RQ08226 - Project Manager/Leader - Senior

Job Description

Responsibilities :

• Managing project deliverables and timelines, scope, resources / costing.
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with technical lead, vendor, other FFS resources and OPS resources working on the project to meet project milestones.
• Planning and coordinating with operational teams and providing knowledge transfer for sustainment.
• Preparing status reports and briefing project sponsors.
• Tracking and monitoring project-related issues and risks.
• Assist in planning oversight for upcoming database upgrades.
• Developing and overseeing implementation plan and schedules.

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Must Have Skills :

• Experience leading technical teams to perform technical analysis , design, and implementation for entire project lifecycle
• In-depth knowledge of PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 upgrades : PUM and PeopleTools
• Knowledge of PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 suite with respect to Fluid and Classic Plus user interface
• Experience supporting system integration and user acceptance testing from technical perspectives
• Digital First approach to adopting digital processes using PeopleSoft HCM
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills; and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of Single Sign-on authentication using Azure AD for PeopleSof HCM

General Skills :

• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines
• 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 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.
• Proactively identifies potential risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed.
• 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 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
• Knowledge of Microsoft DevOps to manage assigned tasks
7 hours ago