RQ- Sr. Project Manager​/Leader

RQ11148 - Sr. Project Manager/Leader

1-year 10 month contract (447) - 1 possible extension

ONSITE 5 days - 222 Jarvis St. or 49 Place d'Armes Kingston

Security Level: CRJMC

Must have:

· Over 10+ years of project management experience leading and planning complex, mission critical projects or initiatives involving business transformation, and design, development, implementation, and integration of IT solutions and services including web-based applications, Cloud-based services, and API's.

· 10+ years knowledge and experience with designing, implementing and integrating web-based applications and/or cloud-based micro-services and solutions using full stack Java-based, and/or Microsoft .Net technologies.

· 7+ years of experience with Agile project management and development practices (Scrum Master certified preferred); managing the backlog, sprint planning, velocity tracking, Agile testing, retrospects, etc.

· Experience with project management software such as MS Project, Planview, Jira, or Microsoft Dev Ops Azure.

· Experience with the implementation of web applications and services using cloud technology such as MS Azure, Open Shift, Kubernetes, Docker; and web application servers such as Solaris, Red Hat, IBM WAS 8.0+, IBM Cloud Pak.

Nice-to-have:

· 7+ years of experience working with federal/provincial/broader public-sector healthcare providers

Responsibilities:

• Provide project management for various high-profile projects within the branch
• Ensure 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
• Interact with senior staff within the ministry and with external partners and manage relationships
• Lead organizational development, strategy development, business planning, and ministry funding requests.
• Gather and develop requirements to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan
• Identify 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
• Resolve resourcing and inter-personal conflicts, negotiate changes to resourcing, ensure knowledge is shared among team members so that project objectives and deliverables are met
• Develop complex project budgets based on multiple funding channels and cross-ministry dependencies
• Effectively manage large project budgets and ensure a high level of fiscal control and accountability including estimates, forecasts and reconciliation/confirmation of actuals
• Use ministry project management tools for recording and reporting project/program data
• Participate in team meetings
• Create/update Integrated Project Management Plan (IPP), adjust and update IPP as per change requests

• Perform reviews of schedule, variance analysis, adjust leads and lags, and revise schedule
• Manage and monitor project progress, critical path activities, and report on slippage
• Create overall project status and project progress reports for project executives and stakeholders
• Identify and manage issues, review issue status, and produce issue logs
• Proactively identify potential risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed
• Articulate and prioritize issues and risks at senior executive levels, and recommends mitigation strategies for decision makers
• Review change requests, and prepare change requests report to be reviewed by Change Control Board, and adjust integrated project plan accordingly
• Prepare business transformation and adoption plans
• Create and provide knowledge transfer documentation as part of the knowledge transfer plan
• Establish and participate in steering committee and stakeholder forums
• Provide project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels
• Use 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 close-out
• Promote OPS I&IT standards and best…