Role Description
Project Managers plan, organize and manage some or all aspects of a project such as project initiation, project planning, project execution and project closure. Projects will vary in complexity, duration, approach and technology.

 

Responsibilities:
● Primary ownership of the project Deliverables. Provide day-to-day direction to the project team;
● Manage and control project scope and strategic aspects of the project;
● Manage the project, resources, associated work plans, and dependencies;
● Manage the overall integration of all project teams' work efforts;
● Ensure that the project team has properly qualified resources on the project;
● Review and approve selected project Deliverables;
● Manage and expedite issue resolution;
● Monitor budget to actual project expenditures, headcount, Deliverable completion, and
● milestones;
● Communicate with the steering committee, project sponsor, and business process owners;
● Identify, track, and report project performance metrics;
● Identify and help remove barriers to team performance;

 

SKILL REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS
A clean criminal record check status will be required at the proponent’s expense prior to the successful Service Provider Resource(s) arriving onsite or working remotely. Maintaining a clean status is required throughout the proponent's contract. An enhanced background check, completed by Manitoba, may be required on certain projects due to the confidentiality of the materials shared with the Proponent. If the proponent fails, they must rectify on their own cost and time.

The following are minimum qualifications and/or experience for the delivery of the Services.

 

The Resource must have the following minimum qualifications or experience:
● Minimum of five (5) years of experience managing Information Technology projects
● Valid PMP Certification or Prince2 Practitioner certification

● Expertise in project lifecycles and project planning , including resource, cost, and schedule estimation.
● Experience working on a project within a large-scale program requiring integration with other projects and adherence to an overall program strategy and execution.
● Experience working on large Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation projects
● Experience developing business cases.
● Experience in planning and managing projects in a Public Sector organization.
● Experience managing projects utilizing a large system integration vendor.
● Experience managing multiple projects concurrently.
● Experience managing multiple vendors concurrently.
● Excellent interpersonal and listening skills
● Strong facilitation skills
● Strong analysis and problem resolution skills
● Strong communication skills; oral, written and presentation

It is preferred that the Resource has the following qualifications or experience:
● SAP project management experience in one or all, of the following areas: S4HANA, Ariba, Fieldglass, SuccessFactors
● Strong exposure to SAP Activate Methodology in a Hybrid Agile delivery approach
● Solid understanding of the SAP landscape, modules, and terminology
● Ability to liaise between SAP & System Integrator consultants and Business SME's to ensure requirements are met while ensuring the adoption of best practice is maintained

 

RESOURCES PROPOSED
1. Proponent must complete Appendix D – RESOURCE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE FORM for each Resource that is being proposed by the Proponent. Supporting comments should be provided to demonstrate how the Resource meets and/or exceeds the outlined experience, education, and skills. Resource current location should be included in the Response Matrix and whether they are ready to re-locate if out of Province or not.
2. Proponent’s proposed resource must have required skills, knowledge, and experience to perform the duties and responsibilities of the role for which they are hired. Manitoba will not provide training, reimburse cost or approve billable time for the training of such skills and knowledge. The examples of such trainings include but are not limited to TOGAF, Salesforce, Microsoft Power BI, Dynamics, .Net, Project Management Institute (PMI), and International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA).
3. Employee References - Provide a minimum of two (2) references for each Resource being proposed. References should be for experience directly related to the area or expertise for which the Resource is being proposed to provide the Services. References should be include din the Response Matrix.