RQ11604 - Project Manager/Leader - Senior

Maarut; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Maarut is seeking a Senior Project Manager/Leader to oversee functional design, configuration, and delivery of a PeopleSoft HCM system for OPS. The role requires steering a team of analysts, providing expert guidance to clients, and ensuring quality throughout testing and deployment.

The ideal candidate has 7–10 years of experience in project leadership, strong PeopleSoft HCM background, and excellent analytical and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading functional/QA teams on large projects.
• Strong PeopleSoft HCM knowledge, including design, configuration, and testing.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and manage project cohorts.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior functional expertise and project leadership for the design and delivery of the project.
• Lead analysis, design and configuration of PeopleSoft HCM within OPS contexts.
• Oversee testing activities, QA practices, defect tracking and resolution.

Skills

PeopleSoft HCM

Project leadership

QA & testing

Analytical skills

Communication

Tools

PeopleSoft Tools

PUM upgrade

Job description

RQ11604 - Project Manager/Leader - Senior

Job Information

Term 204 days

Technology

Number of Positions 1

Work Experience 7-10 Years

City Toronto

State/Province Ontario

M4C

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Provide senior functional expertise, project leadership and coordination of activities in the functional design and delivery of the project.
  
• Provide functional advice to clients and team leveraging their PeopleSoft HCM functional knowledge to meet project Human Capital Management functional knowledge to meet goals and objectives ensuring efficiency.
  
• Provide specialized PeopleSoft HCM Functional expertise in leading the analysis, design and configuration of the Ontario Public Service (OPS) enterprise HR/Payroll system.
  
• Ability to analyze, evaluate and prioritize potential issues and provide advice on resolution.
  
• Suggest opportunities to improve design and configuration of PeopleSoft modules in use
  
• Lead system analysts and senior functional analysts' team for both OPS and Fee-for-service resources.
  
• Experience with quality assurance principles, practices, tools and structure methodology, including defect tracking and handling.
  
• Provide senior technical expertise, project leadership and coordination of activities in the testing of I&IT solutions -Peoplesoft PUM upgrade, Tools upgrade and turning on new features including UI changes
  
• Provide technical advice to clients and leverage OPS I&IT solutions and applications to meet program/service goals and objectives ensuring efficiency
  
• Provides specialized PeopleSoft HCM technical expertise in leading the testing the OPS enterprise HR/Payroll system
  
• Ability to analyze, evaluate and prioritize potential defects
  
• Suggests opportunities to improve testing quality or effort
  

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• Provide senior functional expertise, project leadership and coordination of activities in the functional design and delivery of the project.
  
• Provide functional advice to clients and team leveraging their PeopleSoft HCM functional knowledge to meet project Human Capital Management functional knowledge to meet goals and objectives ensuring efficiency.
  
• PeopleSoft HCM Functional expertise in leading the analysis, design and configuration.
  
• Significant Knowledge of Human Resources and Payroll business functions especiallyas it related to the OraclePeopleSoft 9.2+ HCM applications and integration points, e.g. fluid, PUM upgrade, PS tools upgrade, including onboarding, benefits enrolment and life event management
  
• Experience leading functional teams to perform analysis, design and configuration for entire project lifecycle.
  
• Experience leading functional tests, system integration, load, performance, user acceptance, and payroll parallel testing for the PeopleSoft HCM application
  
• Experience with quality assurance principles, practices, tools and structure methodology, including defect tracking and handling.
  
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills; and interpersonal skills.
  
• Should have a minimum of 5+ years of functional lead experience and 5+ years of experience as a QA.
  

Nice to have:

• PeopleSoft HCM Functional expertise in leading the analysis, design and configuration of the Ontario Public Service (OPS) enterprise HR/Payroll system or at a Public Service client.
  

Skill Set Requirements:

• Significant Knowledge of Human Resources and Payroll business functions especiallyas it related to the OraclePeopleSoft 9.2+ HCM applications and integration points, e.g. fluid, PUM upgrade, PS tools upgrade, including onboarding, benefits enrolment and life event management
  
• Experience leading functional teams to perform analysis, design and configuration for entire project lifecycle.
  
• Experience leading functional tests, system integration, load, performance, user acceptance, and payroll parallel testing for the PeopleSoft HCM application
  
• Experience with quality assurance principles, practices, tools and structure methodology, including defect tracking and handling.
  
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills; and interpersonal 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