• Ability to promote I&IT project management best practices and adherence to standard methodologies

• Effectively manages large project budgets and ensures a high level of fiscal control and accountability including estimates, forecasts, and reconciliation/confirmation of actuals

• Proactively identifies potential risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed

• Articulates and prioritizes issues and risks at senior executive levels and recommends mitigation strategies for decision makers

• Establishes and participates in steering committee and partner forums

• Provides, project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-partners partner at senior executive levels

• Develop and manage project schedules, deliverables, and scope

• Coordinate and monitor project processes, and developing/communicating guidelines and procedures

• Uses 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.



Qualifications
Must Haves:

• 10+ years years experience managing, coordinating, and overseeing multiple projects within an integrated framework, demonstrating strong program management capabilities.

• 10+ years years experience handling client relationships, managing expectations, providing updates as required, identifies potential conflicts between project and functional areas

• 10+ years years experience with and knowledge of Microsoft Office tools, Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Server

• 10+ years years experience managing and coordinating project monitoring, anticipates and troubleshoots issues, provides ongoing expertise, resolves problems, and provides project effectiveness

Must haves:

· Strong working knowledge of the full Project Management LifeCycle (PMLC), PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) based as well as some exposure to the Software Development LifeCycle (SDLC)

· Experience directing project teams to ensure project deliverables are delivered on time and adhere to government and ministry standards

· Experience with Information Management principles, concepts, policies, and practices

· Proven experience managing, coordinating, and overseeing multiple projects within an integrated framework, demonstrating strong program management capabilities

· Experience managing and coordinating project monitoring, anticipates and troubleshoots issues, provides ongoing expertise, resolves problems, and provides project effectiveness

· Experience identify conflict between project and functional areas and develop responses to successfully address conflict

· Experience handling client relationships, managing expectations, providing updates as required, identifies potential conflicts between project and functional areas

· Experience in managing delivery teams of various sizes and scope (may include staff, consultants, vendors)

· Experience with and knowledge of Microsoft Office tools, Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Server

· Sound knowledge of finance and project cost-accounting principles and practices with demonstrated experience with managing project budgets

Desired Skills:

· Problem-solving and decision-making

· Verbal and written communication

· Interpersonal skills

Required Skills:

· Facilitation and consensus building

· Negotiation and influencing

· Risk identification, assessment and mitigation



Summary
If you are interested in the Senior Project Manager/Leader role in Toronto, please apply online at www.randstad.ca. Qualified candidates will be contacted.


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