Senior Project Manager

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Lead complex enterprise projects from concept through implementation, managing scope, timelines, budgets, resources, risks, and dependencies.
• Build partnerships across business leaders, technology teams, vendors, and external partners to drive collaboration and informed decisions.
• Establish project governance, reporting, controls, accountability, and steering committee processes.
• Drive organizational change and adoption by identifying impacts, removing barriers, and helping stakeholders adopt new processes, systems, and ways of working.
• Deliver measurable business value and continuous improvement in project practices, capabilities, and customer experience.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in business, management information systems, computer science, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of related project management experience and experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects in large organizations across all project phases.
• PMP designation or equivalent; experience leading and facilitating cross-functional project teams.
• Knowledge of project management methodologies, frameworks, and change management practices.
• Experience balancing scope, cost, timelines, and risk to meet project objectives.
• Knowledge of software development lifecycles, quality assurance, documentation, testing, and implementation practices.

Key competencies and preferred qualifications

• Competencies include stakeholder and relationship management, matrix collaboration, eliciting business needs, executive communication, facilitation, problem-solving, decision-making, and managing competing priorities.
• A Lean-Agile mindset and ability to work in an Enterprise Agile (SAFe) environment are sought; mentoring and knowledge-sharing are valued.
• Preferred: SAFe or equivalent Agile certification; business, digital, or enterprise technology transformation experience.
• Preferred: experience in regulated, customer-focused, or healthcare-related organizations; project governance, portfolio management, organizational change, or Agile and hybrid delivery experience.

Compensation and schedule

• The listed salary range is CAD 100,00–CAD 120,000; the description does not clearly state the salary cadence.
• An incentive compensation plan offers a performance-based bonus of up to 12% per year.
• Flexible hours are listed as 7.5 hours per day, Monday through Friday, or 37.5 hours per week.

Benefits and workplace amenities

• Paid vacation starts at four weeks per year and increases with service; benefits may include health, dental, and life insurance.
• The employer contributes the equivalent of 8% of base salary to a defined contribution pension plan.
• Amenities and programs include an onsite fitness center and cafeteria, employee events, virtual doctors and counsellors, learning and development, and wellness initiatives.

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