Project Manager, Technology Services

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Locations

55 John Street Toronto

Job Type & Duration

Full-time, Permanent Vacancy

Shift Information

Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week

Affiliation

Non-Union

Vacancies

There would be 02 vacancies for this position.

Key Qualifications

1. Extensive experience managing all aspects of transformational enterprise-wide IT projects in complex environments (including budget and timeline management, scope management, estimating and managing project resources, risk management, issues management, organizational change management, timely decision-making, critical path identification, business transformation, data transformation/migration, user experience optimization, Business Continuity Management, Disaster Recovery, etc.).
    
2. Considerable experience with contract negotiations, procurement procedures and Vendor and Contract Management.
    
3. Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification is required.
    
4. Managing projects from initiation to closure in the Enterprise Information & Records Management space is considered an asset, in particular OpenText.
    
5. ITIL Foundations V3 or V4 certification is considered an asset.
    
6. Knowledge using project management tools for planning and implementing complex projects and packages.
    
7. Ability to manage large-scale multi-divisional technology projects. 
    
8. Excellent communication and presentation skills including ability to effectively communicate project status to multiple streams of Executive and Senior management, business and technical stakeholders for assigned projects.
    
9. Excellent people management skills and including working with, and managing, technical project teams in application development, implementation of infrastructure solutions.

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Major Responsibilities

1. Leads and manages technology projects in all stages of the project lifecycle to support the organization and deliver value to our clients.
2. Leads and manages in the development of detailed scope requirements, budgeting, resource management, planning and scheduling, procurement, monitoring and reporting progress; managing and mitigating issues and risks; reviewing, preparing and executing change requests.
3. Develops, manages and reports on detailed project plans of varying levels of complexity that make major business transformations. Leads, facilitates and contributes to the design, creation, development and sustainment of corporate standards for Technology Services, including formalized project management methodology, change management, application development and migration.
4. Manages all aspects of assigned projects, including the project charter, project plan and schedule, progress, budget, risk management, issue management,
5. Manages and administers consultant/contractors and projects/contracts, implements quality assurance/quality control procedures, authorize payments and recommends additional payments in accordance with the City’s financial authority and by-laws or contract terms.
6. Leads, participates in or oversees the preparation of or prepares project budgets and provides financial management such as sole source requests; contract negotiations; leasing agreements; business cases; feasibility and cost/benefit analysis.
7. Leads, participates in or oversees the preparation of or prepares and/or supervises the preparation of various formal contractual documents such as: Request for Expression of Interest (REOI), Request for Information/Proposal/Quotation/Resource (RFI/P/Q/R), ITAPP, Statement of Work (SOW), Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) and Service Level Agreements (SLA).
8. Reviews, tracks, evaluates and reports on consultant and/or contractor progress, expenditures and performance to ensure adherence to project schedule, budget, scope, and contract terms.
9. Develops, designs and implements functional policies and programs for major business transformation and performance improvement based on City’s strategic directions and business long-term needs.
10. Manages, motivates and trains the unit’s staff, ensuring effective teamwork, high standards of work quality and organizational performance, continuous learning and encourages innovation in others.
11. Supervises the day to day operation of all assigned staff including the scheduling, assigning and reviewing of work.  Authorizes and controls vacation and overtime requests.  Monitors and evaluates staff performance, approves salary increments and recommends disciplinary action when necessary.
12. Develops, recommends and administers the annual budget for the project(s), and ensures that the unit’s expenditures are controlled and maintained within approved budget limitations.
13. change management, resource management, quality review/best practices.
14. Oversees, participates or supports in recruitment selection, training and supervision of assigned project staff.
15. Provides leadership in the evaluation, selection and recommendation of technical solutions and professional services; manages vendors and contractors in the overall solution delivery process.
16. Identifies and develops cross divisional initiatives to produce synergies and economies of scale.
17. Negotiates with executives and senior management, clients and various stakeholders often with competing and conflicting goals, objectives and priorities.
18. Negotiates and documents project changes involving scope, timelines, and budget.
19. Adheres to the principles of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and PMI’s Code of Ethics and Professional Conducts to develop and organize project protocols, procedures, relationships, and performance objectives to promote and achieve targets.
20. Promotes standardization in areas relating to project administration, documentation, progress tracking and technical designs.
21. Assesses and recommends scalable multi-jurisdictional business and technical solutions that meet client and business requirements in the context of corporate standards, policies and procedures for information technologies and architectures. Determines requirements, conducts research and evaluations and obtains all approvals and signoffs.
22. Informs and educates senior managers, business users and technology peers on technology trends, and the effective use of business and technology solutions and information management.

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