Job Project Manager/Leader - Senior, Christian Island

Assignment: RQ00362 - Project Manager/Leader - Senior Requisition: RQ00362 Job Title: Project Manager/Leader - Senior Client: Ontario Health Start Date: 2025-09-22 End Date: 2026-03-31 Department: Digital Excellence in Health Office Location: 525 University Ave., Toronto Business Days: 160.00 Location: Hybrid 3 days onsite/2 days remote (subject to change) Public Sector Experience: No

Must Haves:

• Minimum 8-10 years' project management experience working in electronic health-related projects in Agile environment.
• Minimum 8-10 years' Experience with working on a digital product development, health system business implementation and deployment projects
• Minimum 8-10 years' Project Management Professional Certification (PMP)
• Experience working with Microsoft products, with a preference for candidates that have experience with Microsoft based cloud tools.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written, and strong stakeholder engagement skills
• Time Management, with the ability to manage tight deadlines and prioritize multiple projects
• Experience working with Business, Technical, Architecture, Privacy, and Legal stakeholders
• Knowledge of Healthcare Information Systems used throughout the province of Ontario

Description

• The Central Waitlist Management (FY25-26) initiative aims to digitally enable stakeholders at a provincial, regional and hospital level. Applying a user first approach, requirements will be developed throughout the duration of the initiative. The purpose of this request is to acquire a Sr. Project Manager for participating in the process of ensuring that goals and objectives specified for the project or program are accomplished in accordance with Ontario Health's established priorities, time limitations, funding limitations or other specifications.
• The Project Manager will support in the successful delivery of Ontario Health projects, ensuring strong project communication, documentation and reporting throughout the project lifecycle projects.

General Skills:

• Leads organizational development, strategy development, business planning, and Ministry funding requests
• Gathers and develops requirements in order to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan
• Ability to monitor and forecast project costs and provide reporting and input to ensure targets are met
• Experience developing and managing project schedules, deliverables, and scope
• Ability to promote I&IT project management best practices and adherence to standard methodologies
• Demonstrated experience directing project teams to ensure project deliverables are delivered on time and adhere to government and ministry standards
• Extensive experience coordinating and monitoring project processes, and developing/communicating guidelines and procedures
• Resolves resourcing and inter-personal conflicts, negotiates changes to resourcing, ensures knowledge is shared among team members such as project objectives and deliverables are met
• Develops complex project budgets based on multiple funding channels and cross ministry dependencies
• 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 stakeholder forums
• Provides, project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels
• 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
• Promotes Ontario Health standards and best practices for project management to facilitate control of system quality, adherence to standard methodology and the control of the use of resources

Desirable Skills:

• Knowledge and understanding of Project Management's Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices
• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
• Ability to make recommendations on the acquisition of software, hardware, and technology resources
• Experience managing and coordinating project monitoring, anticipates and troubleshoots issues, provides ongoing expertise, resolves problems and provides project effectiveness
• Ability to identify conflict between project and functional areas and develops responses to successfully address conflict
• Ability to handle client relationships to manage expectations, provides updates as required, identifies potential conflicts between project and functional areas

Evaluation Criteria: 100 Points

• Minimum 8-10 years' project management experience working in preferably with digital health-related projects. : 25 points
• Minimum 5 years project management experience in complex healthcare solutions involving Business, Technical, Architecture, Privacy, and Legal stakeholders : 35 points
• Proven ability to lead and liaise with senior leadership on project deliverables and timelines, coordinate risks and issues, and communications : 20 points
• Project Management Certification (i.e. PMP) : 10 points
• Familiarity with legislation applicable to healthcare organizations such as PHIPA : 10 points

Deliverables include, but are not limited to:

• Provide project management on large scale, complex projects for Ontario Health (OH) initiatives
• Ensure project deliverables meet clients' business requirements on time, scope and budget, with a focus on cost-effectiveness, efficiencies and compliance with Ontario Health project management methodologies and frameworks

Additional Terms

• Term: The term of this position is 160 Business Days.
• Assignment Type: This position is currently listed as "Hybrid". The resource under this request will be required to work onsite as per Hiring Manager sole discretion.
• Ontario Health assets including laptops and related equipment cannot be removed from the province of Ontario without prior written approval from Ontario Health.
• The resource will comply with Ontario Health policies and procedures.