We are seeking a Senior Project Manager with over 10 years of experience to lead high-performing technical and business teams in a complex matrix environment. This role is responsible for managing large-scale, multi-year IT initiatives that involve highly interdependent projects and multiple third-party vendors. You will be tasked with ensuring solutions meet rigorous business requirements while remaining strictly aligned with budgets, schedules, and quality standards.
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Pay Rate: $609.86-$644.49/Diem
Advantages
- Lead highly interdependent projects that form the backbone of a large-scale enterprise transformation.
- Interface directly with executive leadership through specialized briefing materials and presentations.
- Mentor and coach multidisciplinary teams while establishing best-in-class project management frameworks.
- Manage the entire lifecycle from concept and design through to post-go-live warranty and lessons learned.
Responsibilities
- Provide servant-leadership to technical professionals, facilitating work without coercion and optimizing Agile delivery approaches to meet project outcomes.
- Develop and maintain a full suite of project management artifacts, including Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), integrated project plans, and detailed schedules.
- Monitor and forecast project costs, ensuring fiscal targets are met through proactive reporting and resource management.
- Identify, track, and report on project risks and issues, establishing robust contingency plans to ensure project continuity.
- Coordinate engagement opportunities with high-level stakeholders and manage the acceptance processes for third-party deliverables.
- Facilitate "Go-Live" activities and implement comprehensive transition plans, including learning, development, and organizational readiness across the enterprise.
- Prepare briefing materials and interactive dashboards for executive decision-making. Document lessons learned and complete formal close-out reports post-implementation.
Qualifications
- Extensive experience planning and managing large, multi-tier, multi-stakeholder IT projects.
- Deep knowledge of Agile delivery (Scrum Master certification is an asset) and structured project management methodologies.
- Proven track record in managing third-party vendors and external contract deliverables.
- Expert proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Visio) and experience creating interactive data dashboards.
- Superior negotiating, mediating, and influencing skills with the ability to communicate complex concepts to development and testing teams.
- Demonstrated ability to resolve complex business and IT issues through facilitation and analytical decision-making.
Summary
If you are a Senior Project Manager who excels at navigating complex organizational structures and has a proven ability to deliver high-quality IT solutions through Agile leadership, we encourage you to apply today!
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 over 10 years of experience to lead high-performing technical and business teams in a complex matrix environment. This role is responsible for managing large-scale, multi-year IT initiatives that involve highly interdependent projects and multiple third-party vendors. You will be tasked with ensuring solutions meet rigorous business requirements while remaining strictly aligned with budgets, schedules, and quality standards.
Pay Rate: $609.86-$644.49/Diem
Advantages
- Lead highly interdependent projects that form the backbone of a large-scale enterprise transformation.
- Interface directly with executive leadership through specialized briefing materials and presentations.
- Mentor and coach multidisciplinary teams while establishing best-in-class project management frameworks.
- Manage the entire lifecycle from concept and design through to post-go-live warranty and lessons learned.
Responsibilities
- Provide servant-leadership to technical professionals, facilitating work without coercion and optimizing Agile delivery approaches to meet project outcomes.
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- Develop and maintain a full suite of project management artifacts, including Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), integrated project plans, and detailed schedules.
- Monitor and forecast project costs, ensuring fiscal targets are met through proactive reporting and resource management.
- Identify, track, and report on project risks and issues, establishing robust contingency plans to ensure project continuity.
- Coordinate engagement opportunities with high-level stakeholders and manage the acceptance processes for third-party deliverables.
- Facilitate "Go-Live" activities and implement comprehensive transition plans, including learning, development, and organizational readiness across the enterprise.
- Prepare briefing materials and interactive dashboards for executive decision-making. Document lessons learned and complete formal close-out reports post-implementation.
Qualifications
- Extensive experience planning and managing large, multi-tier, multi-stakeholder IT projects.
- Deep knowledge of Agile delivery (Scrum Master certification is an asset) and structured project management methodologies.
- Proven track record in managing third-party vendors and external contract deliverables.
- Expert proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Visio) and experience creating interactive data dashboards.
- Superior negotiating, mediating, and influencing skills with the ability to communicate complex concepts to development and testing teams.
- Demonstrated ability to resolve complex business and IT issues through facilitation and analytical decision-making.
Summary
If you are a Senior Project Manager who excels at navigating complex organizational structures and has a proven ability to deliver high-quality IT solutions through Agile leadership, we encourage you to apply today!
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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