Job Description

RQ11053 - Sr. Program Manager

9-month contract - possible extension

ONSITE 5 days - 21 College Street, Toronto

Security Level: OPP Level 4

Must-have:

• Executive communication
• Strategic planning
• 5+ years in Program management

Nice-to-have:

• Experience working with federal/provincial/broader public-sector
• In-depth knowledge of Public Sector Program/Project Management artifacts (or similar), processes and practices, and ability to produce program level documentation that comply with industry standard practices.

Responsibilities:

Provide program management leadership and expertise of large scale, highly complex, high profile and high-risk initiatives that may be multi-jurisdictional and/or enterprise-wide. Ensure accountability for the program-s centralized group of projects and their successful full life cycle delivery. Ensure programs are delivered cost effectively and efficiently, and in compliance with organization-s methodologies, standards and frameworks.

General Skills:

• Demonstrated experience leading and overseeing program strategy development from inception through to project close-out and any required transition to operations, business planning, benefits identification and organization funding requests for I&IT programs.
• Demonstrated experience understanding and articulating I&IT executive expectations and translating into program deliverables
• Experience directing, managing and leading multidisciplinary project teams including multiple Project Managers, each responsible for an element of the project and associated matrix team members
• Experience monitoring and managing the cost, risk, schedule, governance, technical performance, and program impact of each of the component projects
• Experience providing a program/portfolio view of project inter-dependencies and external project dependencies, monitoring and reporting on exposure levels
• Exercises a range of leadership responsibilities including the role of coach and developer of talent
• Experience developing complex budgets based on multiple funding channels and cross organization dependencies.
• Experience analyzing program and organization-s environments to identify potential risks and issues; articulates and prioritizes issues and risks to senior executives; recommends mitigation strategies to decision-makers to ensure projects are delivered on schedule Uses significant innovation in the planning, analysis and execution of tasks
• Experience directing stakeholder consultation, facilitation and consensus building.
• Provides program, portfolio, and/or project reporting to multiple stakeholders
• Experience leading strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change
• Experience seeking new and unique business processes, technologies and products to benefit programs, portfolios and projects
• Experience supervising the development and communication of program-related updates including through media relations, social media etc. Experience building positive relationships within the team and external parties
• Experience contributing to improvements in life cycle based on lessons learned and past experience
• Adheres to the organization's standards and best practices for program
• Experience scheduling and organizing meetings/events and maintaining agenda
• Ensures technology is used correctly for all operations (video conferencing, presentations etc.).

Desirable Skills:

• Expert knowledge of PMLC Excellent communication & collaboration skills

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Note: The higher end of the range is intended for absolutely exceptional candidates who meet all must-have requirements and most or all nice-to-have qualifications. The client will evaluate candidates based on both rate expectations and overall skill set when shortlisting.

INCORPORATED RATE RANGE (7.25 billable hours per day)

• $108.81/hr - $130.58/hr Inc.

T4 RATE RANGE (7.25 billable hours per day)

• $87.05/hr - $104.46/hr T4