We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager/Leader to drive large-scale, complex, and high-profile IT initiatives. In this role, you will be responsible for leading cross-functional project teams, managing multi-channel budgets, and overseeing end-to-end project execution from concept to close-out. You will collaborate closely with executive stakeholders, establish steering committees, and enforce strict governance standards to ensure technical deliverables are completed on time, within scope, and aligned with organizational objectives.
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Location: Toronto, ON (Fully Onsite – 5 days/week required)
Duration: 7-month contract.
Advantages
High-Impact Enterprise Scope: Lead high-profile, complex IT initiatives with multi-channel funding structures.
Executive Exposure: Facilitate steering committees and present key strategies directly to executive leadership.
Full-Lifecycle Leadership: Direct end-to-end project delivery from business case development through to final close-out.
Structured Onsite Workspace: Collaborate directly with project teams in a focused, 5-day per week onsite environment.
Responsibilities
Project Leadership & Execution: Lead end-to-end project management for large-scale, complex, and high-risk IT initiatives, ensuring compliance with established project management methodologies and governance frameworks.
Scope, Schedule & Budget Management: Develop detailed integrated project plans, maintain master schedules, and manage complex project budgets across multiple funding channels with full financial forecasting and actuals reconciliation.
Risk & Issue Governance: Proactively identify, track, and mitigate project risks; articulate priority issues to senior executive levels and present actionable mitigation strategies to decision-makers.
Resource Management & Team Leadership: Source, select, and onboard multidisciplinary team members (including unionized employees and fee-for-service consultants), clarifying roles, setting performance expectations, and resolving resourcing conflicts.
Stakeholder & Executive Reporting: Establish and facilitate steering committees and stakeholder forums, providing clear project and portfolio status updates, dashboards, and briefings to senior executives.
Organizational Change Management: Implement strategic change management processes to overcome resistance, foster adoption, and capitalize on change across all project stages.
Standards & Compliance: Promote project management best practices, quality control standards, information management principles, and accessibility (AODA) compliance across all deliverables.
Qualifications
Senior Project Management Expertise: Extensive, demonstrated experience managing large-scale, high-risk, and complex enterprise IT projects (Strictly Required).
Financial & Budget Oversight: Proven track record developing and managing complex project budgets, financial forecasts, and cost reconciliations (Strictly Required).
Risk & Schedule Management: Hands-on experience creating integrated project schedules, controlling scope, and managing risk mitigation strategies for senior executive review (Strictly Required).
Stakeholder & Vendor Governance: Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, manage fee-for-service consultants, and facilitate steering committees (Strictly Required).
Change Management & Methodologies: In-depth knowledge of formal project management methodologies (such as PMI/PMBOK standards) and organizational change management strategies (Strictly Required).
Nice-to-Have Assets:
Practical knowledge of Information Management policies and Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) standards.
Experience navigating public sector business planning and resource acquisition processes.
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 an experienced Senior Project Manager/Leader to drive large-scale, complex, and high-profile IT initiatives. In this role, you will be responsible for leading cross-functional project teams, managing multi-channel budgets, and overseeing end-to-end project execution from concept to close-out. You will collaborate closely with executive stakeholders, establish steering committees, and enforce strict governance standards to ensure technical deliverables are completed on time, within scope, and aligned with organizational objectives.
Location: Toronto, ON (Fully Onsite – 5 days/week required)
Duration: 7-month contract.
Advantages
High-Impact Enterprise Scope: Lead high-profile, complex IT initiatives with multi-channel funding structures.
Executive Exposure: Facilitate steering committees and present key strategies directly to executive leadership.
Full-Lifecycle Leadership: Direct end-to-end project delivery from business case development through to final close-out.
Structured Onsite Workspace: Collaborate directly with project teams in a focused, 5-day per week onsite environment.
Responsibilities
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Project Leadership & Execution: Lead end-to-end project management for large-scale, complex, and high-risk IT initiatives, ensuring compliance with established project management methodologies and governance frameworks.
Scope, Schedule & Budget Management: Develop detailed integrated project plans, maintain master schedules, and manage complex project budgets across multiple funding channels with full financial forecasting and actuals reconciliation.
Risk & Issue Governance: Proactively identify, track, and mitigate project risks; articulate priority issues to senior executive levels and present actionable mitigation strategies to decision-makers.
Resource Management & Team Leadership: Source, select, and onboard multidisciplinary team members (including unionized employees and fee-for-service consultants), clarifying roles, setting performance expectations, and resolving resourcing conflicts.
Stakeholder & Executive Reporting: Establish and facilitate steering committees and stakeholder forums, providing clear project and portfolio status updates, dashboards, and briefings to senior executives.
Organizational Change Management: Implement strategic change management processes to overcome resistance, foster adoption, and capitalize on change across all project stages.
Standards & Compliance: Promote project management best practices, quality control standards, information management principles, and accessibility (AODA) compliance across all deliverables.
Qualifications
Senior Project Management Expertise: Extensive, demonstrated experience managing large-scale, high-risk, and complex enterprise IT projects (Strictly Required).
Financial & Budget Oversight: Proven track record developing and managing complex project budgets, financial forecasts, and cost reconciliations (Strictly Required).
Risk & Schedule Management: Hands-on experience creating integrated project schedules, controlling scope, and managing risk mitigation strategies for senior executive review (Strictly Required).
Stakeholder & Vendor Governance: Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, manage fee-for-service consultants, and facilitate steering committees (Strictly Required).
Change Management & Methodologies: In-depth knowledge of formal project management methodologies (such as PMI/PMBOK standards) and organizational change management strategies (Strictly Required).
Nice-to-Have Assets:
Practical knowledge of Information Management policies and Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) standards.
Experience navigating public sector business planning and resource acquisition processes.
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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