Senior Program Manager, Software - Permanent - 19503

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Direct project lifecycle delivery across major software and technical project portfolios, including mobilization, schedule tracking, and quality delivery.
• Manage requirements, baselines, and formal change orders to mitigate scope creep and preserve profitability.
• Build project plans, critical path schedules, and risk management frameworks using Waterfall methods and PMP standards.
• Lead external customer, vendor, and client-executive relationships; negotiate variations to align with commercial objectives.
• Lead bids and proposals, including pricing strategies, schedule baselines, and resource allocations.
• Manage multi-million-dollar budgets, forecast spend, track actuals, and carry out risk-mitigation strategies.
• Direct, mentor, and inspire project managers and software professionals while ensuring corporate governance compliance.

Qualifications and experience

• Extensive experience managing large, complex, end-to-end technical projects and portfolios, ideally in software development, SaaS, or complex systems.
• Proven track record directly managing external clients.
• Mastery of Waterfall project management frameworks and core PMP principles.
• A relevant degree paired with PMP certification is strongly preferred.
• Exceptional requirements gathering, baseline management, scope-creep tracking, and commercial change-order skills.
• Deep understanding of complex goods and services contracts, commercial approval lifecycles, and customer strategic drivers.
• Strong leadership, negotiation, conflict-resolution, analytical, and customer-focused capabilities.
• Ability to travel regionally and internationally as required and coordinate across international time zones.

Compensation and benefits

• Salary is CAD 140,000 to CAD 160,000, commensurate with experience.
• The package also includes RRSP matching, a discretionary bonus, paid time off, and benefits.

Additional eligibility information

• Candidates must be permitted to work in Canada.