Job Title - Program Manager – Senior

Period:  13 months

Start Date – 2022-02-21

End Date – 2023-03-31

Location – Toronto

Working Hrs.: 7.25 Hrs. / day

Assignment Type: This position is currently listed as "Hybrid" due to COVID-19 related WFH direction. Once HSC staff are required to return to the office, the resource under this request will be required to work onsite as well. 

Must haves:

· Demonstrated competency and experience with the Zachman framework Demonstrated knowledge and experience with business/information/application/ technology/security architectures with enterprise architecture

· Extensive experience providing application and security architecture for complex enterprise-wide projects

· Demonstrated experience with AODA

Description

Provide program management leadership and expertise of large scale, highly complex, high profile and high-risk initiatives that may be multi-jurisdictional and/or enterprise wide. 

Ensure accountability for the program’s centralized group of projects and their successful full life cycle delivery. 

Ensure programs are delivered cost effectively and efficiently, and in compliance with organization’s methodologies, standards and frameworks. 

General Skills: 

Demonstrated experience leading and overseeing program strategy development from inception through to project close out and any required transition to operations, business planning, benefits identification and organization funding requests for I&IT programs. 

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 interdependencies and external project dependencies, monitoring and reporting on exposure levels 

Exercises a range of leadership responsibilities including the role of coach and developer of talent 

Experience developing complex budgets based on multiple funding channels and cross organization dependencies. 

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 directing stakeholder consultation, facilitation and consensus building. 

Provides program, portfolio, and/or project reporting to multiple stakeholders 

Experience leading strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change 

Experience seeking new and unique business processes, technologies and products to benefit programs, portfolios and projects 

Experience supervising the development and communication of program related updates including through media relations, social media etc. 

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.). 

Desirable Skills: 

Expert knowledge of PMLC Excellent communication & collaboration skills

In-depth knowledge of cloud services, API life cycle, service management, event management and monitoring services.

Support and provide input to building out strategies for API governance framework

Document and maintain the end-to-end API life cycle processes, roles and responsibilities

Guide and create processes for onboarding of new teams and API portfolios.

Manage, promote and support the delivery of key middleware and DevOps initiatives including offering Shared Utility Service (SUS) NextGen as Java Platform as a service (PAAS).

Implement and document Service Planning / Service Management processes for the GSIC Middleware Team

Update the costing model and work with the Middleware team PMs to prepare the executive presentations for The application hosting service

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

General and Project Management Skills - 30%

Demonstrated experience with setting up workshops with the business users Demonstrate strong communication, facilitation, negotiation, consensus building and problem solving skills

Demonstrated experience with planning and implementation of releases Demonstrated experience with developing project charters and project plans Experience with change management

Experience with Project Management in leading Multi-jurisdictional Enterprise level projects

Experience working in human resource, communications or organizational development role

Enterprise Architecture Skills - 30%

Demonstrated competency and experience with the Zachman framework Demonstrated knowledge and experience with business/information/application/ technology/security architectures with enterprise architecture

Extensive experience providing application and security architecture for complex enterprise-wide projects

Implementation & Integration - 25%

10+ years of experience in the development of internet/intranet applications of enterprise-wide large, medium or small size, multi platform, n-tier, multi component applications

5+ years’ of demonstrated competency and experience in implementing physical infrastructure environments and integrating IBM WebSphere process server, WebSphere Application Server, and Oracle DB

Demonstrated experience with AODA

Enterprise Security Solution & Java Application Development - 10%

10+ years’ of experience in enterprise application development focused around the use   of features such as SOA, Service BUS, Identity service, Single Sign On, Digital Identity, Identity Access management, communication, interface, Omni-channel design, access control, web services, JAVA, J2EE, SAML, and J2EE security

Demonstrated experience with providing application and security architecture for complex enterprise-wide projects

Demonstrated architecture experience with business process management applications, specifically with Java / BPEL

OPS Experience - 5%

Experience with the Public Sector Enterprise Architecture Approval process (ACT / ARB) and the Public Sector IT gating process would be an asset

Knowledge of the GSIC support organization and ITSM processes adopted in Public Sector including standards, process and procedures

If you are available, please send your resume to deepti.gill@2iresourcing.ca OR refer someone interested.