Project Manager/Leader – Intermediate
Government Client
CRJMC
4 month contract + 6 month ext
Onsite 5 days a week, Toronto
Must haves:

Certified Project Manager
At least 8 years Project Management experience in delivering complex digital/I&IT projects using agile, waterfall and hybrid methodologies

Nice to have:

Technical, functional knowledge of project management tracking tools (i.e. MS project).

Resumes Evaluation/Criteria:

Criteria 1: Project Management and Leadership – 40 Points

Ability to perform in a large, complex organization, leading a cross-functional and diverse team of managers and professional staff to deliver results on time.
Ability to develop, manage and implement a large-scale digital/I&IT project supporting both the technology implementation and business process transformation using multi-faceted strategies and tools that are comprehensive and effective in accomplishing project goals, milestones and outcomes.
Ability to work and integrate with cross competency teams including (but not limited to) business, IT, infrastructure, vendors and 3rd party applications
Demonstrated success leading a large-scale, complex digital and business transformation project, including working with executive and senior management to set objectives, secure consensus on approaches, execute delivery, and evaluate results.
Ability to leverage existing project plan from Ministry and Vendor, and gather and develop emerging requirements in order to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan across all CDT and partner areas. Detailed project schedule to include intersections and dependencies with other Ministry modernization initiatives not in scope for CDT but present an impact and dependency with/on CDT.
Ability to create and maintain an integrated project plan that aligns with other Ministry modernization initiatives
Ability to prepare and provide status reports, briefing notes, and visually appealing communication products for all levels of project governance, as well as stakeholder forums.
Ability to exercise appropriate strategies related to change management, during all stages of projects – concept, definition, planning, implementation and close-out.
Ability to manage the implementation activities and timelines associated with large, complex projects to coordinate I&IT, people and change management, and business process changes to support this large digital and business transformation.
Knowledge of and ability to use project management software and methodologies in a dynamic environment.
Demonstrate analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills

Criteria 2: Risk and Issues Management – 30 Points

Demonstrate experience in identifying potential organizational and project risks in advance and developing plans with the support of collaborative partner representatives to develop plans to remove or mitigate those risks.
Demonstrate appropriate discretion in escalating risks and issues to Senior Leadership.
Ability to communicate risk and recommendations for mitigating strategies and ownership to be endorsed through project governance which includes multiple levels of executive leadership.
Ability to manage and support incidents that pose risk to the organization and project, including reputational.

Criteria 3: Communication and Stakeholder Management – 20 Points

Demonstrate oral and written communication skills to conduct internal consultations, collaborate with senior management and various project leads, develop reports, proposals and associated communications regarding the project plan, risks and issues.
Demonstrate networking and consultation skills to develop and maintain effective partnerships with project leads, senior management, and other stakeholders.
Ability to lead and facilitate communications functions to connect a cross-functional and diverse range of partners, often with competing priorities, to deliver consistency in representation while driving consensus needed for delivery of project milestones on time.
Demonstrate presentation and reporting skills to provide reports, briefings, advice, strategies and recommendations.
Demonstrate proficiency with different computer applications (MS office suite, Adobe, online engagement tools), to develop presentations of the project plan, risk, issues and other documents or topics as required.

Criteria 4: Project Management Best Practices – 10 Points

Prior experience in Project Management delivery using agile, waterfall and hybrid methodologies.
Prior experience in complying with best practices, policies and procedures in a highly regulated and legislated environment.
Prior experience of quality assurance, demonstrated by the identification of standards and criteria to be set in each phase of the project life cycle for both the product and the process.
Prior experience in making and meeting agreed to commitments with a constant eye for improvement.