Peoplesoft Fluid implementation Project Manager/Leader – Senior - Jobs in Toronto, Ontario, M5A 3N7

Job Description

Assignment: RQ08226 - Project Manager/Leader Senior Start Date: 2024-12-02 End Date: 2025-03-31 Office Location: 222 Jarvis Street, 5th Floor, Toronto, Ontario Organization: Government Services Integration Cluster Ministry: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery (former MGCS) # Business Days: 97.00 Extension # of Days: 07.00 Hybrid: 3 days onsite/ 2 days remote Must Haves:

• Implementation of PeopleSoft Fluid and Classic Plus user interfaces incl. activating new Self Service features and enabling Mobile capability
• Significant expertise and experience in PeopleSoft HCM application
• A hands on project manager who has lead multiple large ERP ($5M+) projects.

Desirable Skills:

• Knowledge and understanding of Project Management #39;s Institute #39;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
• Knowledge of Microsoft DevOps to manage assigned tasks.

Description Responsibilities:

• Managing project deliverables and timelines, scope, resources/costing.
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with technical lead, vendor, other FFS resources and OPS resources working on the project to meet project milestones.
• Planning and coordinating with operational teams and providing knowledge transfer for sustainment.
• Preparing status reports and briefing project sponsors.
• Tracking and monitoring project-related issues and risks.
• Assist in planning oversight for upcoming database upgrades.
• Developing and overseeing implementation plan and schedules.

Skills Experience and Skill Set Requirements Must Have Skills:

• Implementation of PeopleSoft Fluid and Classic Plus user interfaces incl. activating new Self Service features and enabling Mobile capability - 25%
• Significant expertise and experience in PeopleSoft HCM application - 25%
• A hands on project manager who has lead multiple large ERP ($5M+) projects 20%
• Experience working on Microsoft Azure cloud platform with RHEL/Windows OS and Oracle Database - 20%
• Experience working in a public sector environment - 10%

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 amp;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
• Sources, selects and on-boards 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.
• 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 OPS I amp;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 amp;IT resources.