Project Manager

Eetdbuyersguide; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

IESO is seeking a Project Manager to lead multiple enterprise projects within the Corporate Services Business Unit. You will drive initiation to closure, manage budgets and resources, and ensure governance and timely delivery across the portfolio.

Ideal candidates bring PMP certification, four-year university education, and strong PMI-aligned practices, with expertise in cross-functional leadership and procurement processes.

Qualifications

• Requires PMI knowledge and PMP certification.
• Four-year university education in a relevant discipline.
• Proven ability to lead projects through all PM life cycle phases.
• Strong facilitation and written/oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring and closure of multiple projects.
• Manage budgets, timelines and cross-functional resources in a matrix environment.
• Develop cost/time/resource estimates and documentation for projects.
• Plan for procurement, vendor contract management, and RFP/RFQ activities.
• Ensure timely handover and governance compliance across the portfolio.

Skills

PMI methodology

Facilitation & communications

Change management

Governance compliance

Portfolio transparency

Resource optimization

Stakeholder management

Leadership in matrix environment

Project sponsorship engagement

Communication planning

Education

University degree (4 years)

PMI PMI/PMBOK knowledge

PMP certification

Tools

MS Project

Advanced Excel

Access

Visio

SharePoint

Word

Job description

Why join us?

The IESO is committed to ensuring Ontario's electricity system meets the province's needs today and into the future. We are charged with purpose, delivering reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity for homes, businesses, and communities across the province. We are energized to grow, embracing opportunities to shape the future of a dynamic and evolving energy sector while advancing our careers. We are powered by teamwork, supported by diverse and passionate colleagues who foster respect, celebrate successes, and thrive on shared achievements. At the IESO, it's not just what we do it's who we are!

Who we are

Our central role includes managing the provincial power grid in real-time, overseeing and evolving Ontario's electricity market, engaging with government, municipalities and Indigenous communities, and planning for Ontario's future electricity needs. Our employees play a key role in driving grid innovation, protecting the system from threats, advancing the province's energy conservation programs, and forecasting and procuring the electricity resources we'll need in the decades to come.

This is a unionized position that falls within the Enterprise Project Delivery in the Corporate Services Business Unit.

What makes this role exciting

The energy sector is rapidly evolving, offering exciting new opportunities for those who want to make a difference.

• The Project Manager is responsible for delivering multiple projects in parallel that meet their stated business objectives within agreed timeline and budget. Assigned project will include medium to large scale enterprise wide projects utilizing cross functional teams consisting of both internal IESO staff as well as external service providers/vendors. The Project Manager is also required to ensure adherence to the Portfolio and Project Management Life Cycle (PPMLC) processes, procedures on all projects in the Portfolio.

What you'll do

In this role, you'll make a meaningful impact by contributing to the IESO team and supporting the electricity needs of the province through:

Acts as a project manager with overall responsibility for the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of projects and Post Closure activities.

• Demonstrates influencing skills to accomplish project objectives in a matrix reporting environment.
• Utilizes change management discipline on project scope, time and cost changes.
• Manages the project and portfolio budget to avoid deviations and recommends corrective actions.
• Upon Project and Portfolio approval, plans and prepares for the timely launch of project implementation and close out.
• Develops project documentation with accurate cost, resource, and time estimates. Identifies necessary technical and non-technical resources to ensure project objectives can be achieved and supports management in securing the resources.
• Manages project interdependencies within the program/portfolio and ensures efficient resource management and utilization of project resources, in a shared matrix environment.
• Plans, acquires and engages external services through the IESO procurement process to resource and support project delivery.
• Working with the contract managers and procurement in the development of RFPs, evaluation of vendor submissions, and the establishment of contracts to ensure on‑time project delivery. Ensures vendor resources are managed to statement of work and project objectives.
• Ensures effective and efficient project handover to responsible areas adhering to the appropriate processes and artefacts.
• Monitors and ensures effective and efficient use of the IESO control mechanisms so that major project decisions, such as solution design and scope changes, are approved by project sponsors and senior management; including stakeholders who are impacted by the outcome from the project.
• Works in compliance with all IESO Project Management and PMO governance, methodologies, standards, processes and templates.
• Tracks project and portfolio metrics, and creates project dashboards for senior management.
• Ensures accurate and timely project level reporting, including scope, benefits, time, budget and risk. Accountable for Portfolio Dashboard, Cost and Resource Management reports.
• Promotes a project management best practice culture at all levels, ensuring a communication plan is developed and executed considering all project stakeholders and their needs.
• Engages with IESO's QA function to ensure that an effective QA (Quality Assurance) plan is in place for all projects.

In a typical day, you will

• Records and applies lessons learned from recent projects.
• Keeps current with latest trends in project and portfolio management and maintains knowledge of current best practices in project management.
• Perform other duties (special assignments) as may be assigned by the immediate supervisor.

Role Requirements

Our team consists of experts from diverse backgrounds, each bringing their unique perspectives and skills.

To succeed in this role, you'll need:

Education:

• Requires knowledge encompassing the technical fields; relevant to the areas of computer science, engineering, technical service delivery, and risk management.
• Requires strong knowledge of project management; theory, principles, and practices including the Project Management Institute (PMI) best practices.
• Requires knowledge of Business and IT business methods, procedures and organization structures in order to be aware of limitations that can be imposed and to recognize factors influencing the effective implementation of methodologies, risk and project management activities.
• Requires strong facilitation and communications (written and oral) skills to prepare accurate, concise, and clear correspondence, procedures, guidelines, and reports.
• This knowledge is considered to be normally acquired, either through the successful completion of 4 years of university education in an appropriate discipline or by having the equivalent education.
• PMP certification is required.

Experience:

• Dashboard reporting to various levels of stakeholders
• Benefits realization
• Governance compliance
• Portfolio transparency
• Resource optimization
• Proven track record of leading projects through all phases of the project Management life cycle.
• Solid knowledge and thorough understanding of PMI methodology, standards, phases, techniques and tools.
• Solid understanding of software development lifecycle, infrastructure/network and IT operations.
• Proven history of delivering projects using Waterfall, Agile and hybrid methodologies.
• Proven ability to work in an ambiguous environment and collaborate across multiple areas in order to achieve a common business objective.
• Set realistic and practical goals for the project. Moreover, he/she should also develop appropriate strategies for achieving these goals.
• Strong and tested project management skills stemming from both failed and successful project delivery.
• Demonstrated hands on experience leading and delivering small to medium complex enterprise wide projects in a service delivery environment.
• Solid understanding of software development lifecycle, infrastructure/network and IT and business operations.
• Lead the development and implementation of a set of plans and programs to meet the goals and priorities of the approved ranked/prioritized project.
• Lead the definition of project objectives, scope, critical success factors, benefits and constraints to align expectations, sponsors and project participants.
• Develop, present, justify and gain approval from the project sponsor and stakeholders including senior executives, as required.
• Plan, execute and monitor any activities necessary to recover slippage in timelines, budget or the achievement of business objectives.
• Lead and develop and/or oversee key project deliverables, action log, issue/risk mitigation activities.
• Identify and/or facilitate project risks and contingency requirements.
• Working with others, provides input into continuously improving project management toolkits and methodologies.
• Requires proficiency in computer tools application skills in managing projects; such as MS Project, Advanced EXCEL, Access, Visio, SharePoint and Word.
• Requires proven track record of working in a team environment where different opinions and perspectives have to be managed, negotiated and resolved.
• Requires a proven track record of taking ownership and getting the assigned tasks/projects done.
• Specific expertise and experience are required in the areas of:
  • (1) business case/project charter development,
  • (2) Project Plan and Schedule development,
  • (3) RFP/RFQ/RFI preparations, negotiations, SOW, vendor contract management and administration,
  • (4) project and portfolio monitoring and control, and
  • (5) Preparation of various reports throughout project management life cycle.
• Proven track record of meeting/exceeding customer expectations.
• Over 6 years, up to and including 8 years' experience with 4-8 years of project management experience