Senior Project Manager - Enterprise Project Management Office

Job Description

Through its core values of Courage, Respect and Excellence, CAMH is implementing its Strategic Plan:
Connected CAMH, to transform lives, ignite innovation and discovery, revolutionize education and drive social change. CAMH is more than a hospital, it is a cause. CAMH is on a mission to change the way society thinks about and responds to mental illness. They aim to eliminate prejudice and discrimination and shape a world where mental illness is central to our healthcare system – a world where Mental Health is Health.

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The CAMH Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) is currently seeking a Senior Project Manager for a full‑time contract position (12 months). The Senior Project Manager will report directly to the EPMO Senior Portfolio Manager and to project sponsors for project deliverables. The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for a number of projects or streams within the Health Information Systems – Patient Experience portfolio.

• Provide consolidated workflows and electronically manage IA processes across the research enterprise;
• Reduce review/approval timelines for research studies;
• Provide flexibility to accommodate an evolving research landscape, scaled up research processes, and continuous stakeholder/system integration;
• Meet the needs of all necessary research approvers, including but not limited to grants management (pre‑ and post‑award), regulatory approvers (e.g., Animal Care Committee, Institutional Biosafety Committee, Research Ethics Board), the Clinical Trials Unit (CTU), and other end users (e.g., service provider units outside of the Research Operations, Services and Support (ROSS) office).

In collaboration with stakeholders and project sponsors, the incumbent will be responsible for the procurement, design support, and implementation of the described IA system, hands‑on leadership, as well as execution of work in order to achieve goals and objectives relating to the assigned project(s). This may involve direct and/or indirect supervision of staff delivering on project tasks (task assignment, coaching, mentoring, performance management) and budget management to ensure projects are within scope, on budget and on schedule.

• Strategic project, annual, and/or operational planning;
• Hands‑on leadership and execution across initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and close of all project related activities;
• Managing stakeholders to ensure that there is agreement to scope, approach, deliverables, timelines, and budget to achieve overall success of the project;
• Utilizing the CAMH project management methodology to drive project standards, identify risks and issues, document and approve change requests, and execute activities that achieve the agreed upon project deliverables;
• Providing leadership to and facilitate meaningful engagement of all stakeholders, including early identification and management of conflicting priorities;
• Building effective and collaborative relationships with various project stakeholders within and external to CAMH;
• Resource management for assigned project management resources;
• Developing tendering documents, requests for proposals and contracts;
• Budget development and tracking for project and operational work.

• Working closely with the leadership team to develop the project approach/strategy and plans;
• Identifying project objectives, milestones, and deliverables and working with the relevant project teams to successfully achieve them;
• Establishing priorities, coordinating and supporting project teams members in their roles;
• Identifying risks and mitigation strategies;
• Identifying project issues and working with the team to resolve the issues;
• Project reporting both internally and to external project funders;
• Facilitating inter‑professional working group sessions and/or steering committees;
• Reviewing processes to ensure that internal controls are appropriate;
• Developing and delivering project presentations for various stakeholders both internal and external, including executive audiences;
• Cond…