We are seeking a Senior Project Manager with 10+ years of experience to lead high-performing teams through the delivery of large-scale, complex IT initiatives. This role requires a leader who excels in a matrix environment and is deeply familiar with Agile delivery. You will be responsible for the full project lifecycle—from establishing requirements and managing third-party vendors to coordinating provincial-wide deployment and post-go-live lessons learned. The ideal candidate will balance technical rigor with superior stakeholder management to ensure solutions meet business requirements on schedule and within budget.
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Pay Rate: $609.86-$644.49/Diem
Advantages
- High-Level Visibility: Act as a central figure in coordinating provincial-wide readiness and presenting to senior executive leadership.
- Dynamic Environment: Lead high-performing, multi-disciplinary teams in a matrix organizational structure.
- Portfolio Complexity: Manage inter-dependent projects that require sophisticated coordination between internal teams and external 3rd party suppliers.
- Professional Growth: Influence the optimization of project management methodologies and organizational change management frameworks.
Responsibilities
- Agile Leadership: Provide strategic direction to technical and business professionals, enabling agile approaches and facilitating work without dictating tasks.
- Artifact Management: Develop and maintain a full range of project artifacts, including detailed project plans, schedules, and Work Breakdown Structures (WBS).
- Risk & Issue Mitigation: Proactively identify, manage, and report on project risks, establishing robust contingency plans to ensure project continuity.
- Financial Oversight: Monitor and forecast project costs, providing detailed reporting and input to ensure all fiscal targets are met.
- Stakeholder Coordination: Handle high-level client relationships, manage expectations, and coordinate provincial engagement for requirements and design.
- Deployment & Transition: Facilitate coordination of go-live activities, change management plans, and the transition from project phase to operational readiness.
- Executive Reporting: Prepare and present briefing materials, issues notes, and interactive dashboards to senior management and executive decision-makers.
Qualifications
- Senior PM Expertise: 10+ years of experience managing large, complex, multi-year IT projects involving multiple inter-dependent workstreams.
- Agile Delivery: Demonstrated experience in Agile methodologies; Scrum Master certification and practical experience in this role are highly beneficial.
- Vendor Management: Extensive experience managing third-party deliverables, vendor relationships, and acceptance processes.
- Technical Proficiency: Expert-level skills in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Visio) and experience creating interactive dashboards for project monitoring.
- Strategic Communication: Superior negotiating, mediating, and influencing skills, with the ability to communicate complex concepts to clients, developers, and testers.
- Analytical Skills: Strong ability to diagnose complex business and IT issues and facilitate resolutions in a timely fashion.
- Public Sector Context (Asset): Familiarity with the Unified I&IT Project Methodology (UPM), gating processes, and Enterprise Architecture standards.
Summary
If you are interested in the Project Manager/Leader 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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We are seeking a Senior Project Manager with 10+ years of experience to lead high-performing teams through the delivery of large-scale, complex IT initiatives. This role requires a leader who excels in a matrix environment and is deeply familiar with Agile delivery. You will be responsible for the full project lifecycle—from establishing requirements and managing third-party vendors to coordinating provincial-wide deployment and post-go-live lessons learned. The ideal candidate will balance technical rigor with superior stakeholder management to ensure solutions meet business requirements on schedule and within budget.
Pay Rate: $609.86-$644.49/Diem
Advantages
- High-Level Visibility: Act as a central figure in coordinating provincial-wide readiness and presenting to senior executive leadership.
- Dynamic Environment: Lead high-performing, multi-disciplinary teams in a matrix organizational structure.
- Portfolio Complexity: Manage inter-dependent projects that require sophisticated coordination between internal teams and external 3rd party suppliers.
- Professional Growth: Influence the optimization of project management methodologies and organizational change management frameworks.
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Responsibilities
- Agile Leadership: Provide strategic direction to technical and business professionals, enabling agile approaches and facilitating work without dictating tasks.
- Artifact Management: Develop and maintain a full range of project artifacts, including detailed project plans, schedules, and Work Breakdown Structures (WBS).
- Risk & Issue Mitigation: Proactively identify, manage, and report on project risks, establishing robust contingency plans to ensure project continuity.
- Financial Oversight: Monitor and forecast project costs, providing detailed reporting and input to ensure all fiscal targets are met.
- Stakeholder Coordination: Handle high-level client relationships, manage expectations, and coordinate provincial engagement for requirements and design.
- Deployment & Transition: Facilitate coordination of go-live activities, change management plans, and the transition from project phase to operational readiness.
- Executive Reporting: Prepare and present briefing materials, issues notes, and interactive dashboards to senior management and executive decision-makers.
Qualifications
- Senior PM Expertise: 10+ years of experience managing large, complex, multi-year IT projects involving multiple inter-dependent workstreams.
- Agile Delivery: Demonstrated experience in Agile methodologies; Scrum Master certification and practical experience in this role are highly beneficial.
- Vendor Management: Extensive experience managing third-party deliverables, vendor relationships, and acceptance processes.
- Technical Proficiency: Expert-level skills in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Visio) and experience creating interactive dashboards for project monitoring.
- Strategic Communication: Superior negotiating, mediating, and influencing skills, with the ability to communicate complex concepts to clients, developers, and testers.
- Analytical Skills: Strong ability to diagnose complex business and IT issues and facilitate resolutions in a timely fashion.
- Public Sector Context (Asset): Familiarity with the Unified I&IT Project Methodology (UPM), gating processes, and Enterprise Architecture standards.
Summary
If you are interested in the Project Manager/Leader 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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