Senior Project Manager

Halifax, NS, Canada
Greater Halifax Metropolitan Area, Canada

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Job type: Contract
Apply by: Nov 26, 2026
Posting language: English
Posted: Oct 27, 2026

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Job Description

On behalf of our public-sector client, we are seeking a Senior Project Manager. The successful candidate will provide project management services to support the development and delivery of a business case for a major infrastructure project, including a comprehensive analysis of costs, benefits, risks, and long-term impacts of various options to support informed decision-making.

Responsibilities

Project Planning & Initiation: Lead and coordinate all aspects of assigned work, including defining scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, and resource needs; develop and maintain project charters, schedules, budgets, and project management plans; and develop proposed governance structures and communication plans for approval.
Day-to-Day Project Management: Manage daily project activities to ensure work progresses according to approved plans; maintain project documentation, decisions, and approvals in alignment with established governance requirements.
Leadership & Coordination: Coordinate cross-functional project teams, facilitate collaboration across technical and business groups, coordinate and track project tasks within the approved work plan, and help resolve team challenges to ensure successful delivery.
Stakeholder & Vendor Management: Serve as the primary point of contact, ensuring consistent communication and accountability; monitor vendor performance against contracted deliverables and costs; communicate status, risks, and issues; and build effective relationships with stakeholders, executives, sponsors, and partners.
Authority & Decision Support: Monitor vendor performance, identify non-performance, recommend corrective actions, and escalate issues as required; recognise that final authority for scope, budget, procurement, and contract decisions, including approval of expenditures, payments, and change orders, remains with the client, and that the Senior Project Manager shall not bind or commit the client.
Work Planning & Resourcing: Develop and maintain detailed work plans, schedules, budget forecasts, and proposed resource allocations for approval, and monitor progress against them to ensure alignment with project objectives and timelines.
Risk, Issue & Change Management: Identify, track, and mitigate risks and issues throughout the project lifecycle; administer the formal change control process, including preparing change requests and recommendations for decision-making; and ensure compliance with established frameworks.
Monitoring, Reporting & Performance Management: Monitor project performance, identify improvement opportunities, and prepare and deliver regular status reports, presentations, and updates to stakeholders and sponsors.
Meetings & Communications: Organise and facilitate project meetings, briefings, and progress updates, ensuring effective communication and alignment across all stakeholders.
Quality Assurance: Ensure project deliverables meet defined requirements and acceptance processes to maintain quality standards.
Documentation & Deliverables Management: Maintain complete, accurate, and auditable project records; ensure all documentation, decisions, risks, and deliverables are properly stored in designated systems (e.g., SharePoint) to support audit, continuity, and knowledge transfer.
Financial & Resource Management: Prepare, track, and forecast project budgets for approval; review and track invoices and recommend them for approval; and coordinate project resources effectively to support delivery.
Project Closeout: Lead project closeout activities, including preparation of knowledge transfer materials, documentation, operational handover deliverables, and lessons learned.
Advisory Support: Provide guidance on project management best practices, tools, and methodologies to support effective delivery.
Confidentiality & IP: Ensure all work products and materials remain the property of the client and comply with all applicable confidentiality, privacy, and security requirements.
General Duties: Perform other related services within the scope of the engagement, as reasonably requested by the client.

Required Qualifications

Minimum eight (8) years of experience delivering complex organisational projects.
Must provide two (2) relevant project references demonstrating comparable project experience.
Must hold a current Project Management Professional (PMP) certification in good standing.

Scored Qualifications

Demonstrated understanding of the project requirements and the proposed approach to successfully delivering the work.
Demonstrated relevant corporate experience and qualifications delivering comparable projects.
Demonstrated project management experience supported by a resume highlighting relevant skills, responsibilities, and previous engagements.
Demonstrated experience successfully delivering relevant projects, supported by appropriate project references.
Ability to clearly demonstrate relevant experience, knowledge, communication skills, and overall suitability during an interview, if required.

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Responsibilities

Lead planning and delivery of a business case for a major infrastructure project, coordinating teams, stakeholders, vendors, schedules, budgets, risks, and project documentation. Monitor performance and quality, report progress, support decision-making, and manage closeout and knowledge transfer while ensuring client approval authority and confidentiality requirements are respected.

Requirements

Requires at least eight years of experience delivering complex organisational projects, a current PMP certification in good standing, and two references for comparable projects. Candidates should demonstrate relevant corporate and project management experience, a sound delivery approach, strong communication, and suitability through their resume, references, and interview if required.

Skills

Project Planning
Project Management
Budget Management
Schedule Management
Stakeholder Management
Vendor Management
Team Leadership
Risk Management
Issue Management
Change Control
Governance
Performance Reporting
Quality Assurance
Resource Planning
Communication
Project Closeout

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Keywords

Project Management
Senior Project Manager
Project Management Professional
PMP Certification
Infrastructure Project
Business Case
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Project Charter
Project Schedule
Project Budget
Project Management Plan
Project Governance
Communication Plan
Stakeholder Management
Vendor Management
Risk Management
Issue Management
Change Control
Resource Allocation
Performance Reporting
Quality Assurance
Project Documentation
SharePoint
Financial Forecasting
Operational Handover
Knowledge Transfer
Public Sector

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