Project Manager

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Our client requires a project manager to lead strategic technology modernization and business transformation initiatives, providing project leadership, governance, delivery oversight, and stakeholder alignment. Resource will manage complex cross-functional projects involving system implementations, business process improvement, vendor management, operational transformation, organizational change management, executive reporting, risk management, financial oversight, and delivery of business objectives.

Work is hybrid.

Guelph, Ontario (Hybrid)

Responsibilities
  • Leading the planning, execution, monitoring, and successful delivery of strategic digital transformation, technology modernization, business process improvement, system implementation, and operational transformation initiatives.
  • Developing and maintaining integrated project plans, delivery roadmaps, implementation schedules, milestone plans, governance frameworks, RAID logs, decision registers, dependency trackers, and issue management processes.
  • Managing relationships with external vendors, implementation partners, consultants, technology providers, business stakeholders, technical teams, operational teams, executive sponsors, and external partners.
  • Establishing and maintaining project governance structures, steering committees, working groups, decision-making forums, executive-level presentations, status reports, dashboards, briefing materials, and governance updates.
  • Leading project risk management, dependency management, issue resolution, change management, business readiness, communication planning, training coordination, operational transition activities, and stakeholder engagement.
  • Monitoring project budgets, forecasts, procurement activities, resource allocations, spending, business case development, vendor evaluations, financial reporting, and ensuring deliverables meet business requirements on time, scope, and budget
Mandatory Requirements
  • Demonstrated experience managing multi-disciplinary projects involving technology, operations, vendors, and executive stakeholders.
  • Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, governance frameworks, and delivery best practices.
  • Experience managing vendor relationships, professional services engagements, and contractual deliverables.
  • Experience preparing executive presentations, status reports, briefing notes, governance materials, and business cases.
  • Exceptional communication, facilitation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Minimum 8–10 years of experience leading complex digital transformation, business transformation, technology modernization, or enterprise project delivery initiatives.
  • Strong understanding of organizational change management, stakeholder engagement, and business readiness planning.
  • Experience managing budgets, forecasts, procurement activities, and resource planning.
  • Advanced proficiency with Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Figma and collaboration platforms.
  • Public Sector experience is preferred
Desirable Requirements
  • Experience within utility, infrastructure, regulated, public-sector, or customer service organizations
  • PMP, Prince2, Agile, Scrum, Lean, Prosci, or equivalent certifications
  • Knowledge and understanding of Project Management’s Institute’s Project Management Body of Knowledge
  • Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices
  • Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
  • Ability to make recommendations on the acquisition of software, hardware, and technology resources
  • Experience managing and coordinating project monitoring, anticipates and troubleshoots issues, provides ongoing expertise, resolves problems and provides project effectiveness
  • Ability to identify conflict between project and functional areas and develops responses to successfully address conflict
  • Ability to handle client relationships to manage expectations, provides updates as required, identifies potential conflicts between project and functional areas

Job Posting ID: 56974

Location: Guelph, Ontario (Hybrid)

Estimated Starting Date: Aug 17, 2026

Estimated End Date: till Jan 29, 2027

Posting Closing Date: August 4, 2026

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