Responsibilities:

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  Provide project management for various high-profile projects
  within the branch
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  Ensure 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
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  Interact with senior staff within the ministry and with
  external partners and manage relationships
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  Lead organizational development, strategy development,
  business planning, and ministry funding requests.
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  Gather and develop requirements to create and maintain a
  detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan
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  Identify 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
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  Resolve resourcing and inter-personal conflicts, negotiate
  changes to resourcing, ensure knowledge is shared among team members so that
  project objectives and deliverables are met
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  Develop complex project budgets based on multiple funding
  channels and cross-ministry dependencies
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  Effectively manage large project budgets and ensure a high
  level of fiscal control and accountability including estimates, forecasts and
  reconciliation/confirmation of actuals
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  Use ministry project management tools for recording and
  reporting project/program data
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  Participate in team meetings
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  Create/update Integrated Project Management Plan (IPP),
  adjust and update IPP as per change requests
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  Perform reviews of schedule, variance analysis, adjust leads
  and lags, and revise schedule
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  Manage and monitor project progress, critical path
  activities, and report on slippage
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  Create overall project status and project progress reports
  for project executives and stakeholders
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  Identify and manage issues, review issue status, and produce
  issue logs
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  Proactively identify potential risk events and issues before
  they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed
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  Articulate and prioritize issues and risks at senior
  executive levels, and recommends mitigation strategies for decision
  makers
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  Review change requests, and prepare change requests report
  to be reviewed by Change Control Board, and adjust integrated project plan
  accordingly
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  Prepare business transformation and adoption plans
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  Create and provide knowledge transfer documentation as part
  of the knowledge transfer plan
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  Establish and participate in steering committee and
  stakeholder forums
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  Provide project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to
  multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels
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  Use 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
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  Promote 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
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  Adopt and adhere to OPS Unified I&IT Project
  Methodology, OPS/e-Health Ontario Gating process
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  Be a demonstrated team player with a track record for
  meeting deadlines.

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Core Skills and Experience

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  Over 10+ years of project management experience leading and
  planning complex, mission critical projects or initiatives involving business
  transformation, and design, development, implementation, and integration of IT
  solutions and services including web-based applications, Cloud-based services,
  and API’s.
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  Over 10+ years of experience with the Software Development
  Life Cycle following Waterfall, DevOps, Agile or Iterative methodologies and
  practices.
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  Working with business analysts and system designers to
  define project scope, and design and translate the business requirements and
  functional specifications into an application design appropriate to meet the
  business and operational/IT needs
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  Leading a team of business analysts, designers, developers
  & testers, and working with cross-functional teams
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  Overseeing the development of agreed-to IT solutions and
  implementation of those solutions, including design, test, installation and
  monitoring of the new systems and services.
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  Gathering and developing requirements in order to create and
  maintain a detailed project schedule, timelines, resource and integrated plan
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  Acting as the senior business/technical expert, coordinating
  all aspects of a specific deliverable including the oversight of team members
  where appropriate
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  Applying business process transformation and re-engineering
  concepts to promote business improvements through alternative, cost effective
  service delivery approaches
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  Identifying, articulating and prioritizing issues and risks
  at senior executive levels and recommending mitigation strategies for decision
  makers
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  Establishing and participating in working groups and
  stakeholder forums
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  Developing detailed project management documentation
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  Identifying conflicts and communicating deliverable
  conflicts or issues to the engagement lead or client manager
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  Proactively identifying, managing and working with relevant
  parties on risk mitigation strategies to ensure commitments and deliverables
  are completed as per approvals and stakeholder expectations
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  Anticipating and resolving problems to ensure that the
  deliverables are completed, on time and within budget, to the highest quality,
  meeting or exceeding expectations
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  Identifying and resolving project conflicts related to
  resources, schedules, cost etc.
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  Developing and/or supporting the development of training and
  communications material in support of large system implementation
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  Developing, preparing reports and presentations, including
  options, recommendations, implementation plans, designs, strategies and
  change-management options
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  Developing, maintaining and regularly completing any
  reporting or dashboard tools required by project sponsors/clients
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  Presenting solutions in written or oral reports, preparing
  documentation and presenting progress reports to clients
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  Providing project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to
  multi-stakeholders at management levels
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  Using 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
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  Building positive relationships by developing an
  understanding of business and deliverable needs
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  Developing mechanisms, frameworks, processes and procedures
  for implementing the deliverables as it relates to the project
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  Working with teams to apply the best practices in definition
  and design of application software, hardware and network requirements
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  Project Management Professional (PMP) Designation is
  desired.
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  Deployment to meet the functional and non-functional
  requirements, adhering to GO-ITS and Digital Health standards and internal
  branch standards and in some cases proposing amendments to those standards.

Technical Experience/Knowledge

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  10+ years knowledge and experience with designing,
  implementing and integrating web-based applications and/or cloud-based
  micro-services and solutions using full stack Java-based, and/or Microsoft .Net
  technologies.
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  7+ years of experience with Agile project management and
  development practices (Scrum Master certified preferred); managing the backlog,
  sprint planning, velocity tracking, Agile testing, retrospects, etc.
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  Familiar with a wide range of methods, techniques and tools
  for business architecture such as, but not limited to:
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  business functional modeling,
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  service lifecycle modeling,
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  business event modeling,
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  business process mapping,
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  business process re-engineering;
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  Demonstrated experience with JAD sessions and in working
  with stakeholders to identify their business needs, and translate them into
  concise and complete requirements; creating and managing the requirements as
  User Stories, Epics, Story Maps, etc.
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  Knowledge and understanding of Information Management
  principles, concepts, policies and practices
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  Experience with integrated change control process
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  Experience with project management software such as MS
  Project, Planview, Jira, or Microsoft DevOps Azure.
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  Experience with the implementation of web applications and
  services using cloud technology such as MS Azure, OpenShift, Kubernetes,
  Docker; and web application servers such as Solaris, Red Hat, IBM WAS 8.0+, IBM
  Cloud Pak.
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  Experience in applying business process transformation and
  re-engineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative,
  cost effective service delivery approaches
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  Experience with Digital Health Standards, including HL7
  FHIR.

Healthcare Experience

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  7+ years of experience working with
  federal/provincial/broader public-sector healthcare providers
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  Knowledge of Public Sector Enterprise Architecture artifacts
  (or similar), processes and practices, and ability to produce technical
  documentation that comply with industry standard practices
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  In-depth knowledge of industry standard such as Project
  Management Institute (PMI) and Public Sector I&IT project management
  methodologies.
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  Knowledge and experience with Public Sector/e-Health Ontario
  related projects
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  Knowledge and understanding of Ministry policy and IT
  project approval processes and requirements
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  Experience adopting and adhering to Public Sector Unified
  I&IT Project Methodology, Public Sector Enterprise Architecture and Public
  Sector Gating process, and Public Sector Standard Systems Development
  Methodologies
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  Experience with the delivery of large complex IT
  Health-related projects, and public-facing services
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  Demonstrated experience with GO-ITS Digital Health
  standards, and internal branch standards.
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  Knowledge of Ontario’s Freedom of Information and Protection
  of Privacy Act (FIPPA) and it’s municipal equivalent the Municipal Freedom of
  Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA), Personal Health Information
  Protection Act (PHIPA) and their respective regulations.

General Skills

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  Has a recent Criminal Record and Judicial Matters Check
  (CRLJMC), or recent security clearance certificate to work for the federal
  and/or provincial government.
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  Demonstrated strong leadership, collaboration and people
  management skills
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  Exceptional analytical, problem solving and decision-making
  skills
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  Demonstrated strong interpersonal, verbal and written
  communication, and presentation skills
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  Proven troubleshooting and critical thinking experience
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  Demonstrated ability to apply strong listening skills to
  facilitate issue resolution
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  Effective consulting skills to engage with all stakeholders
  with proven track record for building strong working relationships
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  Strong interpersonal, facilitation and negotiation skills
  with ability to build rapport with stakeholders and drive negotiations to a
  successful outcome
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  Excellent customer service skills, including tact and
  diplomacy to ensure client needs are managed effectively
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  A motivated, flexible, detail-oriented and creative team
  player with perseverance, excellent organization and multi-tasking abilities,
  and a proven track record for meeting strict deadlines.

Must have:

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  Over 10+ years of project management experience leading and
  planning complex, mission critical projects or initiatives involving business
  transformation, and design, development, implementation, and integration of IT
  solutions and services including web-based applications, Cloud-based services,
  and API’s.
• 
  10+ years knowledge and experience with designing,
  implementing and integrating web-based applications and/or cloud-based
  micro-services and solutions using full stack Java-based, and/or Microsoft .Net
  technologies.
• 
  7+ years of experience with Agile project management and
  development practices (Scrum Master certified preferred); managing the backlog,
  sprint planning, velocity tracking, Agile testing, retrospects, etc.
• 
  Experience with project management software such as MS
  Project, Planview, Jira, or Microsoft DevOps Azure.
• 
  Experience with the implementation of web applications and
  services using cloud technology such as MS Azure, OpenShift, Kubernetes,
  Docker; and web application servers such as Solaris, Red Hat, IBM WAS 8.0+, IBM
  Cloud Pak.