameworks.
- Lead organizational development strategy development business planning and ministry funding requests.
- Develop and manage detailed project schedules integrated plans and complex budgets across multiple funding channels and ministries.
- Oversee fiscal management including cost estimates forecasting reconciliation and financial reporting.
- Define team roles set expectations and manage resources across OPS staff and fee-for-service consultants; resolve conflicts and promote knowledge sharing.
- Prepare and maintain key project artefacts (Charter Integrated Project Management Plan change requests close-out reports) and conduct schedule/variance analysis.
- Monitor progress track critical path activities and provide regular status and progress reports to executives and stakeholders.
- Identify assess and mitigate project risks and issues escalating and recommending strategies to senior leadership as needed.
- Establish governance structures and participate in executive steering and working groups ensuring effective stakeholder engagement.
- Lead change management and business transformation activities including adoption plans resistance management and knowledge transfer.
- Promote OPS I and amp;IT standards best practices and unified project methodologies to ensure system quality and effective use of resources.
Skills
Experience and Skill Set Requirements
Public Sector Experience: 5 points
- 5 years of knowledge and experience working with federal/provincial/broader public sector healthcare related projects
- Knowledge of industry standard such as Project Management Institute (PMI) and Public Sector I and amp;IT project management methodologies.
- Knowledge and understanding of Ministry policy and IT project approval processes and requirements
- Experience adopting and adhering to Public Sector Unified I and amp;IT Project Methodology Public Sector Enterprise Architecture and Public Sector Gating process and Public Sector Standard Systems Development Methodologies
- Experience with large complex IT Health-related projects
- Demonstrated experience with GO-ITS Digital Health standards and internal branch standards.
Core Skills: 50 points
5 years of experience in the following:
- Demonstrated alignment with the Ontario Digital Service Standard ensuring delivery practices reflect user-centered design accessibility privacy and security principles.
- Proven experience leading and planning complex mission-critical business transformation and IT health-related initiatives including the design development and implementation of solutions while managing large cross-functional teams enterprise-wide engagement and vendor partnerships to ensure effective collaboration across ministries vendors and stakeholders
- Driving agile delivery with product-focused teams; collaborating with business analysts and system designers to define scope translate business requirements into functional specifications and ensure alignment with operational/IT needs.
- Managing cross-functional teams of business analysts designers and developers; establishing working groups and stakeholder forums to support project delivery.
- Gathering and refining requirements developing detailed schedules timelines resource plans and integrated project plans.
- Applying business process transformation and re-engineering to improve service delivery through cost-effective approaches.
- Identifying prioritizing and articulating risks and issues at senior executive levels; developing and recommending mitigation strategies.
- Proactively managing conflicts related to resources schedules costs and deliverables ensuring commitments are met within scope budget and timelines.
- Anticipating and resolving problems to maintain quality standards and stakeholder expectations.
- Preparing and maintaining comprehensive project documentation dashboards reports and presentations including recommendations implementation plans strategies and change-management options.
- Developing training and communications materials to support large system implementations and adoption readiness ensuring compliance with GO-ITS and Digital Health standards.
- Providing program and portfolio reporting to multiple stakeholders and presenting progress updates through written and oral reports.
- Using strategies to overcome resistance to change and leverage forces supporting change throughout the project lifecycle (concept planning implementation close-out).
- Building positive stakeholder relationships by understanding business and deliverable needs and by developing frameworks processes and mechanisms to support project execution.
General Skills: 45 points
- Strong leadership collaboration and people management skills with a proven ability to build effective teams.
- Exceptional analytical problem-solving decision-making and troubleshooting capabilities supported by critical thinking.
- Excellent communication skills (interpersonal verbal written and presentation) with the ability to influence and engage diverse stakeholders.
- Skilled in active listening facilitation and negotiation to resolve issues build rapport and achieve successful outcomes.
- Effective consulting skills with a track record of building strong working relationships and providing sound guidance to stakeholders.
- Dedicated to delivering outstanding client service with tact diplomacy and professionalism.
- Highly motivated adaptable and detail-oriented team player known for creativity perseverance organizational strength and the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.
Must Haves:
- and nbsp;5 years of knowledge and experience working with federal/provincial/broader public sector healthcare related projects
- Demonstrated alignment with the Ontario Digital Service Standard ensuring delivery practices reflect user-centered design accessibility privacy and security principles.
- Identifying prioritizing and articulating risks and issues at senior executive levels; developing and recommending mitigation strategies.
- Driving agile delivery with product-focused teams; collaborating with business analysts and system designers to define scope translate business requirements into functional specifications and ensure alignment with operational/IT needs.