Senior Project Manager

Location: Toronto ON

Onsite Flexibility: Hybrid

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 6 months
• Pay Rate: C$85.00C$95.00 / Hour (CAD)

Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead the end-to-end delivery of large complex technology and data programs spanning multiple workstreams delivery teams vendors and business stakeholders. The successful candidate will be equally comfortable operating at the executive level and working directly with technical teams. This includes presenting program strategy risks financials dependencies and key decisions to senior leadership while also partnering with architects engineers data teams and development teams to understand delivery challenges facilitate technical discussions and drive issues through to resolution. This individual does not need to be the deepest technical expert in the room but must have a strong understanding of technology delivery data products modern data platforms software development and technical dependencies in order to ask the right questions connect technical decisions to business outcomes and help business and technology teams reach alignment. The ideal candidate combines strong program management discipline with a pragmatic and agile delivery mindset. They should be grounded in formal project/program management methodology governance and delivery excellence while knowing when and how to adapt the approach based on the needs of the program. This role requires significant ownership and autonomy with accountability for program outcomes rather than simply tracking and reporting activities.

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of large complex technology and data programs across multiple workstreams teams and delivery partners.
• Develop and manage integrated program plans milestones critical paths dependencies risks and delivery objectives.
• Coordinate delivery across business product architecture data engineering QA infrastructure security and other technology teams.
• Partner with executive and senior leadership to communicate program strategy status financials risks dependencies and key decisions.
• Develop a strong understanding of the broader technology ecosystem and identify how architecture decisions technical dependencies data dependencies and delivery constraints impact overall program outcomes.
• Identify risks and delivery issues early and drive appropriate mitigation escalation and resolution.
• Facilitate alignment between business stakeholders and technical teams when requirements priorities timelines or technical constraints are not aligned.
• Support effective decision-making by ensuring stakeholders have the appropriate context options risks and recommendations.
• Maintain strong program governance reporting financial management risk management and delivery controls.
• Apply structured program management methodologies while adapting delivery practices appropriately within agile hybrid and traditional environments.
• Coordinate internal teams external vendors and delivery partners to ensure responsibilities dependencies and outcomes remain aligned.
• Drive accountability across teams and maintain focus on measurable delivery outcomes.

Data & Technology Program Experience

The successful candidate should demonstrate a strong working understanding of modern data products and data delivery including:

• Data sources and ingestion
• Data pipelines and integrations
• Modern data platforms
• Data products and consumption patterns
• Data quality and validation
• Data governance
• Upstream and downstream dependencies
• Software development lifecycles
• Architecture and technical dependencies
• Application and platform integrations

• Strong understanding of technology delivery and modern software development environments
• Strong program planning governance dependency management risk management and financial management capabilities
• Ability to communicate effectively with both senior executives and deeply technical teams
• Strong facilitation stakeholder management and conflict-resolution skills
• Demonstrated ability to identify issues early challenge assumptions and drive decisions through to resolution
• Experience operating in Agile Waterfall and/or hybrid delivery environments
• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to operate independently in complex and evolving environments
• Experience working with architecture engineering data infrastructure security QA and product teams

• Previous experience working within a professional consulting technology consulting or management consulting environment particularly in roles involving client-facing program delivery transformation or advisory work
• Previous experience delivering technology data or transformation initiatives within healthcare pharmaceutical biotechnology life sciences or other highly regulated industries
• Experience managing programs involving third-party technology vendors consulting partners or system integrators
• Experience with enterprise-scale data modernization cloud transformation or digital transformation initiatives
• PMP PgMP Agile or related project/program management certification

• 5 years of experience managing complex technology data or enterprise transformation programs
• Demonstrated experience leading large programs involving multiple workstreams teams vendors and senior stakeholders
• Experience delivering programs involving data platforms data products analytics data integration or enterprise data initiatives

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking financial services technology life sciences biotech utilities and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-12968

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