Position Summary
We are seeking a highly sophisticated Senior Program Manager to drive strategy, governance, and delivery for a large-scale Digital Health Program. In this role, you will be responsible for creating executive-ready deliverables, defining strategic roadmaps, and providing expert oversight of complex integrated work plans. Operating with a high degree of political acuity, you will manage diverse stakeholder interests across both technical and non-technical functional areas, ensuring program objectives remain aligned with overarching business priorities and corporate quality standards.
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Location: Toronto, ON (Onsite, 7.25 hours per day between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday to Friday)
Contract Duration: Initial contract length based on program assignment, with extension options permitted only to the extent of unused contract days and remaining contract funds within the original maximum contract value.
Advantages
Strategic Influence: Shape the long-term vision, organizational roadmaps, and service delivery models for high-impact health technology strategies.
Executive Exposure: Lead high-level steering committees and author authoritative recommendations for senior leadership and decision-makers.
Complex Governance: Own end-to-end program controls, from risk/dependency mitigation (RAID) to high-level strategic budgeting and resource allocation.
Process Leadership: Drive continuous improvement frameworks within modern shared service models and lead comprehensive change management initiatives.
Responsibilities
Strategy & Roadmap Development: Lead strategic planning and organizational development initiatives, producing high-quality program roadmaps, environmental scans, and jurisdictional synthesis reports.
Integrated Plan Execution: Gather complex business and technical requirements to build, track, and maintain comprehensive integrated work plans and detailed program schedules.
Executive-Ready Deliverables: Author high-quality briefings, strategic analyses, issue notes, presentations, and decision-support materials tailored for senior leadership review.
Governance & Meeting Facilitation: Establish, manage, and facilitate program steering committees and stakeholder forums, managing agendas, action logs, and executive discussion documents.
Risk & Issue Mitigation: Proactively identify potential program risks and dependencies before they manifest; design robust mitigation frameworks and present clear escalation metrics to decision-makers.
Resource & Conflict Management: Source the ideal mix of skilled project resources, clarify roles, manage program budgets, and resolve interpersonal or allocation conflicts to ensure optimal team performance.
Change Management: Implement proactive communication strategies to overcome resistance to change across all lifecycle stages—concept, definition, planning, implementation, and close-out.
Qualifications
Must-Haves & Mandatory Requirements:
10+ years of deep experience in project and program management, ideally within large-scale enterprise, public sector, or healthcare transformation environments.
In-depth knowledge of advanced program management methodologies, I&IT standards, project control best practices, and resource allocation techniques.
Demonstrated experience preparing authoritative proposals, progress metrics, and executive status reports while strictly managing scope and timeline constraints.
Proven track record of communicating across diverse functional areas, managing stakeholder alignment, and navigating complex situations with high political acuity.
Extensive experience facilitating senior management presentations and managing relationships across mixed technical and non-technical backgrounds.
Bachelor’s degree (BSc/BA) or Higher Diploma in Management, Computer Science, or a relevant professional discipline.
Preferred & Desired Skills:
Professional Project Management certification (PMP) is considered a strong asset.
Deep knowledge of strategic program budgeting methodologies and public sector I&IT resource management guidelines.
Experience monitoring, evaluating, and improving operational service delivery models and shared services frameworks.
Summary
If you're interested in the Senior Program Manager role based in Toronto, we encourage you to apply online at www.randstad.ca. Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. We look forward to hearing from you!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.
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Position Summary
We are seeking a highly sophisticated Senior Program Manager to drive strategy, governance, and delivery for a large-scale Digital Health Program. In this role, you will be responsible for creating executive-ready deliverables, defining strategic roadmaps, and providing expert oversight of complex integrated work plans. Operating with a high degree of political acuity, you will manage diverse stakeholder interests across both technical and non-technical functional areas, ensuring program objectives remain aligned with overarching business priorities and corporate quality standards.
Location: Toronto, ON (Onsite, 7.25 hours per day between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday to Friday)
Contract Duration: Initial contract length based on program assignment, with extension options permitted only to the extent of unused contract days and remaining contract funds within the original maximum contract value.
Advantages
Strategic Influence: Shape the long-term vision, organizational roadmaps, and service delivery models for high-impact health technology strategies.
Executive Exposure: Lead high-level steering committees and author authoritative recommendations for senior leadership and decision-makers.
...
Complex Governance: Own end-to-end program controls, from risk/dependency mitigation (RAID) to high-level strategic budgeting and resource allocation.
Process Leadership: Drive continuous improvement frameworks within modern shared service models and lead comprehensive change management initiatives.
Responsibilities
Strategy & Roadmap Development: Lead strategic planning and organizational development initiatives, producing high-quality program roadmaps, environmental scans, and jurisdictional synthesis reports.
Integrated Plan Execution: Gather complex business and technical requirements to build, track, and maintain comprehensive integrated work plans and detailed program schedules.
Executive-Ready Deliverables: Author high-quality briefings, strategic analyses, issue notes, presentations, and decision-support materials tailored for senior leadership review.
Governance & Meeting Facilitation: Establish, manage, and facilitate program steering committees and stakeholder forums, managing agendas, action logs, and executive discussion documents.
Risk & Issue Mitigation: Proactively identify potential program risks and dependencies before they manifest; design robust mitigation frameworks and present clear escalation metrics to decision-makers.
Resource & Conflict Management: Source the ideal mix of skilled project resources, clarify roles, manage program budgets, and resolve interpersonal or allocation conflicts to ensure optimal team performance.
Change Management: Implement proactive communication strategies to overcome resistance to change across all lifecycle stages—concept, definition, planning, implementation, and close-out.
Qualifications
Must-Haves & Mandatory Requirements:
10+ years of deep experience in project and program management, ideally within large-scale enterprise, public sector, or healthcare transformation environments.
In-depth knowledge of advanced program management methodologies, I&IT standards, project control best practices, and resource allocation techniques.
Demonstrated experience preparing authoritative proposals, progress metrics, and executive status reports while strictly managing scope and timeline constraints.
Proven track record of communicating across diverse functional areas, managing stakeholder alignment, and navigating complex situations with high political acuity.
Extensive experience facilitating senior management presentations and managing relationships across mixed technical and non-technical backgrounds.
Bachelor’s degree (BSc/BA) or Higher Diploma in Management, Computer Science, or a relevant professional discipline.
Preferred & Desired Skills:
Professional Project Management certification (PMP) is considered a strong asset.
Deep knowledge of strategic program budgeting methodologies and public sector I&IT resource management guidelines.
Experience monitoring, evaluating, and improving operational service delivery models and shared services frameworks.
Summary
If you're interested in the Senior Program Manager role based in Toronto, we encourage you to apply online at www.randstad.ca. Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. We look forward to hearing from you!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.
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