RQ09772 - Project Manager/Leader - Senior

Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement

Work Location: 56 Wellesley St., 2nd Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Hybrid

Estimated Start Date: 2025-10-06

Estimated End Date: 2026-03-31

#Business Days: 125.00

Extension: Probable after the initial mandate

Hours per day or Week: 7.25 hours per day

Security Level: CRJMC

Must Have

• 5+ years of knowledge and experience working with federal/provincial/broader public sector healthcare related projects
• Demonstrated alignment with the Ontario Digital Service Standard, ensuring delivery practices reflect user-centered design, accessibility, privacy, and security principles.
• Identifying, prioritizing, and articulating risks and issues at senior executive levels; developing and recommending mitigation strategies.
• Driving agile delivery with product-focused teams; collaborating with business analysts and system designers to define scope, translate business requirements into functional specifications, and ensure alignment with operational/IT needs.
  
  

Description

Responsible for overall project oversight, including planning, scheduling, budgeting, and governance. Acts as liaison with the vendor, manages risks and issues, and ensures compliance with OPS project management standards.

Deliverables

• Ensure project deliverables meet business requirements on time, within scope and budget, in alignment with OPS project management methodologies and frameworks.
• Lead organizational development, strategy development, business planning, and ministry funding requests.
• Develop and manage detailed project schedules, integrated plans, and complex budgets across multiple funding channels and ministries.
• Oversee fiscal management, including cost estimates, forecasting, reconciliation, and financial reporting.
• Define team roles, set expectations, and manage resources across OPS staff and fee-for-service consultants; resolve conflicts and promote knowledge sharing.
• Prepare and maintain key project artefacts (Charter, Integrated Project Management Plan, change requests, close-out reports) and conduct schedule/variance analysis.
• Monitor progress, track critical path activities, and provide regular status and progress reports to executives and stakeholders.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues, escalating and recommending strategies to senior leadership as needed.
• Establish governance structures and participate in executive, steering, and working groups, ensuring effective stakeholder engagement.
• Lead change management and business transformation activities, including adoption plans, resistance management, and knowledge transfer.
• Promote OPS I&IT standards, best practices, and unified project methodologies to ensure system quality and effective use of resources.
  
  

Experience And Skill Set Requirements

Public Sector Experience – 5 Points

• 5+ years of knowledge and experience working with federal/provincial/broader public sector healthcare related projects
• Knowledge of industry standard such as Project Management Institute (PMI) and Public Sector I&IT project management methodologies
• Knowledge and understanding of Ministry policy and IT project approval processes and requirements
• Experience adopting and adhering to Public Sector Unified I&IT Project Methodology, Public Sector Enterprise Architecture and Public Sector Gating process, and Public Sector Standard Systems Development Methodologies
• Experience with large complex IT Health-related projects
• Demonstrated experience with GO-ITS Digital Health standards, and internal branch standards
  
  

Core Skills – 50 Points

5+ years of experience in the following:

• Demonstrated alignment with the Ontario Digital Service Standard, ensuring delivery practices reflect user-centered design, accessibility, privacy, and security principles
• Proven experience leading and planning complex, mission-critical business transformation and IT health-related initiatives, including the design, development, and implementation of solutions, while managing large cross-functional teams, enterprise-wide engagement, and vendor partnerships to ensure effective collaboration across ministries, vendors, and stakeholders
• Driving agile delivery with product-focused teams; collaborating with business analysts and system designers to define scope, translate business requirements into functional specifications, and ensure alignment with operational/IT needs
• Managing cross-functional teams of business analysts, designers, and developers; establishing working groups and stakeholder forums to support project delivery
• Gathering and refining requirements, developing detailed schedules, timelines, resource plans, and integrated project plans
• Applying business process transformation and re-engineering to improve service delivery through cost-effective approaches
• Identifying, prioritizing, and articulating risks and issues at senior executive levels; developing and recommending mitigation strategies
• Proactively managing conflicts related to resources, schedules, costs, and deliverables, ensuring commitments are met within scope, budget, and timelines
• Anticipating and resolving problems to maintain quality standards and stakeholder expectations
• Preparing and maintaining comprehensive project documentation, dashboards, reports, and presentations, including recommendations, implementation plans, strategies, and change-management options
• Developing training and communications materials to support large system implementations and adoption readiness, ensuring compliance with GO-ITS and Digital Health standards
• Providing program and portfolio reporting to multiple stakeholders and presenting progress updates through written and oral reports
• Using strategies to overcome resistance to change and leverage forces supporting change throughout the project lifecycle (concept, planning, implementation, close-out)
• Building positive stakeholder relationships by understanding business and deliverable needs, and by developing frameworks, processes, and mechanisms to support project execution
  
  

General Skills – 45 Points

• Strong leadership, collaboration, and people management skills, with a proven ability to build effective teams
• Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and troubleshooting capabilities supported by critical thinking
• Excellent communication skills (interpersonal, verbal, written, and presentation), with the ability to influence and engage diverse stakeholders
• Skilled in active listening, facilitation, and negotiation to resolve issues, build rapport, and achieve successful outcomes
• Effective consulting skills with a track record of building strong working relationships and providing sound guidance to stakeholders
• Dedicated to delivering outstanding client service with tact, diplomacy, and professionalism
• Highly motivated, adaptable, and detail-oriented team player known for creativity, perseverance, organizational strength, and the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines
  
  

Note

This position is currently listed as "Hybrid" as consultants will be required to work in the physical workplace. The details of this arrangement will be at the Hiring Manager's discretion.

Extension/Amendment Attestation: Extension(s) only allowed using unused days/funds left on contract. No additional funds will be added beyond the maximum contract value and any extension options included in the original SOW.

• Hybrid - - Candidate MUST work 3 days onsite and 2 days remote - Starting October 20, resources are expected to come into the office 4 days per week. Starting January 5, resources are expected to come into the office 5 days per week.
  
  

Eligibility and Application Steps

If you are enthusiastic about this exciting opportunity, we kindly request you to provide the following documents: [email protected]

Without mandatory documents, we cannot submit a candidate.

• Updated Resume in word format (Mandatory)
• Skills Matrix and References (Mandatory)
• Expected hourly rate (Mandatory)
• Visa Status (Mandatory)
• LinkedIn ID (Mandatory)
  
  

Please only apply if you meet the qualifications mentioned above. Feel free to share with your network or tag someone who fits for this role!

If you have any questions or need further clarification, feel free to call or text at (647) 408-1348.