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We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager/Leader to provide senior project leadership and end-to-end delivery oversight for the scale-up of a reusable enterprise business services platform. In this role, you will be accountable for coordinating scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, governance, procurement, dependencies, releases, ...
service onboarding, and implementation readiness across concurrent workstreams. Partnering closely with product, business, architecture, development, testing, security, privacy, accessibility, operations, and external vendor teams, you will maintain an integrated view of delivery, resolve cross-team bottlenecks, support executive decision-making, and oversee operational transition and post-launch stabilization to ensure predictable, sustainable platform rollouts. Location: Toronto, ON (Fully Onsite - 5 days/week required) Duration: 11-month contract. Advantages Enterprise Platform Impact: Lead the scale-up of a reusable, multi-service enterprise digital platform. End-to-End Delivery Oversight: Own scope, schedule, financials, governance, and vendor coordination across concurrent streams. Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate directly with executive sponsors, architecture leads, security/privacy specialists, and product squads. Dedicated Onsite Collaboration: Drive immediate alignment alongside project teams in a central Toronto office. Responsibilities Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and multi-stream delivery roadmaps. Coordinate the end-to-end delivery of platform capabilities, system integrations, service onboarding, releases, and post-launch stabilization activities. Proactively manage project risks, issues, assumptions, constraints, cross-team dependencies, decisions, and formal change requests. Establish and manage governance forums, executive reporting cycles, escalation pathways, and comprehensive decision records. Monitor vendor and multidisciplinary team performance against approved scope, timelines, quality gates, and financial commitments. Facilitate planning sessions, cross-functional working groups, steering committees, and executive status reviews. Coordinate procurement activities, statements of work (SOWs), vendor onboarding, deliverable acceptance, and structured knowledge transfer. Oversee release readiness, implementation planning, operational transition, and post-implementation support. Maintain comprehensive project documentation and ensure strict compliance with applicable governance policies, standards, and approvals. Qualifications Integrated Project Planning & Roadmaps: Proven experience developing and maintaining integrated project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and delivery roadmaps (Strictly Required). Platform & Release Coordination: Demonstrated experience coordinating the delivery of platform capabilities, integrations, service onboarding, releases, and stabilization activities (Strictly Required). RAID & Change Management: Extensive hands-on experience managing risks, issues, assumptions, constraints, dependencies, decisions, and change requests across complex initiatives (Strictly Required). Governance & Escalation Frameworks: Proven track record establishing governance forums, reporting cycles, escalation paths, and decision records (Strictly Required). Full-Lifecycle Digital & I&IT Leadership: Solid experience leading large-scale digital or I&IT projects through the complete delivery lifecycle, applying recognized project management methodologies (Strictly Required). Governance, Financial & Vendor Oversight: Demonstrated experience managing procurement workflows, financial tracking, forecasting, vendor deliverables, and executive decision materials (Strictly Required). Executive Communication & Facilitation: Exceptional leadership, facilitation, negotiation, presentation, and conflict-resolution skills across technical, business, and executive stakeholders (Strictly Required). Nice-to-Have Assets: Prior experience delivering enterprise platforms or shared digital services within the public sector or government environments. Recognized project management certifications (e.g., PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2, or Agile/Scrum credentials). Familiarity with accessibility (AODA/WCAG), privacy, and security gating 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!
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We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager/Leader to provide senior project leadership and end-to-end delivery oversight for the scale-up of a reusable enterprise business services platform. In this role, you will be accountable for coordinating scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, governance, procurement, dependencies, releases, service onboarding, and implementation readiness across concurrent workstreams. Partnering closely with product, business, architecture, development, testing, security, privacy, accessibility, operations, and external vendor teams, you will maintain an integrated view of delivery, resolve cross-team bottlenecks, support executive decision-making, and oversee operational transition and post-launch stabilization to ensure predictable, sustainable platform rollouts. Location: Toronto, ON (Fully Onsite - 5 days/week required) Duration: 11-month contract. Advantages Enterprise Platform Impact: Lead the scale-up of a reusable, multi-service enterprise digital platform. End-to-End Delivery Oversight: Own scope, schedule, financials, governance, and vendor coordination across concurrent streams. ...
Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate directly with executive sponsors, architecture leads, security/privacy specialists, and product squads. Dedicated Onsite Collaboration: Drive immediate alignment alongside project teams in a central Toronto office. Responsibilities Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and multi-stream delivery roadmaps. Coordinate the end-to-end delivery of platform capabilities, system integrations, service onboarding, releases, and post-launch stabilization activities. Proactively manage project risks, issues, assumptions, constraints, cross-team dependencies, decisions, and formal change requests. Establish and manage governance forums, executive reporting cycles, escalation pathways, and comprehensive decision records. Monitor vendor and multidisciplinary team performance against approved scope, timelines, quality gates, and financial commitments. Facilitate planning sessions, cross-functional working groups, steering committees, and executive status reviews. Coordinate procurement activities, statements of work (SOWs), vendor onboarding, deliverable acceptance, and structured knowledge transfer. Oversee release readiness, implementation planning, operational transition, and post-implementation support. Maintain comprehensive project documentation and ensure strict compliance with applicable governance policies, standards, and approvals. Qualifications Integrated Project Planning & Roadmaps: Proven experience developing and maintaining integrated project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and delivery roadmaps (Strictly Required). Platform & Release Coordination: Demonstrated experience coordinating the delivery of platform capabilities, integrations, service onboarding, releases, and stabilization activities (Strictly Required). RAID & Change Management: Extensive hands-on experience managing risks, issues, assumptions, constraints, dependencies, decisions, and change requests across complex initiatives (Strictly Required). Governance & Escalation Frameworks: Proven track record establishing governance forums, reporting cycles, escalation paths, and decision records (Strictly Required). Full-Lifecycle Digital & I&IT Leadership: Solid experience leading large-scale digital or I&IT projects through the complete delivery lifecycle, applying recognized project management methodologies (Strictly Required). Governance, Financial & Vendor Oversight: Demonstrated experience managing procurement workflows, financial tracking, forecasting, vendor deliverables, and executive decision materials (Strictly Required). Executive Communication & Facilitation: Exceptional leadership, facilitation, negotiation, presentation, and conflict-resolution skills across technical, business, and executive stakeholders (Strictly Required). Nice-to-Have Assets: Prior experience delivering enterprise platforms or shared digital services within the public sector or government environments. Recognized project management certifications (e.g., PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2, or Agile/Scrum credentials). Familiarity with accessibility (AODA/WCAG), privacy, and security gating 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!
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