Project Manager 6918

Job title:

Project Manager 6918

Company

Foilcon

Job description

Job Description:HM Note: This hybrid role is three (3) days and commences April 2, 2024Responsibilities: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.Provide senior project management oversight and support for cyber security platforms that are currently being deployed and rolled. In addition, to lead and provide project management support for smaller security-focused projects, initiatives or iterative improvements as required based on need and capacity throughout the year.The PM resource will provide the resource capacity required to lead:

• Microsoft Enterprise Security (E5) capability implementation/adoption projects
• Internal cyber security projects and improvement initiatives
• Current state analysis and Target state operating model for protection platforms Database Protection and Privileged Access Management solution.
• Palo Alto Prisma Access related projects or sprints.
• Cyber Ark Privileged Access Management & Secrets Management operational improvements and ongoing work efforts
• IBM Guardium Database Protection Services operational improvements and ongoing work efforts

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 metExperience developing and managing project schedules, deliverables, and scopeAbility to promote I&IT project management best practices and adherence to standard methodologiesDemonstrated experience directing project teams to ensure project deliverables are delivered on time and adhere to government and ministry standardsExtensive experience coordinating and monitoring project processes, and developing/communicating guidelines and proceduresSources, 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 forumsProvides, 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 KnowledgeKnowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practicesKnowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standardsAbility to make recommendations on the acquisition of software, hardware, and technology resourcesExperience managing and coordinating project monitoring, anticipates and troubleshoots issues, provides ongoing expertise, resolves problems and provides project effectivenessAbility to identify conflict between project and functional areas and develops responses to successfully address conflictAbility to handle client relationships to manage expectations, provides updates as required, identifies potential conflicts between project and functional areasSkillsExperience and Skill Set RequirementsProject Management – 85%

• Analytical – 20%
• Attention to Detail
• Calculating Costs for Implementation
• Critical Thinking
• Defining Mechanisms for Input
• Defining Purpose of the Strategic Planning Process
• Developing a Plan for Implementing Strategies
• Logical Thinking
• Communication – 25%
• Facilitating Group Discussion
• Creating Mission/Vision Statements
• Engaging Reluctant Members in Discussions
• Negotiation
• People Skills
• Persuasiveness
• Pitching
• Public Speaking
• Presentation / MS PowerPoint
• Active Listening
• Decisiveness – 15%
• Building Consensus
• Establishing Measurable Objectives for Goals/Projects
• Creating and Enforcing Timelines
• Prioritizing
• Goal Oriented
• Problem Solving – 25%
• Aligning Business Practices with Emerging Strategy
• Assessment
• Brainstorming
• Creativity
• Evaluation
• Identifying Obstacles
• Problem Sensitivity
• Multitasking
• Stress Tolerance

Agile Project Delivery – 15%

• Experience working on agile project delivery teams

• Working Experience with:

• Backlog

• User Stories

• Scrum

• Sprints

Expected salary

Location

Toronto, ON

Job date

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 23:43:27 GMT

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