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.
- Solid 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 environment.
- 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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