Responsibilities:
Provide project management for Immunization Repository Consolidation– a large scale, complex, high profile and high-risk OPS I&IT initiative
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
Interact with senior staff within the ministry and with external partners and manage relationships
Lead organizational development, strategy development, business planning, and ministry funding requests.
Gather and develop requirements to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan
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
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
Develop complex project budgets based on multiple funding channels and cross-ministry dependencies
Effectively manage large project budgets and ensure a high level of fiscal control and accountability including estimates, forecasts and reconciliation/confirmation of actuals
Use ministry project management tools for recording and reporting project/program data
Participate in team meetings
Create/update project artefacts such as: Charter, Integrated Project Management Plan (IPP), adjust and update IPP as per change requests, close out report
Perform reviews of schedule, variance analysis, adjust leads and lags, and revise schedule
Manage and monitor project progress, critical path activities, and report on slippage
Create overall project status and project progress reports for project executives and stakeholders
Identify and manage issues, review issue status, and produce issue logs
Proactively identify potential risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed
Articulate and prioritize issues and risks at senior executive levels, and recommends mitigation strategies for decision makers
Review change requests, and prepare change requests report to be reviewed by Change Control Board, and adjust integrated project plan accordingly
Prepare business transformation and adoption plans, lead and plan testing activities and change management activities with the business and program
Manage the transition to support and the future service model
Create and provide knowledge transfer documentation as part of the knowledge transfer plan
Participate in steering committee and stakeholder forums
Provide project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels
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
Ensure that project financials are accurately reflected in the financial management system (Planview), and that all project information — including status, risks, and issues — is consistently and properly updated
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
Adopt and adhere to OPS Unified I&IT Project Methodology, OPS
Be a demonstrated team player with a track record for meeting deadlines.
General Skills:
Demonstrated strong leadership, collaboration and people management skills
Exceptional analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills
Demonstrated strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication, and presentation skills
Proven troubleshooting and critical thinking experience
Demonstrated ability to apply strong listening skills to facilitate issue resolution
Effective consulting skills to engage with all stakeholders with proven track record for building strong working relationships
Strong interpersonal, facilitation and negotiation skills with ability to build rapport with stakeholders and drive negotiations to a successful outcome
Excellent customer service skills, including tact and diplomacy to ensure client needs are managed effectively
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.
Requirements
Experience and Skill Set Requirements:
Must Haves:
Experience leading integrated projects, managing interdependent initiatives and high visibility transformational delivery of services
Demonstrated strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to tailor messaging to different audiences
Proven experience in using Planview to accurately record and manage project financials
Demonstrated ability to closely track project resource requests and allocations to ensure alignment with project needs.
Prepare business transformation and adoption plans, lead and plan testing activities and change management activities with the business and program
Manage the transition to support and the future service model
Skill Set Requirements:
Public Sector Experience:
5+ years of experience working with federal/provincial/broader public-sector healthcare providers
Knowledge of Public Sector Enterprise Architecture artifacts (or similar), processes and practices, and ability to produce technical documentation that comply with industry standard practices
In-depth knowledge of industry standard such as Project Management Institute (PMI) and Public Sector I&IT project management methodologies.
Knowledge and experience with Public Sector /e-Health Ontario related projects
Knowledge and understanding of Ministry policy and IT project approval processes and requirements
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
Experience with large complex IT Health-related projects
Demonstrated experience with GO-ITS Digital Health standards, and internal branch standards.
Technical Skills:
5-9 years of experience in the following:
Demonstrated experience leading large I&IT Transformational projects with complex stakeholders and high visibility impact in public sector
Demonstrated experience in working with clinicians and other health sector stakeholders to identify their business needs, and translate them into concise and complete requirements under tight deadlines
Demonstrated experience with private and public-sector delivery partner capacity to deliver technology in a clinical setting
Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices
Experience in Information security best practices, access control and authentication
Experience with integrated & project change control process
Experience with project management software such as MS Project, Planview, Jira, and Confluence
Experience leading integrated projects, managing interdependent initiatives and high visibility transformational delivery of services
Experience in managing projects using Agile and Waterfall project management methodologies for the analysis, design, development and implementation of applications in large complex environments
Demonstrated strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to tailor messaging to different audiences
Proven experience in using Planview to accurately record and manage project financials
Demonstrated ability to closely track project resource requests and allocations to ensure alignment with project needs.
Core Skills and Experience:
5-9 years of experience in the following:
Project management experience leading and planning complex, mission critical projects or initiatives involving business transformation, and design, development and implementation of IT Health-related solutions
Highly skilled in working with product focused teams, proven practice in agile delivered initiatives
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
Leading a team of business analysts, designers, developers and working with cross-functional teams
Overseeing the development of agreed-to solutions and implementation of those solutions, including design, test, installation and monitoring of the new systems
Gathering and developing requirements in order to create and maintain a detailed project schedule, timelines, resource and integrated plan
Applying business process transformation and re-engineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative, cost effective service delivery approaches
Identifying, articulating and prioritizing issues and risks at senior executive levels and recommending mitigation strategies for decision makers
Establishing and participating in working groups and stakeholder forums
Developing detailed project management documentation
Identifying conflicts and communicating deliverable conflicts or issues to the engagement lead or client manager
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
Anticipating and resolving problems to ensure that the deliverables are completed, on time and within budget, to the highest quality, meeting or exceeding expectations
· Identifying and resolving project conflicts related to resources, schedules, cost etc.
Developing and/or supporting the development of training and communications material in support of large system implementation
Working with the Business analysts, testing team and end-user teams to ensure proper testing methodolgy is utilized (from test strategy, plans, cases, testing to signoff)
Ensure proper transition to operations is planned for and executed.
Developing, preparing reports and presentations, including options, recommendations, implementation plans, designs, strategies and change-management options
Developing, maintaining and regularly completing any reporting or dashboard tools required by project sponsors/clients
Presenting solutions in written or oral reports, preparing documentation and presenting progress reports to clients
Providing project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at management levels
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
Building positive relationships by developing an understanding of business and deliverable needs
Developing mechanisms, frameworks, processes and procedures for implementing the deliverables as it relates to the project
Working with teams to apply the best practices in definition and design of application software, hardware and network requirements
Adoption readiness to meet the functional and non-functional requirements, adhering to GO-ITS and Digital Health standards and in some cases proposing amendments to those standards.