Project Manager/Leader

Must Have:

• The candidate must possess a strong understanding of Siebel functionalities, features, terminologies, work breakdown structure, data structure knowledge, components, dependencies, etc.
• The candidate must possess an expert understanding of Siebel Resource skills, roles and responsibilities.
• The candidate must have good communication skills with Business stakeholders, Project Leadership, and the Siebel and IT technical resources.
• Experience in project planning, management, and monitoring related to all phases of concurrent I&IT projects using multiple technologies and methodologies.
• Experience in change management from I&IT project implementation, including documenting changes, providing options, estimating impact, and seeking approval or direction from the project executive.

Nice to have:

• Knowledge of the OPS I&IT project management governance and methodologies would be an asset.
• Experience with public sector I&IT project change management would be an asset.
• Experience with Public Sector Transfer Payment (Grant) Model would be an asset.

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:

• 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 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, clarifying roles and responsibilities, and setting task/deliverable/performance expectations for resources.
• Resolves resourcing and interpersonal conflicts, negotiates changes to resourcing, and ensures knowledge is shared among team members.
• Develops complex project budgets based on multiple funding channels and cross-ministry dependencies.
• Effectively manages large project budgets, ensuring a high level of fiscal control and accountability.
• Proactively identifies potential risk events and issues before they occur, developing proper mitigating strategies.
• 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 during all stages of projects.
• Promotes OPS I&IT standards and best practices for project management to facilitate control of system quality and adherence to standard methodology.

Desirable Skills:

• Knowledge of Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge.
• Knowledge of Information Management principles, concepts, policies, and practices.
• Knowledge 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, anticipating and troubleshooting issues.
• Ability to identify conflicts between project and functional areas and develop responses to successfully address them.
• Ability to handle client relationships to manage expectations and identify potential conflicts.

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

I&IT Project Management Knowledge and Experience - 40%

• The candidate must possess a strong understanding of Siebel functionalities, features, terminologies, work breakdown structure, data structure knowledge, components, dependencies, etc.
• The candidate must possess an expert understanding of Siebel Resource skills, roles, and responsibilities.
• The candidate must have good communication skills with Business stakeholders, Project Leadership, and the Siebel and IT technical resources.
• Experience in project planning, management, and monitoring related to all phases of concurrent I&IT projects using multiple technologies and methodologies.
• Experience in creating and tracking project progress, decisions, notes, risk logs, and change management.
• Experience in managing and coordinating different stakeholders and project resources.
• The candidate should be detail-oriented, able to work under pressure, and prioritize issues.
• Technical knowledge and experience to assess and question effort estimates provided by team resources.

Change Management Skills and Experience - 30%

• Experience in change management from I&IT project implementation, including documenting changes and seeking approval.
• Team building and leadership skills to engage the project team and ensure collaboration.

Communication and Interpersonal Skills - 25%

• Demonstrated interpersonal and consultation skills to communicate project deliverables.
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills to resolve problems and design/deliver presentations.
• Strong negotiation skills to negotiate project scope and outcomes that meet business needs.

Public Sector Experience - 5%

• Knowledge of OPS I&IT project management governance and methodologies would be an asset.
• Experience with public sector I&IT project change management would be an asset.
• Experience with Public Sector Transfer Payment (Grant) Model would be an asset.