RQ11217 - Sr. Project Manager/Leader

Source Code; Toronto; On-site; CAD 132,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Source Code in Ontario, Canada is seeking a Sr. Project Manager/Leader to oversee large, complex application development initiatives. The role requires exceptional verbal and written communication and hands-on agile project leadership, preferably Scrum.

Responsibilities include governance, security deliverables, budget oversight, and coordinating cross-ministry stakeholders. The ideal candidate leads technical teams, manages risks, and drives project health from initiation to close-out.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years of experience as a Project Manager leading large, complex applications.
• Hands-on agile leadership, preferably Scrum methodology.
• Advanced knowledge of project management principles, methods and techniques.
• Experience managing OPS governance and corporate governance approvals.
• Experience delivering privacy and security deliverables.
• Experience leading technical teams and scrum ceremonies.
• Managing external and internal stakeholders and interdependencies.
• Proficient in MS Project, MS Office, Visio, and Planview.
• Project rescue/triage experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provides project management on large scale, complex, high profile OPS I&T initiatives.
• Ensures deliverables meet business requirements on time, scope and budget.
• Lead organizational development, strategy and business planning.
• Develops requirements and maintains an integrated project schedule.
• Monitor and forecast project costs and provide reporting.
• Develop and manage project scopes, schedules, and deliverables.
• Promote best practices and standard methodologies for I&T PM.
• Direct project teams to deliver on time while meeting standards.
• Coordinate processes and communicate guidelines and procedures.
• On-board team members and clarify roles for OPS and FFS resources.
• Resolve conflicts, manage resource changes, share knowledge.
• Develop complex budgets across funding channels and dependencies.
• Maintain fiscal control with estimates, forecasts and actuals reconciliation.
• Identify risks early and craft mitigation strategies.
• Present issues and risks to senior executives with recommendations.
• Participate in steering committees and stakeholder forums.
• Provide program/portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders.
• Adapt to change across all project phases and promote standards.

Skills

Agile

Scrum

Stakeholder management

Budgeting & forecasting

Governance & compliance

Team leadership

Resource planning

Risk management

Vendor / external partner coordination

Communications (verbal & written)

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Office

Visio

Planview

Job description

About the job RQ11217 - Sr. Project Manager/Leader

RQ11217 - Sr. Project Manager/Leader

NOTE: Has to have excellent verbal and written communication skills (clear & concise)

Must Haves

• Minimum 10+ years of experience as a Project Manager directly responsible for leading all aspects of large, complex Application Development initiatives
• Demonstrated hands on experience leading and managing agile projects, preferably following Scrum methodology
• Advanced knowledge of project management principles, methods and techniques
• Demonstrated experience successfully managing OPS governance Cluster and Corporate governance approval processes such as project gating, architecture governance points, digital first assessment
• Experience managing privacy and security deliverables
• Experience leading technical teams
• Experience running scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives
• Demonstrated experience managing external and internal stakeholders and project interdependencies
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, and Visio, and Planview
• Project rescue/project triage experience is an asset

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:

• 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
• 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
• 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.
• Develops complex project budgets based on multiple funding channels and cross ministry dependencies.
• Effectively manages large project budgets and ensures a high level of fiscal control and accountability including estimates, forecasts and reconciliation/confirmation of actuals.
• 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.
• Establishes and participates in steering committee and stakeholder forums
• 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.
• 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.
• 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

AI Disclaimer: Source Code may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in certain aspects of its recruiting and business operations.

Note: The higher end of the range is intended for absolutely exceptional candidates who meet all must-have requirements and most or all nice-to-have qualifications. The client will evaluate candidates based on both rate expectations and overall skill set when shortlisting.

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