RQ08603 - Project Manager/Leader - Senior

Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple complex projects, and project resources, through the project management life cycle, while meeting HSC gating and architecture checkpoint requirements
  
• Develop, manage and execute project charters, integrated project plans, schedules and communication plans, including obtaining approvals
  
• Create and manage the assigned work package within the overall project plan, including all components, documents and reports
  
• Participate in steering committee and stakeholder forums
  
• Provide project, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels
  
• Proactively identify risks and issues pertaining to the assigned work package; report the risks and issues to the overall Project Champions, and the Portfolio Team. Identify mitigation strategies and responses to the issues and risks
  
• Adhere to 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
  
• Work with vendors to successfully negotiate and deliver mutually beneficial multi-year contracts for ongoing warranty, maintenance and support of the technology such as the Computer Aided Dispatch application
  
• Ensure the development and the delivery of business cases where applicable (ie management board submissions), to seek approval for long term support & maintenance contracts with Ministry vendors
  
• Manage stakeholder s interests and expectations throughout the life cycle of the project
  
• Ensure project implementation plans have no adverse impact to public safety operations
  
• Ensure a high level of fiscal control and accountability for the project budget.
  
• Forecast changes to the budget; communicate planned vs. actual budget as the project progresses
  

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• 10 years of experience with Project Management
  
• Demonstrated experience in Project Management methodologies, producing documentation, collaterals, and artefacts
  
• Effectively manages large project budgets and ensures a high level of fiscal control and accountability including estimates, forecasts and reconciliation/confirmation of actuals.
  

Skill Set Requirements:

Project Management Experience:

• 10 years of experience with Project Management
  
• Working knowledge of industry standard such as Project Management Institute (PMI)
  
• Demonstrated experience in Project Management methodologies, producing documentation, collaterals, and artefacts
  
• Demonstrated IT project management experience managing all phases (concept, definition, planning, implementation, and closeout) of large scale, complex IT projects.
  
• Effectively manages large project budgets and ensures a high level of fiscal control and accountability including estimates, forecasts and reconciliation/confirmation of actuals.
  
• Demonstrated experience with Enterprise Content Management
  
• Demonstrated experience gathering and developing requirements for project charters, and integrated project plans
  
• Demonstrated experience identifying and evaluating specific issues or risks, providing options analysis and recommending action plans to mitigate the risks
  
• Demonstrated experience with project management tools: MS Project, Clarity/Planview or equivalents for standard status reporting
  

Technical Skills:

• Demonstrated experience with Dispatch Services including: Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) applications and its related tools such as CAD to CAD, GEO, GIS Link and others
  
• Demonstrated experience on leading a project from market scanning, procurement, planning, implementation to completion.
  
• Ability to establish and manage complex stakeholder relationships between provincial, municipal governments, first responder partners (police, ambulance and fire) and 21 ambulance dispatch centres in the province
  

Public Safety Experience:

• Experience working in a public safety environment, such as ambulance, fire or police
  
• Experience with Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD application)
  
• Experience with telephony and radio technologies such as IP based telephony, Avaya, P25
  
• Experience with implementing and integrating Medical Triage Algorithm such as MPDS
  
• Experience managing projects related to 24x7 critical environments and operations
  

Analytical and Communication Skills:

• Demonstrated experience working with a large project team
  
• Demonstrated experience preparing and distributing project updates, progress reports to project stakeholder while managing expectations pertaining to scope and timeline constraints
  
• Demonstrated experience communicating across many functional areas to actively engage project stakeholders and manage client expectations with diverse interests, technical and non- technical backgrounds using the appropriate level of political acuity and messaging for the audience.
  
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines
  
• Strong discipline in resolving resourcing and inter-personal conflicts, ensures knowledge is shared among team members to achieve project objectives Demonstrated experience leading presentations for senior management, stakeholders and teams
  
• Demonstrated experience to act independently and make decisions that achieve optimal results with minimal supervision