Senior Project Manager/Leader

We are seeking a highly accomplished Senior Project Manager/Leader for an enterprise-level contract opportunity based in Toronto. In this role, you will take on a premier project leadership, financial modeling, and strategy execution capacity, specializing in managing large-scale, high-profile technology initiatives and complex project portfolios.

As a Senior Project Manager/Leader, you will bridge the gap between executive leadership, cross-functional project teams, financial analysts, and operational stakeholders. Operating fully onsite in Toronto, you will lead end-to-end project execution, build dynamic scenario analysis and cost-allocation frameworks, evaluate cloud pricing models and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), and oversee complex multi-channel budgets. This position demands a strategic project leader with extensive tenure in project planning, risk mitigation, resource management, and organizational change who can deliver complex initiatives on time, within scope, and under strict fiscal control.

Location: Toronto, ON

Assignment Type: Onsite (5 days per week)

Contract Duration: 6-month contract (with potential for extension)

Advantages
High-Impact Financial Modeling: Lead complex Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) models, direct/indirect cost allocations, and scenario analysis frameworks.

Modern Cloud & Infrastructure Scope: Evaluate cloud pricing models across AWS and Azure, software licensing structures, and hardware depreciation strategies.

Executive Leadership Exposure: Direct high-visibility project governance, lead steering committees, and present strategic recommendations to executive decision-makers.

End-to-End Delivery Ownership: Drive full-lifecycle project management—from initial strategy development and budgeting to resource onboarding, risk mitigation, and close-out.

Responsibilities
Provide overarching project management for large-scale, complex, and high-profile technology initiatives to ensure deliverables align with business requirements.

Lead organizational development, strategic planning, business planning, and formal funding requests.

Develop and manage comprehensive project schedules, integrated project plans, scope baselines, and critical path deliverables.

Build dynamic simulation workflows, scenario analysis frameworks, and variance tracking mechanisms to monitor project health and financial performance.

Evaluate and manage direct/indirect cost allocations, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), cloud consumption models (AWS/Azure), software licensing, and hardware depreciation.

Manage multi-channel project budgets, ensuring rigorous fiscal control, accurate cost forecasting, estimation, and actuals reconciliation.

Source, onboard, and direct multidisciplinary project team members, clarifying roles, setting deliverable expectations, and managing resourcing requirements.

Proactively identify, prioritize, and articulate project risks and issues, developing robust mitigation strategies for executive leadership.

Establish and facilitate project steering committees, governance forums, and multi-stakeholder progress reporting sessions.

Apply organizational change management strategies to overcome resistance, align stakeholders, and ensure smooth technology adoption across project lifecycles.

Qualifications
Core Project Management & Financial Expertise
Project Leadership Tenure: Extensive experience serving as a Senior Project Manager or Project Leader managing large-scale, complex, and high-risk enterprise IT projects.

Financial Modeling & TCO: Demonstrated experience with direct/indirect cost allocation, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculations, cloud pricing models (AWS/Azure), software licensing, and hardware depreciation.

Scenario Analysis & Workflows: Proven track record building dynamic simulation workflows, scenario analysis frameworks, and variance tracking models.

Budget & Schedule Management: Expert-level capability managing large multi-channel project budgets, developing detailed integrated project schedules, and maintaining strict fiscal control.

Resource & Change Management: Proven experience onboarding and directing multidisciplinary teams, resolving resourcing conflicts, and applying organizational change management practices.

Preferred Assets & Framework Knowledge
PMI/PMBOK Alignment: Knowledge and understanding of the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) guidelines and best practices.

Public Sector Experience: Prior experience delivering projects within public sector environments or structured government governance frameworks is an asset.

Accessibility Standards: Knowledge of digital accessibility principles, including AODA regulations and standards.

Soft Skills & Delivery Attributes
Executive Communication: Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills with a proven ability to convey complex financial and technical risks to senior executive audiences.

Problem Solving & Leadership: Superior negotiation, conflict resolution, and leadership skills to align competing stakeholder priorities and drive project success.

Summary
If you're interested in the "Senior Project Manager/Leader" role based in Toronto, we encourage you to apply online at www.randstad.ca.
Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. We look forward to hearing from you!

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