Senior Project Manager OPP Contract

Provides project management on large scale, complex, high profile and high risk projects for OPS I&IT initiatives.
Ensures 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.

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 on-boards 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 inter-personal 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 multi-stakeholders 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 close-out.
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

Skills
Experience and Skill Set Requirements
Key Responsibilities:

Provide oversight and leadership for the overall project to implement the OPP BWC/ICC/ALPR project in its initial planning, funding acquisition, and procurement phase.
Confirm all relevant technical requirements for BWC/ICC/ALPR technology.
Prepare a business case to secure funding approval from Treasury Board/Management Board of Cabinet, Government of Ontario, with an estimated value of $4 million.
Coordinate an invitational competitive procurement process (i.e., Request for Bids).
Coordinate vendor selection and initial vendor on-boarding.
Provide guidance and support to all sub-project leads and technical personnel.
Identify and manage critical interdependencies related to key deliverables and timelines.
Develop and deliver executive communications, regularly presenting to senior management.
Manage escalations related to overall project plan execution.
Manage risks and issues related to the deployment of BWC/ICC/ALPR technology.
Oversee stakeholder engagement to ensure collaboration.

Must Haves:
·      Demonstrated experience with large-scale technology projects.
·      Demonstrated experience with complex business case/funding submissions[SD(1]  and competitive procurements (i.e., Requests for Bids/Requests for Proposals) in the public sector context.
·      Knowledge and understanding of public sector governance and budget processes.
·      Experience at a senior level in order to guide a multifaceted project during its initial phases.
·      Ability to maintain confidentiality and integrity of privileged/sensitive information.

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

·      Knowledge and experience in project-managing large-scale technology deployment initiatives.
·      Experience with public sector business case/funding acquisition and competitive procurements.
·      Experience gathering technical requirements for multifaceted technology projects.
·      Experience managing large-scale, complex, integrated project plans and implementation plans.
·      Experience in identifying project scope and managing stakeholder expectations.
·      Experience managing executive relationships and dealing with senior executives.
·      Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
·      Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
·      Knowledge of fiscal/budgeting elements of technology projects.
·      Highly developed interpersonal and negotiation skills.
·      Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
·      Track record of meeting deadlines.

Evaluation Criteria
 
Resume Criteria:
Business Case and Procurement Experience 35%
·      Experience preparing complex business cases for funding acquisition.
·      Experience coordinating competitive procurements (e.g., Request for Bids, Requests for Proposals).
·      Experience in vendor bid evaluation, vendor selection, and on-boarding.
·      Experience in managing and meeting procurement/funding timelines.
·      Experience with public sector funding submissions.

Technology Project Management Experience – 35%
·      Experience gathering technical requirements for multifaceted technology projects.
·      Experience managing large-scale, complex, integrated project plans and implementation plans.
·      Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
·      Experience managing competing priorities, scope and project timelines.
·      Experience at a senior level in order to guide a multifaceted project during its initial phases.

Relationship Management – 30%
·      Experience managing executive relationships and reporting to senior management.
·      Experience building relationships with stakeholders and managing competing priorities.
·      Experience with public sector governance processes and requirements.
·      Leadership skills to align activities across several project streams and organizations.
Leadership to manage and resolve issues, working in collaboration with team members.