Project Manager/Leader

Tangentia; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Project Manager to lead complex initiatives in a hybrid work environment. You will leverage your expertise in Information Management and Agile methodologies to drive organizational development and ensure project success. This role involves collaborating with senior executives, managing project schedules, and implementing best practices to deliver high-quality outcomes. Join a dynamic team that values your strategic insights and problem-solving skills while contributing to impactful projects that shape the future of public service delivery.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of Information Management principles and practices.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum and developing executive reports.

Responsibilities

• Lead project teams to ensure timely delivery of project deliverables.
• Monitor and forecast project costs, providing necessary reporting.

Skills

Information Management principles

Agile/Scrum methodologies

Executive reporting

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Project management best practices

Business analysis

Risk management

Tools

Catalyst Registry system

Job description

Role:Project Manager/Leader
Location: Toronto, ON
Hybrid: 3 days on site and 2 days remote

Must Have:

• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices
• Experience utilizing, managing and understanding various software development methodologies, including Agile/Scrum and scalable minimum viable products.
• Experience providing executive reports, presentations and implementation plans

Nice to Have:

• Knowledge and experience of the Registry system (ex. Catalyst).
• Excellent communication, facilitation, negotiation, consensus building, and problem- solving skills

General Skills

• Leads organizational development, strategy development, business planning, and Ministry funding requests.
• Gathers and develops requirements 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
• Ability to promote I&IT project management best practices and adherence to standard methodologies
• 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
• Provides, project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels.
• Proactively identifies potential risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed.
• Articulates and prioritizes issues and risks at senior executive levels and recommends mitigation strategies for decision makers.
• Leads and conducts business analysis in order to assess client’s business problems/opportunities and documents the business requirements in such a way that I&IT solutions can be determined
• Applies re-engineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative and cost effective service delivery approaches
• Knowledge and experience 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, value chain analysis, and other related disciplines;
• Successfully completed business architectures in government settings or similar complex, multi-project/multi-client organizations;

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
• Experience in structured, object oriented and agile methodologies for user requirements
• Experience in developing enterprise architecture deliverables (e.g. models) based on Ontario Government Enterprise Architecture processes and practice