Director, Project Management

We are looking for an accomplished and strategic PMO Leader to manage and oversee our organization's project portfolio. This role is critical in ensuring the successful execution of key strategic initiatives while driving standardization and best practices across the company. The PMO Leader will align project outcomes with organizational goals, foster a culture of excellence, and enhance project management capabilities. This individual will play a critical role in driving strategic alignment across projects, ensuring that initiatives are prioritized and executed to support the organization's long-term objectives. The ideal candidate will have a strategic mindset with the ability to provide oversight while fostering collaboration and alignment across all project teams, and drive consistency and cohesion in how projects are managed focusing on a results driven culture while still considering human centered design principles and strong collaboration.

Key Responsibilities:

• PMO Establishment and Operation: Lead the implementation and ongoing operation of a strategic PMO framework, aligned with organizational goals and future growth.
• Capacity Building: Mentor and develop project managers, enhancing the organization's project management capabilities and fostering a high-performance delivery culture.
• Continuous Improvement: Promote continuous improvements in project execution, actively work to identifying ways to refine processes and enhance delivery outcomes.
• Risk Management: Develop frameworks in alignment with enterprise risk appetite for identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks across the project portfolio.
• Leadership Synergy: Facilitate collaboration between the PMO and other functional leads to ensure seamless execution of transformation projects, aligning roles and responsibilities for optimal efficiency and impact.
• Governance & Standards: Develop and enforce the use of standard project management methodologies, tools, and processes to improve efficiency and transparency across the organization.
• Portfolio Management: Oversee project portfolios, staying informed of overall project statuses, identifying synergies, risks, and opportunities to maximize the impact of cross-functional initiatives.
• Change Leadership: Collaborate closely with organizational design and change management teams to ensure smooth project transitions and stakeholder buy-in.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with the Transformation Management Office (TMO) leads to ensure alignment of project strategies, process improvements, and transformation initiatives.
• TMO Team Integration: Serve as a key member of the TMO team, contributing to the overall business transformation strategy by integrating PMO governance with broader organizational goals and change efforts.
• Strategic Oversight: Ensure all projects are aligned with company strategy, balancing resources, timelines, and priorities to meet long-term business objectives.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a strategic partner to senior leadership, providing regular updates, insights, and recommendations to ensure projects meet business goals.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business, project management, or related field (Master's degree preferred).
• 10 years of experience in project management, with at least 5 years in a strategic leadership role.
• PMO Expertise: Proven experience in establishing and leading a PMO, with a strong emphasis on strategic alignment and governance.
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with the ability to influence and inspire at all levels of the organization.
• Stakeholder Management: Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to engage and influence senior leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Analytical Mindset: Ability to think strategically, analyze complex data, and make sound decisions aligned with the organization's objectives.
• Certifications: PMP, PgMP, or similar certifications preferred.
• Change Management: Experience in organizational change and transformation projects is highly desirable, as is a Prosci certification.
• Tools: Proficiency with PM software (e.g., Microsoft Project, Jira, Monday.com) and portfolio management tools.
• Knowledge with Project and Portfolio Management, Business and Process Management and Change Management

About Us:

At SE, we love what we do. Every day, we bring hope and happiness to clients, homes, and communities across Canada. We treat each person with dignity and love, like our own family; we build empathy; and we do the right thing. We are always inspired to make a difference. As a not-for-profit social enterprise, we share knowledge, provide the best care, and help each client to realize their most meaningful goals for health and wellbeing. We are an inclusive workplace offering competitive salary, group benefits, RRSP pension, and work life balance. We're a great place to work, and we hope you'll join our team.

In the interest of the health and safety of our patients/clients, employees, and greater good of public health, SE Health requires those that wish to work for this organization to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Fully vaccinated means a person has received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and it has been 14 days since the last dose.

SE Health is committed to the success of all its employees. If you feel you need accommodations because of illness or disability, please do not hesitate to contact Talent Acquisition Team at [redacted] at your earliest convenience.