We are seeking a highly accomplished Senior Project Manager/Leader to drive the strategic execution and full-lifecycle delivery of large-scale, complex IT modernization and legacy system replacement initiatives. In this role, you will command end-to-end governance over project scopes, multi-million dollar capital budgets, and cross-functional teams. Navigating a complex operational environment, you will translate executive business objectives into structured technical roadmaps while implementing rigorous risk management, procurement controls, and organizational change strategies to ensure high-performance delivery.
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Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid - 3 days onsite / 2 days remote)
Duration: 6-month contract (with a potential 6-month extension option).
Advantages
Strategic Autonomy: Command full project lifecycle governance over high-profile, complex IT legacy replacements and modernization roadmaps.
Elite Leadership Scope: Lead and mentor highly diverse, multidisciplinary teams combining technical engineers, vendors, and business stakeholders.
Comprehensive Playbook Execution: Direct both structural project controls (PMP frameworks) and human-centric delivery models (Change Management strategies).
Predictable Hybrid Routine: Enjoy a structured weekly schedule that perfectly balances collaborative onsite presence in Toronto with remote flexibility.
Responsibilities
Project Governance & Delivery: Provide strategic leadership over large-scale IT projects, managing scope, timelines, capital budgets, and resource allocation from initial chartering through to execution and close-out.
Technical Documentation & Artifact Oversight: Lead project activities and govern comprehensive lifecycle documentation, including business and functional/non-functional requirements, use cases, data models, architecture diagrams, and technical design specifications.
Process & Workflow Engineering: Oversee joint-application-design (JAD) sessions, detailed impact analyses, and the mapping of optimized business processes utilizing standard BPM/BPMN methodologies.
Multidisciplinary Team Leadership: Supervise, schedule, assign, and review the work of cross-functional technical staff, internal business groups, and external vendor partners to cultivate a culture of high performance and continuous learning.
Change Management Architecture: Develop and execute comprehensive organizational change management plans, conducting readiness, culture, risk, and resistance assessments to drive smooth system adoption.
Risk & Issue Mitigation: Identify, track, and neutralize project dependencies, software defects, and systemic deployment risks, providing regular progress reporting and strategic briefings to senior executives.
Procurement & Vendor Governance: Direct procurement tracks, manage vendor deliverables, and lead technical contract negotiations to guarantee solution quality and statement of work compliance.
Quality Assurance Support: Collaborate with testing teams to review test plans, test cases, and execution results, ensuring the software delivered complies with strict corporate quality standards.
Qualifications
Core Seniority: 10+ years of progressive project management experience steering large-scale IT initiatives within public sector jurisdictions or prominent corporate enterprises.
Methodological Fluency: 10+ years of experience utilizing traditional, modern, and innovative frameworks, including Agile, Waterfall, and iterative approaches, backed by professional delivery tools.
Technical Analysis Oversight: 10+ years of verified experience overseeing dense engineering documentation (BPMN workflows, data schemas, architecture diagrams, and system specifications).
Professional Credential: Current, active PMP® Certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) maintained in good standing.
Education: University degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Finance, or an equivalent combination of formal education and relevant professional experience.
Procurement & Stakeholder Savvy: Proven success managing third-party vendor contracts, lead-level procurement procedures, and executive-tier communication frameworks.
Asset: Direct project management experience operating within a government, public sector, or complex municipal infrastructure branch.
Summary
If you're interested in the "Senior 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 highly accomplished Senior Project Manager/Leader to drive the strategic execution and full-lifecycle delivery of large-scale, complex IT modernization and legacy system replacement initiatives. In this role, you will command end-to-end governance over project scopes, multi-million dollar capital budgets, and cross-functional teams. Navigating a complex operational environment, you will translate executive business objectives into structured technical roadmaps while implementing rigorous risk management, procurement controls, and organizational change strategies to ensure high-performance delivery.
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid - 3 days onsite / 2 days remote)
Duration: 6-month contract (with a potential 6-month extension option).
Advantages
Strategic Autonomy: Command full project lifecycle governance over high-profile, complex IT legacy replacements and modernization roadmaps.
Elite Leadership Scope: Lead and mentor highly diverse, multidisciplinary teams combining technical engineers, vendors, and business stakeholders.
Comprehensive Playbook Execution: Direct both structural project controls (PMP frameworks) and human-centric delivery models (Change Management strategies).
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Predictable Hybrid Routine: Enjoy a structured weekly schedule that perfectly balances collaborative onsite presence in Toronto with remote flexibility.
Responsibilities
Project Governance & Delivery: Provide strategic leadership over large-scale IT projects, managing scope, timelines, capital budgets, and resource allocation from initial chartering through to execution and close-out.
Technical Documentation & Artifact Oversight: Lead project activities and govern comprehensive lifecycle documentation, including business and functional/non-functional requirements, use cases, data models, architecture diagrams, and technical design specifications.
Process & Workflow Engineering: Oversee joint-application-design (JAD) sessions, detailed impact analyses, and the mapping of optimized business processes utilizing standard BPM/BPMN methodologies.
Multidisciplinary Team Leadership: Supervise, schedule, assign, and review the work of cross-functional technical staff, internal business groups, and external vendor partners to cultivate a culture of high performance and continuous learning.
Change Management Architecture: Develop and execute comprehensive organizational change management plans, conducting readiness, culture, risk, and resistance assessments to drive smooth system adoption.
Risk & Issue Mitigation: Identify, track, and neutralize project dependencies, software defects, and systemic deployment risks, providing regular progress reporting and strategic briefings to senior executives.
Procurement & Vendor Governance: Direct procurement tracks, manage vendor deliverables, and lead technical contract negotiations to guarantee solution quality and statement of work compliance.
Quality Assurance Support: Collaborate with testing teams to review test plans, test cases, and execution results, ensuring the software delivered complies with strict corporate quality standards.
Qualifications
Core Seniority: 10+ years of progressive project management experience steering large-scale IT initiatives within public sector jurisdictions or prominent corporate enterprises.
Methodological Fluency: 10+ years of experience utilizing traditional, modern, and innovative frameworks, including Agile, Waterfall, and iterative approaches, backed by professional delivery tools.
Technical Analysis Oversight: 10+ years of verified experience overseeing dense engineering documentation (BPMN workflows, data schemas, architecture diagrams, and system specifications).
Professional Credential: Current, active PMP® Certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) maintained in good standing.
Education: University degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Finance, or an equivalent combination of formal education and relevant professional experience.
Procurement & Stakeholder Savvy: Proven success managing third-party vendor contracts, lead-level procurement procedures, and executive-tier communication frameworks.
Asset: Direct project management experience operating within a government, public sector, or complex municipal infrastructure branch.
Summary
If you're interested in the "Senior 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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