Responsibilities:
- Provide project management on large scale complex high profile and high risk projects for OPS I&IT initiatives.
- Ensure project deliverables meet clients business requirements on time scope and budget with a focus on costeffectiveness efficiencies and compliance with OPS project management methodologies and frameworks.
Core Skills:
- Knowledge and understanding of Project Management s Institute s Project Management Body of Knowledge
- Demonstrated experience in coordinating and planning for the modernization of large complex multiplatform multitier complex product development environment
- Demonstrated experience directing project teams to ensure project deliverables are delivered on time and adhere to government and ministry standards
- Lead organizational development strategy development business planning and Ministry funding requests
- Create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan.
- Develop complex project budgets based on multiple funding channels
- Act as the technical advisor/expert on all aspects of a specific deliverable
- Provide project program and/or portfolio reporting to multistakeholders at senior executive levels.
- Ability to promote I&IT project management best practices and adherence to standard methodologies
- Experience with the various software development methodologies such as Agile/Scrum and waterfall
- Familiar with Ontario Digital Standards act and guidelines for digital government.
- Resolve resourcing and interpersonal conflicts negotiates changes to resourcing ensures knowledge is shared among team members such as project objectives and deliverables are met.
- Demonstrated experience with requirement management quality assurance and change management processes and tools
- Ability to handle client relationships to manage expectations provides updates as required identifies potential conflicts between project and functional areas
- Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
Project Management and Communication Skills:
- Demonstrated Experience with various project management tools Azure DevOps and/or Jira producing project planning and coordination documentation (Business Case Processes Charter Integrated project plan Migration plans schedules project kick off materials roadmaps etc.)
- Experience tracking project finances and burn rates earn value analysis as well as resource allocation.
- Collaborate with the Ministry s product owner to prioritize the product backlog
- Collaborate with diverse teams and negotiate solutions with multiple stakeholders
- Proficient at requirements refinement story point estimation velocity retrospection and other scrum techniques
- Contribute to the advancement and improvement of Agile practices within the organization
- Exemplify and promotes Agile values and principles
- Coordinating and executing Threat Risk Analysis (TRA) and Privacy Impact Analysis and addressing outcomes and/or recommendations
- 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
- Experience in documenting business technical and system processes and requirements; experience in identifying reviewing and analyzing solution implementation options and alternatives including associated risks documenting results and presenting conclusions
- Ability to introduce best practices templates SharePoint management sites for software development Skills in consensus building and issue resolution involving key stakeholders and members of teams projects
- Excellent communication and written skills
- A team player working well under stress and tight deadlines
Requirements
Experience and Skill Set Requirements:
Must Haves:
- Demonstrated experience with various project management tools Azure DevOps and/or Jira producing project planning and coordination documentation (Business Case Processes Charter Integrated project plan Migration plans schedules project kick off materials roadmaps etc.)
- Experience in acting as the technical advisor/expert on all aspects of a specific deliverable (e.g. large scale migration projects)
- Experience in collaborating with product owners to prioritize the product backlog
- Experience in collaborating with diverse teams and negotiating solutions with multiple stakeholders
Experience and Skill Set Requirements: Must Haves: Demonstrated experience with various project management tools, Azure DevOps and/or Jira producing project planning and coordination documentation (Business Case, Processes, Charter, Integrated project plan, Migration plans, schedules, project kick off materials, roadmaps etc.) Experience in acting as the technical advisor/expert on all aspects of a specific deliverable (e.g. large scale migration projects) Experience in collaborating with product owners to prioritize the product backlog Experience in collaborating with diverse teams and negotiating solutions with multiple stakeholders