Our client seeks a Program Manager to oversee and coordinate program-level activities to ensure the successful delivery of centralized projects across multiple teams, stakeholders, and ministries. Reporting to a Senior Manager, this role entails working with diverse teams on solution design, release coordination, portfolio management, and executive reporting. The position emphasizes Identity Access Management (IAM) modernization initiatives using Microsoft Entra ID, Oracle IAM, and related technologies.
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Advantages
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Work on exciting public-sector projects with real-world impact.
- Opportunities for professional growth and development.
- Collaborative and inclusive team environment.
Responsibilities
- Required to work with the project teams to fulfill a variety of roles from solution design, release and environment coordination, portfolio management and executive reporting.
- The assignment entails working with managers, team leads, program analysts, and subject matter experts of various ministries and CSC throughout the engagement.
- Ensure accountability for the program’s centralized group of projects and their successful full life cycle delivery.
- This role will work under the direction of a Senior Manager.
Qualifications
General Skills:
- Demonstrated experience understanding and articulating I&IT executive expectations and translating into program deliverables;
- Experience directing, managing and leading multidisciplinary project teams including multiple Project Managers, each responsible for an element of the project and associated matrix team members;
- Experience monitoring and managing the cost, risk, schedule, governance, technical performance, and program impact of each of the component projects;
- Experience providing a program/portfolio view of project inter-dependencies and external project dependencies, monitoring and reporting on exposure levels;
- Experience leading Identity Access Management (IAM) modernization initiatives, using technologies such as Microsoft Entra ID & Oracle IAM;
- Experience analyzing program and organization’s environments to identify potential risks and issues; articulates and prioritizes issues and risks to senior executives; recommends mitigation strategies to decision-makers to ensure projects are delivered on schedule;
- Uses significant innovation in the planning, analysis and execution of tasks;
- Experience seeking new and unique business processes, technologies and products to benefit programs, portfolios and projects;
- Experience building positive relationships within the team and external parties;
- Experience contributing to improvements in life cycle based on lessons learned and past experience;
- Adheres to organization’s standards and best practices for program;
- Experience scheduling and organizing meetings/events and maintaining agenda;
- Ensures technology is used correctly for all operations (video conferencing, presentations etc.);
- Experience conducting release Readiness Reviews, Milestone Reviews and business Go/No-Go Reviews Produce Deployment Run Books and Implementation Plans Deliver weekly Release Management Reporting Work with project teams to understand impacts of branches and code merges; and
- Be a change agent and thought leader.
The Level 3 Program Manager will also be required to:
- Complete work and achieve milestones within the assigned deadlines;
- Notify the Cluster/Ministry Project Manager in writing of any issues or other material concerns related to the Assignment Deliverables, as soon as the he/she becomes aware of them;
- Submit Deliverables for the Cluster/Ministry approval as they are completed;
- Comply with the Ontario Government and the Cluster/Ministry security procedures and practices;
- Comply with the Ontario Government and the Cluster/Ministry architecture/technology standards and best practices;
- Comply with the Ontario Government and the Cluster/Ministry Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality Guidelines;
- Provide knowledge and skill transfer to a designated Cluster/Ministry staff; and
- Comply with the Ontario Government I&IT Directive, Operational Policy on the I&IT Project Gateway Process, and other applicable Guidelines, Standards and Procedures.
Other Experience and Skills:
- Based on the scope, the senior (level 3) Program Manager must have a minimum of 10+ years of the following skills and experience:
- Demonstrated experience in performing gap fit analysis and impact analysis;
- Experience in documenting business processes, business requirements, and system requirements;
- Experience working with both the business users and IT development teams to ensure business requirements are properly reflected in the system design and technical specifications;
- Demonstrated experience in the analysis and planning for the modernization of large, complex multi-platform, multi-tier information technology systems;
- Experience supporting business users working on projects or programs involving multiple highly inter-dependent applications and/or data sources;
- Proven ability to lead business users to the successful completion of an assignment of this nature, magnitude, and complexity, and demonstrated ability to help them achieve the desired business benefits on schedule and within budget;
- Experience working on projects within a multi-client/partner environment;
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills;
- A team player with the ability to coordinate multiple projects with competing priorities and strict deadlines; and
- Experience in dealing with system solutions related to funding calculations, financial information management, and web-based n-tier technology implementation.
Summary
If interested and qualified for this role, please apply today for immediate consideration!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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Our client seeks a Program Manager to oversee and coordinate program-level activities to ensure the successful delivery of centralized projects across multiple teams, stakeholders, and ministries. Reporting to a Senior Manager, this role entails working with diverse teams on solution design, release coordination, portfolio management, and executive reporting. The position emphasizes Identity Access Management (IAM) modernization initiatives using Microsoft Entra ID, Oracle IAM, and related technologies.
Advantages
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Work on exciting public-sector projects with real-world impact.
- Opportunities for professional growth and development.
- Collaborative and inclusive team environment.
Responsibilities
- Required to work with the project teams to fulfill a variety of roles from solution design, release and environment coordination, portfolio management and executive reporting.
- The assignment entails working with managers, team leads, program analysts, and subject matter experts of various ministries and CSC throughout the engagement.
- Ensure accountability for the program’s centralized group of projects and their successful full life cycle delivery.
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- This role will work under the direction of a Senior Manager.
Qualifications
General Skills:
- Demonstrated experience understanding and articulating I&IT executive expectations and translating into program deliverables;
- Experience directing, managing and leading multidisciplinary project teams including multiple Project Managers, each responsible for an element of the project and associated matrix team members;
- Experience monitoring and managing the cost, risk, schedule, governance, technical performance, and program impact of each of the component projects;
- Experience providing a program/portfolio view of project inter-dependencies and external project dependencies, monitoring and reporting on exposure levels;
- Experience leading Identity Access Management (IAM) modernization initiatives, using technologies such as Microsoft Entra ID & Oracle IAM;
- Experience analyzing program and organization’s environments to identify potential risks and issues; articulates and prioritizes issues and risks to senior executives; recommends mitigation strategies to decision-makers to ensure projects are delivered on schedule;
- Uses significant innovation in the planning, analysis and execution of tasks;
- Experience seeking new and unique business processes, technologies and products to benefit programs, portfolios and projects;
- Experience building positive relationships within the team and external parties;
- Experience contributing to improvements in life cycle based on lessons learned and past experience;
- Adheres to organization’s standards and best practices for program;
- Experience scheduling and organizing meetings/events and maintaining agenda;
- Ensures technology is used correctly for all operations (video conferencing, presentations etc.);
- Experience conducting release Readiness Reviews, Milestone Reviews and business Go/No-Go Reviews Produce Deployment Run Books and Implementation Plans Deliver weekly Release Management Reporting Work with project teams to understand impacts of branches and code merges; and
- Be a change agent and thought leader.
The Level 3 Program Manager will also be required to:
- Complete work and achieve milestones within the assigned deadlines;
- Notify the Cluster/Ministry Project Manager in writing of any issues or other material concerns related to the Assignment Deliverables, as soon as the he/she becomes aware of them;
- Submit Deliverables for the Cluster/Ministry approval as they are completed;
- Comply with the Ontario Government and the Cluster/Ministry security procedures and practices;
- Comply with the Ontario Government and the Cluster/Ministry architecture/technology standards and best practices;
- Comply with the Ontario Government and the Cluster/Ministry Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality Guidelines;
- Provide knowledge and skill transfer to a designated Cluster/Ministry staff; and
- Comply with the Ontario Government I&IT Directive, Operational Policy on the I&IT Project Gateway Process, and other applicable Guidelines, Standards and Procedures.
Other Experience and Skills:
- Based on the scope, the senior (level 3) Program Manager must have a minimum of 10+ years of the following skills and experience:
- Demonstrated experience in performing gap fit analysis and impact analysis;
- Experience in documenting business processes, business requirements, and system requirements;
- Experience working with both the business users and IT development teams to ensure business requirements are properly reflected in the system design and technical specifications;
- Demonstrated experience in the analysis and planning for the modernization of large, complex multi-platform, multi-tier information technology systems;
- Experience supporting business users working on projects or programs involving multiple highly inter-dependent applications and/or data sources;
- Proven ability to lead business users to the successful completion of an assignment of this nature, magnitude, and complexity, and demonstrated ability to help them achieve the desired business benefits on schedule and within budget;
- Experience working on projects within a multi-client/partner environment;
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills;
- A team player with the ability to coordinate multiple projects with competing priorities and strict deadlines; and
- Experience in dealing with system solutions related to funding calculations, financial information management, and web-based n-tier technology implementation.
Summary
If interested and qualified for this role, please apply today for immediate consideration!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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