Senior Project Manager/Leader

Randstad

$100K — $130K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience leading complex IT projects with business transformations
  • 10+ years of technical experience with web-based applications on Java/.NET
  • 7+ years managing Agile practices; Scrum Master Certification preferred
  • Experience with cloud technologies: Azure, Kubernetes, Docker
  • Familiarity with project management tools like MS Project, Planview, Jira
  • Demonstrated budget governance skills on large-scale projects
  • Strong analytical, negotiation, and presentation skills

Responsibilities

  • Architect integrated master project plans, tracking milestones and resource allocations
  • Direct the implementation of complex software solutions across Java/.NET platforms
  • Lead Scrum and Agile ceremonies, manage backlogs, and facilitate planning
  • Establish and govern project budgets, ensuring financial accountability
  • Manage senior leadership relationships and deliver status reports
  • Source and manage project teams, ensuring performance clarity
  • Identify risks, manage issues, and create mitigation plans

Benefits

  • Lead high-profile business transformations
  • Engage in a stable 15-month contract
  • Work onsite for immersive real-time collaboration
  • Utilize top-tier cloud technologies and architectures
  • Manage diverse technical delivery across multiple platforms
Full Job Description
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We are seeking a highly accomplished Senior Project Manager/Leader to drive the planning, delivery, and governance of high-profile, complex, and mission-critical enterprise I&IT initiatives. In this role, you will hold complete operational ownership over the end-to-end project lifecycle, steering large-scale business transformations and the integration of advanced software solutions. Operating as a principal delivery authority, you will manage cross-functional teams of technical specialists, establish robust fiscal controls, manage executive stakeholder relationships, and ensure all deliverables align with rigorous project management frameworks and quality standards. ...

Location: Toronto, ON (Fully Onsite - 5 days/week required) Duration: 15-month contract. Advantages Mission-Critical Scale: Lead high-profile business transformations utilizing top-tier cloud technologies (Azure, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker) and robust application hosting architectures. Expansive Technical Footprint: Command a diverse product delivery sandbox spanning full-stack Java/.NET ecosystems, containerized microservices, and decoupled API management systems. Elite Agile Leadership: Exercise high-level project management autonomy by driving advanced Scrum practices, backlog grooming, and team velocity optimization. Predictable, Immersive Engagement: Capitalize on a stable 15-month contract runway with a structured, fully onsite delivery model tailored for real-time collaboration and rapid milestone execution. Responsibilities Project Plan Integration: Architect and manage large-scale, complex, integrated master project plans (IPP), tracking critical path milestones, resource allocations, and dependencies across cross-functional streams. Full-Stack Technical Delivery: Direct the design, development, implementation, and integration of complex software solutions, including web-based applications, cloud-adjacent microservices, and secure API networks built on Java or .NET platforms. Agile Framework Governance: Lead Scrum and Agile ceremonies, managing backlogs, facilitating sprint planning, tracking velocity metrics, managing agile testing loops, and orchestrating retrospective reviews. Fiscal & Budgetary Control: Establish and govern complex project budgets across multiple funding channels, overseeing precise forecasting, financial estimation, and cost-reconciliation processes to ensure strict accountability. Executive Advisory & Reporting: Lead relationship-management tracks with senior leadership and external partners, delivering integrated portfolio metrics, status reports, and strategic options directly to executive decision-makers. Resource Leadership & Triage: Source and manage project teams comprising both internal bargaining-unit professionals and external consultants, clarifying performance expectations, resolving scheduling conflicts, and ensuring knowledge transfer. Risk & Issue Mitigation: Proactively identify potential risk events, manage active issue logs, perform variance analyses, and design comprehensive mitigation blueprints before slippage impacts delivery timelines. Change Control & Adoption Management: Review structural project change requests for Change Control Board evaluation, while authoring comprehensive business transformation and organizational adoption plans to overcome user resistance. Standards Compliance: Adhere strictly to unified enterprise I&IT project methodologies, quality control gating processes, and system architectural baselines. Qualifications Project Management Seniority: 10+ years of progressive professional experience leading, planning, and executing complex, mission-critical enterprise IT projects involving business transformations and full-lifecycle software delivery (Strictly Required). Multi-Platform Solution Acumen: 10+ years of technical knowledge and practical experience overseeing the design, implementation, and integration of web-based applications or cloud solutions powered by Java and/or Microsoft .NET technologies (Strictly Required). Agile Leadership Specialization: 7+ years of dedicated experience running Agile project management and development practices, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, and velocity tracking (Scrum Master Certification is highly preferred) (Strictly Required). Cloud & Infrastructure Familiarity: Direct experience managing the implementation of web services deployed across modern cloud and container infrastructure (Microsoft Azure, OpenShift, Kubernetes, or Docker) and web application servers (IBM WAS 8.0+, IBM Cloud Pak, Red Hat, or Solaris) (Strictly Required). Project Management Tool Mastery: Direct professional experience running enterprise scheduling, defect tracking, and tracking matrices using software toolsets such as MS Project, Planview, Jira, or Azure DevOps (Strictly Required). Large-Scale Fiscal Stewardship: Demonstrated success governing large project budgets, including complex resource allocation, multi-channel cost forecasting, and rigorous financial reconciliations. Soft Skills: Superior analytical problem-solving, active negotiation, and executive presentation capabilities, with a proven track record of aligning multi-tier infrastructure configurations with tight project deadlines. 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 a highly accomplished Senior Project Manager/Leader to drive the planning, delivery, and governance of high-profile, complex, and mission-critical enterprise I&IT initiatives. In this role, you will hold complete operational ownership over the end-to-end project lifecycle, steering large-scale business transformations and the integration of advanced software solutions. Operating as a principal delivery authority, you will manage cross-functional teams of technical specialists, establish robust fiscal controls, manage executive stakeholder relationships, and ensure all deliverables align with rigorous project management frameworks and quality standards. Location: Toronto, ON (Fully Onsite - 5 days/week required) Duration: 15-month contract. Advantages Mission-Critical Scale: Lead high-profile business transformations utilizing top-tier cloud technologies (Azure, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker) and robust application hosting architectures. Expansive Technical Footprint: Command a diverse product delivery sandbox spanning full-stack Java/.NET ecosystems, containerized microservices, and decoupled API management systems. ...

Elite Agile Leadership: Exercise high-level project management autonomy by driving advanced Scrum practices, backlog grooming, and team velocity optimization. Predictable, Immersive Engagement: Capitalize on a stable 15-month contract runway with a structured, fully onsite delivery model tailored for real-time collaboration and rapid milestone execution. Responsibilities Project Plan Integration: Architect and manage large-scale, complex, integrated master project plans (IPP), tracking critical path milestones, resource allocations, and dependencies across cross-functional streams. Full-Stack Technical Delivery: Direct the design, development, implementation, and integration of complex software solutions, including web-based applications, cloud-adjacent microservices, and secure API networks built on Java or .NET platforms. Agile Framework Governance: Lead Scrum and Agile ceremonies, managing backlogs, facilitating sprint planning, tracking velocity metrics, managing agile testing loops, and orchestrating retrospective reviews. Fiscal & Budgetary Control: Establish and govern complex project budgets across multiple funding channels, overseeing precise forecasting, financial estimation, and cost-reconciliation processes to ensure strict accountability. Executive Advisory & Reporting: Lead relationship-management tracks with senior leadership and external partners, delivering integrated portfolio metrics, status reports, and strategic options directly to executive decision-makers. Resource Leadership & Triage: Source and manage project teams comprising both internal bargaining-unit professionals and external consultants, clarifying performance expectations, resolving scheduling conflicts, and ensuring knowledge transfer. Risk & Issue Mitigation: Proactively identify potential risk events, manage active issue logs, perform variance analyses, and design comprehensive mitigation blueprints before slippage impacts delivery timelines. Change Control & Adoption Management: Review structural project change requests for Change Control Board evaluation, while authoring comprehensive business transformation and organizational adoption plans to overcome user resistance. Standards Compliance: Adhere strictly to unified enterprise I&IT project methodologies, quality control gating processes, and system architectural baselines. Qualifications Project Management Seniority: 10+ years of progressive professional experience leading, planning, and executing complex, mission-critical enterprise IT projects involving business transformations and full-lifecycle software delivery (Strictly Required). Multi-Platform Solution Acumen: 10+ years of technical knowledge and practical experience overseeing the design, implementation, and integration of web-based applications or cloud solutions powered by Java and/or Microsoft .NET technologies (Strictly Required). Agile Leadership Specialization: 7+ years of dedicated experience running Agile project management and development practices, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, and velocity tracking (Scrum Master Certification is highly preferred) (Strictly Required). Cloud & Infrastructure Familiarity: Direct experience managing the implementation of web services deployed across modern cloud and container infrastructure (Microsoft Azure, OpenShift, Kubernetes, or Docker) and web application servers (IBM WAS 8.0+, IBM Cloud Pak, Red Hat, or Solaris) (Strictly Required). Project Management Tool Mastery: Direct professional experience running enterprise scheduling, defect tracking, and tracking matrices using software toolsets such as MS Project, Planview, Jira, or Azure DevOps (Strictly Required). Large-Scale Fiscal Stewardship: Demonstrated success governing large project budgets, including complex resource allocation, multi-channel cost forecasting, and rigorous financial reconciliations. Soft Skills: Superior analytical problem-solving, active negotiation, and executive presentation capabilities, with a proven track record of aligning multi-tier infrastructure configurations with tight project deadlines. 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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