Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement

Work Location: 21 College Street / 200 First Ave W, North Bay, Toronto, Ontario

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

Estimated Start Date: October 13, 2026

Estimated End Date: March 31, 2027

Extension: 250 Business Days

Business Days: 118

Hours: 7.25 hours per day

Security Level: CRJMC

Position Overview The Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement is seeking a highly experienced Senior Project Manager/Leader to provide strategic project and program management leadership for large-scale, complex, multi-year technology initiatives.

The successful candidate will have extensive experience working in senior leadership and government environments , with strong expertise in executive governance, program reporting, strategic planning, risk and issue management, stakeholder engagement, and executive-level communications.

The role will provide strategic leadership and advisory support to the Public Safety Radio Network (PSRN) Program , including governance, integrated reporting, project dependencies, risk mitigation, executive briefings, and coordination across multiple projects, teams, and vendors.

Must-Have Qualifications

- At least 5 years of senior leadership experience in project/program management for large-scale, multi-year, complex technology projects.
- At least 5 years of senior project/program management experience in a government environment.
- Demonstrated experience leading executive governance cycles, including development of:

- Governance materials

- Recommendations

- Decision packages

- Executive briefings
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical information into concise executive presentations, briefing notes, and decision-support materials.
- Demonstrated experience managing complex technology projects involving multiple stakeholders, teams, vendors, and interdependencies.
- Strong knowledge of advanced project management concepts, practices, and procedures across the full project lifecycle:

- Concept

- Definition

- Planning

- Implementation

- Closeout
- Experience identifying, analyzing, communicating, and mitigating complex project risks and issues.
- Experience working with senior government officials and executive stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities Project & Program Management
- Manage, oversee, track, and update large, complex technology projects, including schedules, risks, dependencies, issues, and deliverables.
- Develop detailed project plans covering resource, timeline, budget, scope, and delivery requirements.
- Lead project activities across the full project lifecycle.
- Manage deliverables and dependencies across multiple active projects.
- Work with senior project managers to establish implementation plans with clear target dates and monitor progress.
- Coordinate business users, technology teams, infrastructure teams, vendors, and other stakeholders.
- Ensure successful delivery of PSRN-related projects and initiatives.

Executive Governance & Reporting
- Lead the monthly executive governance cycle, including:

- Collection of project information

- Analysis and synthesis

- Editing and quality assurance
- Development of new governance materials

- Presentation and distribution
- Develop executive project status briefings and briefing notes for senior management.
- Prepare decision packages, recommendations, dashboards, reports, and other executive-level project collateral.
- Synthesize project status, progress, risks, issues, stakeholder input, and strategic priorities across governance committees.
- Support OPS Executive Committee materials and briefing presentations.
- Attend governance committees and maintain related Terms of Reference.




- Develop and maintain monthly PSRN governance committee materials.

Strategic Advisory & PSRN Program Support
- Provide strategic leadership and advisory services supporting successful delivery of the Public Safety Radio Network (PSRN) Program.
- Support program engagement, risk management, issue resolution, and cross-project coordination.
- Proactively identify and communicate multi-faceted risks and issues.
- Develop mitigation options and recommendations for governance committees and senior leadership.
- Provide strategic advice on complex, sensitive, and high-profile issues with diplomacy, political acuity, and sound judgment.
- Support network implementation, transition, and migration strategies involving multiple project streams and vendor activities.
- Develop communication materials supporting network implementation, transition, and migration plans.

Stakeholder & Relationship Management
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with senior project partners, executive stakeholders, vendors, and project teams.
- Work directly with project leadership and team members to understand project activities, issues, risks, and mitigation strategies.
- Facilitate collaboration across multiple teams and projects.
- Build common goals through effective consultation, facilitation, and relationship management.
- Provide strategic guidance to project teams and stakeholders.
- Create a positive and collaborative team environment.

Financial & Vendor Management
- Develop materials describing project financial management when required.
- Integrate vendor commitments into overall project reporting.
- Track contractual obligations and report on vendor deliverables.
- Manage complex interdependencies associated with key contract deliverables.
- Support monitoring of project scope, schedule, cost, and resource requirements.

Communication & Relationship Management – 35 Points
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to articulate key project information succinctly and appropriately to executive decision-makers.
- Experience coordinating multiple tasks, engaging project staff, monitoring progress, providing guidance, and communicating milestones.
- Proven ability to build trusted relationships with senior project partners.

- Experience developing and presenting

- Briefing notes

- Status reports

- Communications

- Team presentations

- Executive presentations
- Direct experience working with executive offices with demonstrated business acumen and discretion.
- Ability to translate complex technical information into executive-level materials.
- Ability to provide strategic advice on complex and sensitive issues.
- Ability to communicate complex information clearly and persuasively to diverse audiences.
- Demonstrated experience synthesizing complex technical, operational, financial, and stakeholder information into concise executive briefings and strategic recommendations.

Program Management Skills – 25 Points
- Experience leading executive governance cycles and preparing governance materials, recommendations, and decision packages.
- Experience providing strategic advice, options analysis, and recommendations to senior executives.
- Proven ability to manage demanding workloads involving senior government officials.
- Ability to apply and interpret business rules and concepts.
- Experience leading strategic planning across multiple projects and teams.




- Experience leading governance committee meetings and developing meeting materials, project updates, progress reports, risk mitigation strategies, and recommendations.
- Experience integrating vendor commitments into project reporting.
- Experience managing complex contract and project interdependencies.
- Experience identifying and evaluating risks and developing mitigation action plans.
- Experience developing and maintaining project management artifacts, including:

- Meeting minutes

- Project plans

- Briefing notes

- Change requests

- Project reports
- Experience leading business users and technology/infrastructure teams.
- Excellent planning, organization, time management, and attention to detail.

Large Public Sector Experience – 20 Points
- Senior leadership experience working on large, complex public-sector projects.
- Demonstrated experience leading and delivering complex projects involving multiple stakeholders.
- Knowledge of strategic and operational public-sector governance models.
- Experience managing complex, multi-unit, multi-stakeholder project teams across multiple levels of public-sector executive stakeholders.
- Experience developing mutually beneficial relationships in a public safety environment.
- Demonstrated experience providing strategic advice and recommendations to:

- Senior executives

- Governance committees
- Public-sector decision-makers

Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills – 20 Points
- Ability to proactively identify project risks, issues, and problems.
- Ability to gather relevant information, perform analysis, develop options, and make recommendations in a technology delivery setting.
- Experience developing reports to support decisions regarding project:

- Scope

- Schedule

- Cost

- Risks

- Issues
- Ability to accurately document issues, gaps, and inconsistencies.
- Experience developing mitigation strategies, lessons learned, and improvement plans.
- Ability to identify cross-team and cross-project opportunities for improvement.
- Demonstrated ability to synthesize large volumes of technical, operational, financial, and stakeholder information into concise executive-level analysis.

Additional Requirements

- All selected resources are required to successfully complete the Contractor Security Clearance Process of the Ontario Public Service (OPS).
- Strong executive presence and communication skills are essential.
- Experience within a large public-sector organization is strongly required.
- Experience in a public safety environment is highly relevant to the PSRN program.
- Ability to work in a hybrid environment at the specified Ontario locations.

Candidate Submission Requirements If interested and your profile matches the requirements, please send the following documents to [email protected] by Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at 10:00 AM EST :

- Updated Resume in Word format – Mandatory
- References – Mandatory
- Expected Hourly Rate – Mandatory
- Visa Status – Mandatory
- LinkedIn ID – Mandatory

Important: Without all mandatory documents, we cannot submit a candidate. Ideal Candidate Profile The ideal candidate is a Senior Project Manager/Program Leader with 5+ years of senior leadership experience in complex government technology programs, exceptional executive communication skills, strong governance and reporting expertise, and proven experience managing multiple stakeholders, vendors, risks, dependencies, and high-profile technology initiatives.

Candidates with experience supporting public safety programs, executive government governance, large-scale technology infrastructure, network implementation, transition, or migration initiatives will be particularly well aligned with this opportunity.

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