Assignment: RQ05356 Product Manager Senior
Job Title: Product Manager
Requisition (SS): RQ05356
Start Date:
End Date:
Client: Land & Resources Cluster
Office Location: 40 St. Clair Ave W Toronto
Organization: Land & Resources Cluster
Ministry: Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
# Business Days: 160.00
Note: Hybrid work will work in office 3 days per week and 2 days remotely.
Must haves:
- Knowledge and understanding of Project Managements Institutes 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
Description
- This resource will be shared between two projects:
- EPI Enhancements FY2425 at 50% allocation.
- MECPLegacy Apps Planned Operational Maint FY2425 at 50% allocation.
Major Responsibilities:
- Ensures 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.
- Communicates effectively diplomatically and tactfully with multiple stakeholders and Ministry branches
- Facilitates business process change using a methodical approach methods and techniques for the both the project and Ministrys success.
- Plan and lead project deliverables using Agile and Digital approaches
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 onboards 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 interpersonal 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 multistakeholders 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 closeout.
- 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.
Desirable Skills:
- Knowledge and understanding of Project Managements Institutes 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
Evaluation Criteria
- Project Management Experience 25
- Engagement and Communication Skills 25
- Leadership and Change Management Experience 25
- Procurement and Vendor Management Experience 20
- IT Public Sector Experience 5