RQ11724 – Project Manager/Leader – Senior

Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement – RQ11724

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager/Leader to provide strategic project leadership and end-to-end delivery oversight for the scale-up of the Business Experience Platform as a reusable enterprise platform for government business services. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, governance, procurement, dependencies, releases, service onboarding, and implementation readiness across multiple concurrent workstreams.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience leading large-scale digital and I&IT projects, coordinating enterprise platform capabilities, managing vendors, overseeing financial commitments, and establishing effective governance frameworks. This role requires strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills to ensure successful project delivery in accordance with approved plans, standards, and governance requirements.

Role Snapshot

• Job Title: RQ11724 – Project Manager/Leader – Senior
• Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement
• Work Location: 222 Jarvis Street, 5th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Work Arrangement: Onsite – 5 Days per Week
• Estimated Start Date: November 9, 2026
• Estimated End Date: September 28, 2027
• Business Days: 225.00
• Extension: Probable after the initial mandate
• Hours: 7.25 hours per day
• Security Level: No Clearance Required
  
  

Must Have

• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining integrated project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and delivery roadmaps.
• Experience coordinating the delivery of platform capabilities, integrations, service onboarding, releases, and stabilization activities.
• Strong experience managing risks, issues, assumptions, constraints, dependencies, decisions, and change requests.
• Experience establishing governance forums, reporting cycles, escalation paths, and decision records.
  
  

Description

Provides senior project leadership and end-to-end delivery oversight for the scale-up of the Business Experience Platform as a reusable enterprise platform for government business services.

The role is accountable for coordinating scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, governance, procurement, dependencies, releases, service onboarding, and implementation readiness across concurrent workstreams.

Working closely with product, business, architecture, development, testing, security, privacy, accessibility, operations, ministry partners, and vendors, the Senior Project Manager maintains an integrated view of delivery, resolves cross-team issues, supports timely decisions, and ensures commitments are achieved in accordance with approved plans, standards, and governance.

The role also supports executive reporting, financial oversight, vendor performance, knowledge transfer, operational transition, and post-launch stabilization so that new platform features and onboarded services are delivered predictably and sustainably.

General Skills / Duties

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following duties:

• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and delivery roadmaps.
• Coordinate delivery of platform capabilities, integrations, service onboarding, releases, and stabilization activities.
• Manage risks, issues, assumptions, constraints, dependencies, decisions, and change requests.
• Establish governance forums, reporting cycles, escalation paths, and decision records.
• Monitor vendor and team performance against approved scope, timelines, quality expectations, and financial commitments.
• Facilitate planning sessions, working groups, steering committees, and executive reviews.
• Coordinate procurement activities, statements of work, onboarding, deliverable acceptance, and knowledge transfer.
• Support release readiness, implementation planning, operational transition, and post-launch stabilization.
• Maintain project documentation and ensure compliance with applicable policies, standards, and approvals.
  
  

Experience And Skill Set Requirements

• Project Management Experience – 35%
• Experience leading large-scale digital or I&IT projects through the full delivery lifecycle.
• Experience managing scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, dependencies, and quality.
• Experience applying recognized project-management and delivery practices.
• Enterprise Platform and Delivery Experience – 25%
• Experience delivering shared platforms, integrations, reusable capabilities, or service onboarding initiatives.
• Experience coordinating multiple workstreams and release dependencies.
• Experience supporting implementation and operational readiness.
• Governance, Financial, and Vendor Management – 20%
• Experience with governance, procurement, financial tracking, forecasting, and vendor deliverables.
• Experience preparing executive reporting and decision materials.
• Communication and Leadership – 20%
• Excellent leadership, facilitation, negotiation, presentation, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with executives, business partners, technical teams, and vendors.
  
  

How to Apply

If you are interested and your profile matches the requirements, kindly send the following mandatory documents to hrsmss@smsoftconsulting.com by Wednesday, November 18, 2026, at 10:00 AM EST.

Mandatory Documents

• Updated Resume in Word format (Mandatory)
• References (Mandatory)
• Expected Hourly Rate (Mandatory)
• Visa Status (Mandatory)
• LinkedIn ID (Mandatory)
  
  

Without the mandatory documents, we cannot submit a candidate.

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• Work Arrangement: Onsite – 5 days per week.
  
  

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