Management & leadership jobs in Canada

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Counted Oct 26, 2026

Hiring at a glance

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Open jobs: 4,525
Employers: 1,819

Advertised starting pay

Average starting payCAD / year: $100,732Across 554 listings
Average starting payCAD / hour: $51.54Across 168 listings
Average starting payUSD / year: $117,061Across 22 listings
Average starting payCAD / month: $20,306Across 11 listings

Employer-advertised starting pay, not employee salaries. Currencies and pay periods stay separate.

Where work happens

Remote: 2%71 listings
Hybrid: 34%1,534 listings
On-site: 64%2,914 listings

Not specified: <1% (6 listings)

Employers hiring include WSP in Canada (125), Pomerleau (95), S M Software Solutions Inc (78).

Sources & calculation notes

These figures describe the listings on this role page at the date shown, not the whole job market. Listings can change.

Employer-listed minimums from at least 10 listings per currency and pay period. These are advertised starting amounts, not employee salaries. Jobs without a minimum and unusual amounts are excluded.

Hybrid and on-site classifications may be inferred from descriptions. Check the original ad. How we count

Management & leadership jobs in Canada

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- $75,000 to $100,000 CAD / year
- Full-time
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AB · Calgary (Kensington / Westmont / Parkdale / University), Alberta
- Contract
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Montreal, QC
- Full-time
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Project Manager
Colliers Project Leaders
Toronto, ON
- $72,158 to $103,993 CAD / year
- Full-time
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Gestionnaire principal de projet bilingue (Nucléaire) /Senior Project Manager (Nuclear)
Calian Group
Trois-Rivières, QC
- Full-time
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Real Estate Development - Senior Project Manager/Project Manager, Construction Management
Aritzia
Vancouver, BC
- Full-time
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Gestionnaire principal de projet bilingue (Nucléaire) /Senior Project Manager (Nuclear)
Calian Group
Montreal, QC
- Full-time
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Toronto, ON
- Full-time
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Metergy Solutions
Toronto, ON
- $70,000 to $90,000 CAD / year
- Full-time
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Project Manager / Site Supervisor – Regional Roads
WSP in Canada
AB · Alberta, Canada
- Full-time
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Toronto, ON
- Full-time
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Vaughan, ON
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WSP in Canada
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Senior Project Manager - Team Lead
WSP in Canada
Lethbridge, AB
- Full-time
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Calgary, AB
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Technical Lead & Project Manager (Roofing), Building Sciences
WSP
Toronto, ON
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Project Manager
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Vaughan, ON
- Full-time
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Project Manager
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC · UBCV | P. A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre (IRC)
- $7,158.42 to $10,292.25 CAD / month
- Full-time
Executive Strategic Leadership | Dean's Office | Faculty of Medicine
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Project Manager – CIC
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC · UBCV | West Mall Swing Space Building (SWNG)
- $8,810.92 to $13,202.5 CAD / month
- Full-time
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Project Manager -PMO
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Calgary, AB
- Full-time
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Project Manager
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
- $7,158.42 to $10,292.25 CAD / month
- Full-time
Executive Strategic Leadership | Dean's Office | Faculty of Medicine
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Project Manager – CIC
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
- $8,810.92 to $13,202.5 CAD / month
- Full-time
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Project Manager

Toronto, ON, Canada

$80 to $89 CAD / hour · Contract

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Job details

Pay: $80 to $89 CAD / hour
Job type: Contract
Apply by: Oct 28, 2026
Experience: 10+ years of Project Management experience delivering large-scale technology programs within Banking, Financial Services, Capital Markets, or Payments environments.
Posting language: English
Posted: Sep 28, 2026

Original job description

Payments Technical Project Manager

Contract Duration: 12 Months (Extension Expected)

Pay Rate/Salary: CAD $80/hr to $89/hr

Location: Hybrid | 1-2 Days Onsite | 150 King St. West, Toronto, ON

What You Need to Do

Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex payments technology initiatives, ensuring successful execution from planning through implementation and post-production stabilization.

• Drive the delivery of strategic payment modernization programs with a strong focus on ISO 20022 migration, payment transformation, and capital markets payment infrastructure.

Develop and manage project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, budgets, governance forums, and executive-level status reporting.

Coordinate cross-functional teams including Business, Technology, Operations, Architecture, Risk, Compliance, Security, Testing, and third-party vendors.

Partner with engineering and architecture teams to manage system integrations, APIs, payment gateways, messaging platforms, reconciliation solutions, and settlement processes.

Lead technology initiatives supporting domestic, real-time, cross-border, and account-to-account payment capabilities.

Ensure payment processing controls, fraud monitoring, sanctions screening, exception handling, payment investigations, repair workflows, and reconciliation requirements are incorporated into solution design.

Define and manage comprehensive testing strategies including SIT, E2E, UAT, performance, resilience, security, and production readiness testing.

Lead implementation planning, release management, cutover activities, rollback procedures, vendor coordination, and post-go-live hypercare support.

Manage project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies while proactively driving resolution and stakeholder alignment.

Facilitate governance meetings, executive steering committees, decision forums, and stakeholder workshops.

Provide clear business impact assessments, delivery recommendations, and communication updates to senior leadership teams.

What You'll Need to Succeed

Mandatory Requirements

10+ years of Project Management experience delivering large-scale technology programs within Banking, Financial Services, Capital Markets, or Payments environments.

• Proven experience leading Payments Technology Projects involving payment processing, clearing, settlement, payment platforms, messaging systems, and systems integration.

• Strong hands-on experience delivering projects related to ISO 20022 migration and implementation.

• Solid working knowledge of SWIFT messaging, payment processing workflows, clearing, settlement, and reconciliation processes.

• Experience within Capital Markets environments is mandatory.

Demonstrated experience managing large cross-functional project teams and third-party vendors without direct reporting authority.

Strong understanding of Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid project delivery methodologies.

Experience managing technology delivery risks, governance, financials, executive reporting, and regulatory requirements.

Expertise in implementation planning, production deployments, operational readiness, and post-release support.

Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to engage senior business and technology leaders.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with real-time payments, cross-border payments, payment gateways, and account-to-account payment solutions.

Exposure to fraud prevention platforms, sanctions screening solutions, payment investigations, exceptions management, and operational controls.

Knowledge of cloud platforms, microservices architecture, event-driven technologies, and modernization initiatives.

Experience working with payment processors, financial messaging providers, or large enterprise technology vendors.

PMP, PRINCE2, AgilePM, Scrum Master, or related Project Management certifications.

What You'll Get in Return

You will have the opportunity to work on a highly visible enterprise-wide payment transformation initiative within a leading financial institution. This role offers the chance to drive strategic ISO 20022 and payments modernization programs while collaborating with senior stakeholders across Capital Markets, Technology, Operations, and Risk teams. The client offers a dynamic environment, long-term project pipeline, and competitive market rates.

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Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end delivery of complex payments technology and modernization initiatives, including ISO 20022 migration, integrations, testing, implementation, and post-launch stabilization. Coordinate cross-functional teams and vendors, manage project plans, budgets, risks, and governance, and communicate delivery status and recommendations to senior stakeholders.

Requirements

Requires 10+ years of project management experience delivering large-scale technology programs in banking, financial services, capital markets, or payments, with mandatory capital markets experience. Candidates must have hands-on ISO 20022 delivery experience, strong knowledge of SWIFT and payment workflows, and demonstrated expertise in cross-functional delivery, governance, implementation, and stakeholder management.

Skills

Project Management
Payments Technology
ISO 20022
SWIFT Messaging
Payment Processing
Clearing And Settlement
Reconciliation
Systems Integration
Agile
Waterfall
Hybrid Project Delivery
Risk Management
Governance
Vendor Management
Implementation Planning
Stakeholder Management

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Keywords

Payments Technology
ISO 20022
SWIFT Messaging
Payment Processing
Payment Modernization
Capital Markets
Clearing
Settlement
Reconciliation
Payment Gateways
APIs
Messaging Platforms
Systems Integration
Real-Time Payments
Cross-Border Payments
Account-To-Account Payments
Fraud Monitoring
Sanctions Screening
Payment Investigations
Exception Management
SIT
End-To-End Testing
UAT
Performance Testing
Resilience Testing
Security Testing
Agile
Waterfall
Hybrid Project Delivery
PMP

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