IT Service Account Manager

Job title: IT Service Account Manager

Job description: “The start date of this job is flexible and in order to find the best candidate the job may remain open much longer than the date mentioned on this posting…..or you may be asked to start sooner than the expected start date if you are able to do so!”

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One of our government clients is looking for an IT Service Account Manager
Length: Contract term is 6 months with strong possibility of extension
Location: Downtown Toronto, ON – ON SITE

Background of the Ministry
Our government client provides essential services to vulnerable Ontarians.

Key Responsibilities
The I&IT Service Account Manager will be required to deliver on:
1. Team Leadership
– Provides leadership, direction and supervision for the team including: determining work priorities; scheduling and assigning responsibilities;
establishing performance standards; providing orientation, training; coaching, monitoring procedural compliance and service quality; providing technical
input to staff selection and performance appraisals.
– Assesses and oversees operations and collaborates with management and senior management to address workload volume, address cost and
resourcing issues; and leads problem resolution with management, other team leads and branch specialists.
– Provides representation on local, provincial and international specialist or professional bodies (e.g., Information Technology Service Management
Forum International) to maintain, advance and promote the Ontario Public Service leading position in ITIL implementation and execution.
– Provides advice and process expertise to project management teams, external vendors, senior management and executive level committees to
contribute to IT strategies/project status; identify and recommend resolution of systems issues and define requirements for new systems development
opportunities.
– Provides ITSM expertise and leadership for the development of service planning, policy and procedure.

2. Strategic Planning & Development
– Provides strategic direction in promotion, provisioning, and implementation of resourcing services with multiple I&IT clients within the Ontario Government (I&IT Clusters and ITS) with IT project and project resource needs, to support strategic priorities; ensures alignment of client demand for resources with
resource capacity.
– Plans, coordinates and manages consulting services to multiple clients across the Ontario Government including analysis of resourcing requirements and the
development and identification of appropriate resources services
– Manages development, coordination, implementation, resourcing and evaluation of resourcing services, ensuring development of strategies for
promotion of resourcing services that outline objectives and strategies and performance measures, while ensuring consistency with client and
organizational requirements.
– Provides input to development of strategic and operational plans, I&IT policies, standards and procedures, and participates in preparation of
operational plans.
– Develops business cases and other supporting materials for major I&IT initiatives and provides quality assurance for submissions.
– Reviews and assesses IT impacts and alerts senior management to conflicts with existing infrastructure, policies, directives, standards and central
agency requirements.

3. Client Engagement
– Markets solutions, concepts and services, and supports clients to gain acceptance and support by providing direction to clients in the Ontario Government I&IT
community in obtaining resources and expertise.
– Leads/participates in continuous improvement of services by providing feedback from clients regarding services, anticipates clients’ future needs, and
participates in development of new and enhanced services, products and tools based on client information.
– Manages communications between clients and facilitates client access to resources, expertise, services and assistance, and manages client
expectations. Applies change management concepts to ensure client commitment and use of services, standards and tools.
– Assesses client needs, provides client advice, and directs the development and operation of service delivery activities to anticipate growth and
maximize productivity.
– Participates in the negotiation of customer service management agreements and related agreements between I&IT service providers, vendors and
internal/external stakeholders by overseeing the RFP pr

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ocess and monitoring project deliverables.

4. Performance Management
– Leads client IT service delivery targets by developing and monitoring project performance metrics related to assigned client programs; promoting I&IT
Cluster products and services; monitoring and measuring customer satisfaction.
– Evaluates performance of services against business needs and identifying issues, determining resolution and implementing corrective action.
– Supports delivery and implementation of services, assesses services ability to satisfy needs, analyzes gaps, and initiates corrective action to ensure
I&IT clients meet OCCIO program targets.
– Plans and manages implementation of policies, processes and tools to ensure client project management resourcing processes are in line with and
Ontario Government standards and practices.
– Participates in ensuring client demand for services is aligned to financial cost recover for the model.

5. Contract Management
– Evaluates RFPs to ensure value and quality of goods and services, monitors vendor contracts within the organization, and provides day to day
management of external consultants or other support personnel.
– Oversees the development and maintenance of a contract tracking system for projects; compiles, monitors and analyzes consulting services contracts;
develops reports for senior management on all reporting requirements including contracts.

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