IT Portfolio Manager (Change Management) - HYBRID

About the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)

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At the WSIB, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• explore many career paths and follow your passion
• continuously learn and grow professionally
• be recognized for the great work you do
• participate in programs that support your health and wellbeing

You’ll also receive a competitive salary, along with a comprehensive benefit package and defined benefit pension plan.

We are establishing our new head office in London and looking to grow our team! Candidates located in this region will be given preference.

Our people have different ways of working and lifestyles. We’re committed to a mix of working in the office, in the field and from home. You have some flexibility in terms of where and how work gets done to help you balance your personal life and career goals.

This job may require travel to Toronto or in other locations across Ontario for in office days, training, or events.  In office days are typically held monthly.  Travel reimbursement will be provided in accordance with WSIB policies. 

Salary Grade:  N08        From:  $97,186.00  To:  $121,483.00

Job Summary:
 

Are you an inspiring leader with a drive to deliver results in a fast-paced environment? Are you looking for an opportunity to bring your passion for performance measurement, reporting, and business relationship management experience to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board? If so, consider joining the IT Strategy & Performance Planning department during an exciting time of modernization.

As the IT Portfolio Manager, you will provide support within the IT portfolio, with a focus on IT performance reporting. You will monitor the IT portfolio to understand or define reporting opportunities, develop requirements, and participate in the design and implementation of robust portfolio reporting within IT. You will interact with the technology divisions and teams within the Corporate Services & Technology cluster, and other WSIB divisions, on information sharing to ensure the reporting meets management and senior leadership expectations.

In this role, you will develop and maintain relationships internally within IT and all levels of WSIB as needed. We are looking for a strategic portfolio manager who enjoys building strong collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders and is experienced in executing performance reporting in a manner that will enable oversight by IT leadership and the executive level within the WSIB.
 

Major Responsibilities:

IT portfolio advisor for oversight on governance, risk management, reporting, communication strategies, including, but not limited to:

• Guiding portfolio through development and maturity phases;
• Benchmarking dependencies within assigned portfolios related to ITC roadmap;
• Coordinating with internal teams for portfolio health check assessments;
• Developing portfolio managed protocols;
• Engaging stakeholders within dependent disciplines, such as; Contract Management, Quality Management, Procurement, and Legal;
• Championing innovative and value-add solutions for portfolio deliverables;
• Developing communication vehicles for executive management teams including risk assessment, dependencies, corporate goal alignment and budget

Assess IT portfolio viability within appropriate timelines and interdependencies, including, but not limited to:

• Assessing initiative proposals and business cases;
• Advising on requirement gathering consolidations
• Creating executive management reports for portfolio risks, budget, monthly status, recommendations, health checks;
• Designing and managing communication plans and strategies;
• Managing standard change management practices;
• Monitoring and advising on portfolio health check assessments;

Contribute to the development of portfolio artifacts for terms of reference, concept documents, business cases, including, but not limited to:

• Promoting integrity of portfolio processes with the PMO;
• Advising PMO statuses, as required;
• Recommending changes and improvements to portfolio processes and methodologies.

Facilitate the ITC intake process including:

• Facilitating meetings for new requests
• Forecasting resources
• Developing and supporting reporting and monitoring tools.

Support Manager, Planning Management:

• Providing advice and guidance for portfolio governance and benefits realization;
• Ensuring support protocols and appropriate standards and best practices;
• Advising on portfolio interrelationships supporting priority and resource allocation decisions;
• Promoting continuous improvement through lessons learned and facilitating recommendations.

Implement project portfolio dashboards, scorecards and reports:

• Creation and generation of IT scorecards;
• Providing recommendations for dashboards, scorecard reporting;
• Planning for the 3-to-5 years ahead, consistent with the IT roadmap.

Proving advice on ITC initiatives that are of a sensitive nature (for example, IT outsourcing) as assigned:

• Ensuring adherence to processes and governance in terms of time, cost and benefits;
• Managing end-to-end portfolio scope, resources, budget and deliverables;
• Facilitating and managing meetings.

Requirements:

Education:

• Post-secondary degree in a business related field/ or equivalent combination of work experience.

Experience:

• 8-10 years
• Experience managing large projects.

Technical Professional Qualifications:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

We respect and value the diversity of our people. We strive to create an environment where employees can be themselves and where our differences are celebrated.

The WSIB is committed to being accessible and inclusive, and following barrier-free and accessible employment practices in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Should you require accommodation through any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know when we contact you and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Disclosing conflicts of interest

As public servants, employees at the WSIB have a responsibility to act in an ethical way at all times to create a respectful workplace and maintain public trust. Job applicants are required to disclose any circumstance that could result in a real, potential or perceived conflict of interest. A conflict of interest is any situation where your private interests may impair or be perceived to impair the decisions you make in your official capacity. This may include: political activity, directorship, other outside employment and certain personal relationships (e.g. with current WSIB employees, customers and/or stakeholders). If you have any questions about conflict of interest obligations and/or how to make a disclosure, please contact the Talent Acquisition Centre at talentacquisitioncentre@wsib.on.ca.

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To apply for this position, please submit your application by the closing date.