11715

Maarut; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Maarut in Toronto is seeking a Senior Project Manager/Leader to oversee large, high-profile OPS I&T initiatives with accountability for scope, budget, and timely delivery. The role emphasizes cost-effectiveness, compliance with government standards, and effective stakeholder engagement.

The candidate will lead cross-functional teams, develop integrated project plans, monitor costs, and advise on risk mitigation while aligning with ministry methodologies and governance frameworks.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating modernization of large, complex multi-platform IT systems.
• Experience producing planning documentation (Business Case, Charter, Integrated Project Plan) across SDLC (Agile and Waterfall).
• Experience with executive-level status reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead large scale OPS I&T projects with on-time, on-scope delivery.
• Develop schedules, budgets, and forecasts.
• Promote I&T project management best practices.
• Engage stakeholders and manage cross-ministry dependencies.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Strategic planning

Risk management

Tools

Planview

Microsoft AzureDevOps

Microsoft Project

JAD facilitation

Job description

RQ11323 - Project Manager/Leader - Senior

• Providesproject management on large scale, complex, high profile and high riskprojects for OPS I&IT initiatives.
  
• Ensuresproject deliverables meet clients’ business requirements on time, scopeand budget, with a focus on cost-effectiveness, efficiencies andcompliance with OPS project management methodologies and frameworks.
  

General Skills:

• Leadsorganizational development, strategy development, business planning, andMinistry funding requests.
  
• Gathersand develops requirements in order to create and maintain a detailedproject schedule and/or integrated plan.
  
• Abilityto monitor and forecast project costs and provide reporting and input toensure targets are met
  
• Experiencedeveloping and managing project schedules, deliverables, and scope
  
• Abilityto promote I&IT project management best practices and adherence tostandard methodologies
  
• Demonstratedexperience directing project teams to ensure project deliverables aredelivered on time and adhere to government and ministry standards
  
• Extensiveexperience coordinating and monitoring project processes, anddeveloping/communicating guidelines and procedures
  
• Sources,selects and on-boards team members in various disciplines, clarify rolesand responsibilities and set task/deliverable/performance expectations forresources that are both OPS unionized employees as well as fee for service(FFS) consultants.
  
• Resolvesresourcing and inter-personal conflicts, negotiates changes to resourcing,ensures knowledge is shared among team members such as project objectivesand deliverables are met.
  
• Developscomplex project budgets based on multiple funding channels and crossministry dependencies.
  
• Effectivelymanages large project budgets and ensures a high level of fiscal controland accountability including estimates, forecasts andreconciliation/confirmation of actuals.
  
• Proactivelyidentifies potential risk events and issues before they occur so thatproper mitigating strategies can be developed.
  
• Articulatesand prioritizes issues and risks at senior executive levels and recommendsmitigation strategies for decision makers.
  
• Establishesand participates in steering committee and stakeholder forums
  
• Provides,project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders atsenior executive levels.
  
• Usesappropriate strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change andcapitalize on forces in support of change during all stages of projects –concept, definition, planning, implementation and close-out.
  
• PromotesOPS I&IT standards and best practices for project management tofacilitate control of system quality, adherence to standard methodologyand the control of the use of I&IT resources.
  
• Awareness/ knowledge of emerging I&IT trends and directions
  
• Abilityto adapt to changing trends, leverage emerging tools and methodologies,and effectively lead projects to success in today’s dynamic IT landscape
  
• Knowledgeand understanding of Project Management’s Institute’s Project ManagementBody of Knowledge
  
• Knowledgeand understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policiesand practices
  
• Knowledgeand understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act(AODA) and related regulations and standards
  
• Abilityto make recommendations on the acquisition of software, hardware, andtechnology resources
  
• Experiencemanaging and coordinating project monitoring, anticipates andtroubleshoots issues, provides ongoing expertise, resolves problems andprovides project effectiveness
  
• Abilityto identify conflict between project and functional areas and developsresponses to successfully address conflict
  
• Abilityto handle client relationships to manage expectations, provides updates asrequired, identifies potential conflicts between project and functionalareas
  

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• Demonstrated experience in coordinating and planning for themodernization of large, complex multi-platform, multitier informationtechnology systems.
  
• Experience producing Project Planning and Coordinationdocumentation such as but not limited to:Business Case, Processes,Charter, Integrated Project Plan, Migration plans, Schedules, project kick offmaterials, roadmaps, release management etc. throughout SDLC (Agile andWaterfall)
  
• Experience with business stakeholder management and statusreporting at the Executive level
  

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Planview
  

Skill Set Requirements:

Technical Skills:

• Demonstrated experience in coordinating and planning for themodernization of large, complex multi-platform, multitier informationtechnology systems.
  
• Experience documenting technical problems/issues anddeveloping plans to address the solutions in a cost-efficient manner
  
• Proven experience facilitating the resolution of I&ITand Business issues using advanced technologies.
  
• Proven experience with JAD facilitation, interpretingbusiness needs to create technical requirements, and leading project meetings
  
• Demonstrated experience with prototyping, Microsoft AzureDevOps, Microsoft Project, and Planview
  
• Experience producing Project Planning and Coordinationdocumentation such as but not limited to: Business Case, Processes, Charter,Integrated Project Plan, Migration plans, Schedules, project kick offmaterials, roadmaps, release management etc. throughout SDLC (Agile andWaterfall)
  

Project Management and Methodologies:

• Experience leading the planning, coaching, communication andexecution of actions that lead toward delivery and adoption of data-drivensolutions
  
• Experience advising, shaping and delivering technology-ledtransformation programs
  
• Experience building and maintaining relationships withinternal and external stakeholders to successfully deliver on transformationgoals
  
• Demonstrated experience facilitating discussions withinternal and external stakeholders on processes and goals to drive the projectdelivery to successful completion.
  
• Coordinating and executing Threat Risk Analysis and PrivacyImpact Analysis, and addressing outcomes and/or recommendations
  
• Experience with business stakeholder management and statusreporting at the Executive level
  
• Experience supporting business users working on projects orprograms involving multiple highly inter-dependent applications and/or datasources.
  
• Demonstrable experience with requirement management, qualityassurance and change management processes and tools
  
• Experience in documenting business, technical and systemprocesses and requirements
  
• Demonstrated experience leading multiple project teamsconcurrently using a mix of dedicated and shared resources
  
• Ability to introduce best practices, templates, SharePointmanagement sites for software development projects
  
• Experience with MS Office software, including Word, Excel,PowerPoint, Project, and Visio.
  
• Experience tracking project finances and burn rates, as wellas resource allocation.
  
• Experience with AODA compliance
  

Communications Skills:

• Excellent communication and written skills
  
• Skills in consensus building and issue resolution involvingkey stakeholders, and members of teams
  
• Experience introducing technical standards business processimprovements to development team
  

Public Sector Experience:

• Previous public sector experience in an organization ofequivalent size or complexity to Ontario Public Service