Senior Project Manager – Platform Delivery

Position Overview

The Government Services Integration Cluster is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to provide strategic project leadership and end-to-end delivery oversight for scaling the Business Experience Platform into a reusable enterprise platform supporting 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 role involves working closely with product, business, architecture, development, testing, security, privacy, accessibility, operations, ministry partners, and external vendors to ensure successful project delivery.

The Senior Project Manager will also oversee executive reporting, financial management, vendor performance, knowledge transfer, operational transition, and post-launch stabilization.

Key Responsibilities

• 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 project risks, issues, assumptions, constraints, dependencies, decisions, and change requests.

• Establish governance forums, reporting cycles, escalation procedures, and decision records.

• Monitor vendor and project team performance against approved scope, timelines, quality expectations, and financial commitments.

• Facilitate project planning sessions, working groups, steering committees, and executive reviews.

• Coordinate procurement activities, statements of work, vendor 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 government policies, standards, and approval processes.

• Prepare executive reports, financial updates, and project decision materials.

Required Experience and Skills

Project Management Experience

• Experience leading large-scale digital or I&IT projects throughout the complete project delivery lifecycle.

• Strong experience managing project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, dependencies, and quality.

• Knowledge of recognized project management methodologies and delivery practices.

Enterprise Platform and Delivery Experience

• Experience delivering enterprise platforms, shared services, integrations, reusable capabilities, or service onboarding initiatives.

• Experience coordinating multiple workstreams and managing cross-project release dependencies.

• Experience supporting implementation planning, release management, and operational readiness.

Governance, Financial, and Vendor Management

• Experience managing project governance, procurement, financial tracking, and forecasting.

• Experience managing vendor deliverables, contracts, and performance.

• Ability to prepare executive-level reporting, presentations, and decision-making materials.

Communication and Leadership

• Excellent leadership, stakeholder management, facilitation, negotiation, and presentation skills.

• Strong conflict-resolution and problem-solving abilities.

• Ability to communicate effectively with senior executives, business stakeholders, technical teams, and external vendors.

Mandatory / Must-Have Requirements

Candidates must demonstrate strong experience in:

• Developing and maintaining integrated project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and delivery roadmaps.

• Coordinating enterprise platform capabilities, integrations, service onboarding, releases, and stabilization activities.

• Managing risks, issues, assumptions, constraints, dependencies, decisions, and change requests.

• Establishing project governance forums, reporting cycles, escalation paths, and decision records.

Work Arrangement

• Five days onsite at the Toronto office.

• Location: 222 Jarvis Street, 5th Floor, Toronto, Ontario.

• Full-time engagement.