Project Manager/Leader - Senior - RQ11649

Analyst Technical Solutions; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Analyst Technical Solutions seeks a Project Manager/Leader to drive large-scale OPS/I&T initiatives in Ontario. The role focuses on delivering on time, within scope, and on budget while aligning with business requirements and strategic product roadmaps.

Key tasks include defining product vision, coordinating cross-functional teams, and managing multi-year budgets with risk and scope controls. On-site work expected in a demanding public-sector environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading large-scale OPS/I&T projects.
• Ability to translate business requirements into product roadmaps.
• Proven track record of creating and managing product roadmaps.
• Strong stakeholder management and budgeting capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide project management on large scale, complex, high profile and high risk OPS I&T initiatives.
• Ensure project deliverables meet clients’ business requirements on time, scope and budget.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver product outcomes.
• Support multi-year budget planning and stakeholder alignment.
• Mitigate risk and manage scope for complex programs.

Skills

Product planning

Product strategy

Requirements gathering

Roadmap management

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Risk mitigation

Cross-functional leadership

Tools

Jira

Trello

Microsoft Project

Kanban

Azure DevOps

Job description

5 days onsite

5 days onsite

Project Manager/LeaderDescriptionResponsibilities: 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 focSkillsExperience and Skill Set Requirements

Product Management Experience– 50%

• Proven experience in product planning and lifecycle management.
• Skilled in defining and executing product vision and strategy.
• Ability to gather and prioritize customer and business requirements.
• Proficient in creating and managing detailed product roadmaps.
• Experience with OPS project assessments (e.g., TRA, PIA) and financial analysis for multi-year projects.
• Proven ability to manage multi-year, multi-million budget projects, including stakeholder management, risk mitigation, and scope control.
• Expertise in formulating business and technical requirements, solving business problems, and defining product visions and goals.
• Experience in coordinating cross-functional teams for product delivery.

Technical, Deployment and Project Integration Skills – 25%

• Basic knowledge of the Microsoft Azure cloud platform.
• Skilled in managing project life cycles using tools like Jira, Trello, Microsoft Project, Kanban, and Azure DevOps.
• Proficiency with online collaboration tools such as Miro, Microsoft Teams, Atlassian Confluence, Trello, Office 365, Google Drive, Zoom, and Slack.

Documentation Skills – 20%

• Experience creating privacy, financial, communication, and IT documentation including business cases, Privacy Impact Assessments, Threat Impact Assessments, and Requests for Service.
• Experience in creating Agile methodology artifacts such as roadmaps, release plans, epics/features/user stories.

Public Sector Experience – 5%

• Experience with public sector ITIL processes including incident management, release management, problem management, support models, etc.
• Familiarity with the PMO Stage Gate process as implemented in the Ontario Public Sector.
• Experience with Service Ontario/Ministry of Government and Consumer Services business processes, gating procedures, project management requirements, and business rules.

Must Have:

• Proven experience in product planning and lifecycle management.
• Skilled in defining and executing product vision and strategy.
• Ability to gather and prioritize customer and business requirements.
• Proficient in creating and managing detailed product roadmaps.
• Experience with OPS project assessments (e.g., TRA, PIA) and financial analysis for multi-year projects.
• Skilled in managing project life cycles using tools like Jira, Trello, Microsoft Project, Kanban, and Azure DevOps.

nice to have:

• Prior OPS/Public sector exp.