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Overview: Our Program & Project Management group pioneered independent project management in North America nearly 40 years ago, helping to define it as a distinct profession. Within the Program & Project Management practice area is our niche operational readiness consulting team that specializes in operational readiness project implementation strategy, planning and scheduling, and risk management to successfully execute complex projects. This multi-disciplinary team is made up of professionals who bring a blend of clinical, business and technical understanding that allows us to bring a unique perspective to our work; a mix of clinical operations with healthcare capital redevelopment that offers our clients holistic insight and solutions. Exciting opportunities are available to join this passionate and talented group of professionals as we continue to set high standards for performance, innovation, and service. This is the place where great ideas and rewarding careers call home. We help solve project challenges through the use of formal strategic and project management processes, enabled by sophisticated project and change management tools and techniques. Our professionals focus on helping our clients manage program activities, expectations, and risk throughout all stages of the project life cycle. The ongoing success of our team allows you to set the pace of your career. Responsibilities: - Primary point of contact for client engagements
- Establish planning rigour and implement control processes based on practice methodology
- Actively engage client stakeholders in planning sessions to develop operational implementation plans
- Utilize healthcare experience and knowledge to inform client’s approach to implementation
- Assesses ongoing performance of client projects
- Determines critical strategy items and key issues based on performance data
- Identify options, alternatives, and solutions to achieving client objectives
- Identify issues and risks to the project
- Work with client teams to develop solutions to issues and mitigation strategies to identified risks
- Provide written reports and verbal presentations to client implementation teams, senior management and occasionally to the board of directors
- Creates a relationship of trust with client sponsor
- May require extended hours and some travel based upon project geography and demands
- Participation in business development pursuits and occasional support with proposal writing
Qualifications: - A minimum of 5 years of hospital operational management experience
- Experience in Hospital redevelopment planning and understanding the connection between operational readiness and building design
- Hospital strategic planning experience
- Hospital project management experience
- Understanding of Ministry of Health and Long Term Care processes
- Understanding of governance models an asset
- Capital planning/ P3/ DBFM experience an asset
- An undergraduate degree from an accredited university with a graduate degree preferred
- Demonstrated understanding and application of project management processes and principles
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or willingness to obtain
- Lean Green Belt Certification is a definite asset
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES Soft Skills: - Client-focused, with a commitment to success
- Excellent presentation skills
- Superior group planning and facilitation skills
- Ability to confidently communicate insights and develop solutions with all stakeholders
- Superior written skills and an ability to distill large amounts of information into senior management level reports
- Logical problem-solving mindset with a strong attention to detail.
- Ability to recognize interdependencies between elements of a project and bring order and structure to planning
- Ability to manage multiple competing deadlines
- Team orientation – ability to work effectively with internal and external teams
- A high degree of resourcefulness and natural aptitude for leading complex planning projects
- Demonstrated capability with Microsoft Office
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