RQ11884 – Project Manager/Leader – Senior

Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement – RQ11884

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager/Leader with extensive experience managing large-scale, complex application development projects within enterprise and public sector environments. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Agile, Iterative, and Scrum methodologies, project planning and execution, stakeholder management, resource allocation, technical solution development, data migration, testing, system integration, and deployment.

The successful candidate will lead complex, high-profile, and high-risk I&IT initiatives, coordinate cross-functional project teams, manage multi-year and multi-million-dollar budgets, oversee project deliverables, and ensure projects are completed within approved timelines, scope, and budget while meeting business and technical requirements.

Role Snapshot

• Job Title: RQ11884 – Project Manager/Leader – Senior
• Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement
• Work Location: 20 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C2, Canada
• Work Arrangement: Onsite – 5 Days per Week
• Estimated Start Date: December 1, 2026
• Estimated End Date: October 5, 2027
• Business Days: 217.00
• Extension: Probable after the initial mandate
• Hours: 7.25 hours per day
• Security Level: No Clearance Required
  
  

Must Have

• 10+ years of demonstrated hands-on Project Management experience managing large, complex application development projects.
• 7+ years of demonstrated experience managing Agile, Iterative, and Scrum projects.
• Experience managing project resources by aligning skills and experience with project tasks.
• 3+ years of experience with multiple complex public-facing vital events initiatives for projects serving the citizens of Ontario.
• Demonstrated experience leading project teams and facilitating interactions with clients and among project team members, especially in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
• 5+ years of demonstrated experience managing technical resources and tasks involving solution development (design, coding, configuration), data migration, testing, platform upgrades/patching, maintenance/support, and integration.
• Experience utilizing, managing, and understanding various software development methodologies, including Agile/Scrum and Scalable Minimum Viable Products (MVPs).
  
  

Description

Responsibilities

Provides project management on large-scale, complex, high-profile, and high-risk projects for Ontario Public Service (OPS) I&IT initiatives.

Ensures project deliverables meet clients' business requirements on time, within scope, and within budget, with a focus on successful project planning, execution, coordination, and delivery.

The Senior Project Manager/Leader will be responsible for managing project teams, stakeholders, resources, risks, issues, schedules, budgets, and technical deliverables while ensuring effective collaboration between business and I&IT teams.

Experience And Skill Set Requirements

• Project Management - 35%
• 10+ years of Integrated Enterprise project management experience across business and I&IT teams.
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-year, multi-million-dollar budget projects.
• Experience managing stakeholders, risks, changes, issues, time, scope, and resources.
• Experience with Microsoft Office tools, including Visio, Project, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, and other tools that support project management, collaboration, and the development of processes and plans.
• Experience managing project life cycles, including assigning resources and maintaining project backlogs and in-progress/completed tasks using collaboration tools such as Jira, Trello, Microsoft Project, Kanban, Workamajig, etc.
• Experience validating financial forecasts and cost assumptions, and providing ongoing reconciliation of resources and other related project expenditures.
• Experience formulating and determining business and technical requirements, business problems, business objectives, product visions, goals, and outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to direct, collaborate with, and inform policy, IT, legal, communication, and privacy teams.
• Technical, Deployment and Project Integration Skills - 35%
• Experience with I&IT technology site deployment and rollout.
• Experience leading, facilitating, and initiating large-scale technology infrastructure procurements.
• Experience defining, planning, orchestrating, and delivering initiatives, including business, operational, and information technology deliverables as required.
• Experience with underlying technologies and processes for delivering an end-to-end electronic solution.
• Technical knowledge of Oracle and related deployment environments to coordinate and lead activities.
• Experience leading Quality Assurance (QA) activities and processes.
• Documentation Skills - 20%
• Experience creating privacy, financial, communication, and IT documentation, including:
• • Business Cases
  • Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs)
  • Threat Impact Assessments
  • Requests for Service (RFS)
  • Requests for Information (RFI)
• Public Sector Experience - 10%
• Experience with Public Sector ITIL processes, including incident management, release management, problem management, support models, etc.
• Experience with OPS business processes, gating procedures, project management requirements, and business rules.
• Knowledge of government network and desktop infrastructure procurement, implementation, and support models.
  

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 12:00 PM 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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