Project Manager 0312-1516

Foilcon; Central Ontario; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT consultancy is seeking an IT Project Manager to oversee large scale government projects. Ideal candidates have over 5 years of experience in project documentation and process optimization. This role is remote, requiring occasional on-site meetings in Ontario. Strong management and client relationship skills are essential. Competitive compensation and engagement with public sector clients are part of the offering.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience as an IT Project Manager leading projects.
• 5+ years' experience writing project documentation.
• 5+ years' experience in process optimization.

Responsibilities

• Manage large scale, complex OPS I&IT projects.
• Ensure project deliverables meet business requirements.
• Promote OPS I&IT standards and best practices.
• Lead organizational development and strategy.
• Monitor and forecast project costs.

Skills

Project management

Client relationship management

Process optimization

Team leadership

Risk management

Job description

HM Note: This contract role is remote, and candidates can work with onsite required for occasional meetings. Candidates must reside in Ontario, Canada. Candidates resume must include first and last name.

Description

Responsibilities

Provides project management on large scale, complex, high profile and high risk projects for OPS I&IT initiatives. Ensures project deliverables meet clients' business requirements on time, scope and budget, with a focus on cost-effectiveness, efficiencies and compliance with OPS project management methodologies and frameworks.

General Skills

• Promotes 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.
• Process coordination and optimization.
• Client relationship management, with a particular focus on Gov't/NGO/NPO, risk advisory, and consulting environments.
• Ensures project deliverables meet clients' business requirements on time, scope and budget, with a focus on cost-effectiveness, efficiencies and compliance with OPS project management methodologies and frameworks.
• Leads organizational development, strategy development, business planning, and Ministry funding requests.
• Gathers and develops requirements in order to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan.
• Ability to monitor and forecast project costs and provide reporting and input to ensure targets are met.
• Experience developing and managing project schedules, deliverables, and scope.
• Demonstrated experience directing project teams to ensure project deliverables are delivered on time and adhere to government and ministry standards.
• Extensive experience coordinating and monitoring project processes and developing/communicating guidelines and procedures.
• Sources, selects and on-boards 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.
• Resolves resourcing and inter-personal conflicts, negotiates changes to resourcing, ensures knowledge is shared among team members such as project objectives and deliverables are met.
• Articulates and prioritizes issues and risks at senior executive levels and recommends mitigation strategies for decision makers.
• Provides, project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels.
• Uses 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 close-out.

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge and understanding of Project Management's Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge.
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices.
• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards.
• Ability to make recommendations on the acquisition of software, hardware, and technology resources.
• Experience managing and coordinating project monitoring, anticipates and troubleshoots issues, provides ongoing expertise, resolves problems and provides project effectiveness.
• Ability to identify conflict between project and functional areas and develops responses to successfully address conflict.
• Ability to handle client relationships to manage expectations, provides updates as required, identifies potential conflicts between project and functional areas.
• Ability to manage multiple streams of work.
• Operate in a fast-paced project with many external dependencies.
• Ability to pivot as required while prioritizing/triaging tasks and the ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.

Must Haves

• 5+ years' IT Project Manager experience, leading projects.
• 5+ years' experience writing project documentation.
• 5+ years' experience in process optimization.

Public Sector Experience

Broader Public Sector required.