Job Title: Project Manager/Leader - Senior

Location: Aurora, Ontario

Work Model: Hybrid

Duration: 2026-08-17 to 2027-10-05

Extension: Possible 1 yr extension

Travel: This position requires travel

Submission Deadline:2026-07-15, 4:00 p.m.

Must Haves

- Executive-level briefing experience
- Previous experience in successfully managing infrastructure development projects.
- Experience with public sector business case/funding acquisition and competitive procurements.
- Experience managing large-scale, complex, integrated project plans and implementation plans. (mention the budget of projects managed)
- Experience managing executive relationships and dealing with senior executives.

Description / Responsibilities / Skills

Responsibilities

- Provides project management on large scale, complex, high profile and high risk projects for OPS I⁢ initiatives.
- Ensures project deliverables meet clients' business requirements on time, scope and budget, with a focus on cost-effectiveness, efficiencies and compliance.
- Leads organizational development, strategy development, business planning, and Ministry funding requests.
- Gathers and develops requirements in order to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan.
- Ability to monitor and forecast project costs and provide reporting and input to ensure targets are met
- Demonstrated experience directing project teams to ensure project deliverables are delivered on time and adhere to government and ministry standards

General Skills

- Sources, selects and on-boards team members in various disciplines, clarify roles and responsibilities and set task/deliverable/performance expectations.
- Develops complex project budgets based on multiple funding channels and cross ministry dependencies.
- Effectively manages large project budgets and ensures a high level of fiscal control and accountability including estimates, forecasts and reconciliation.




- Proactively identifies potential risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed.
- Articulates and prioritizes issues and risks at senior executive levels and recommends mitigation strategies for decision makers.
- Establishes and participates in steering committee and stakeholder forums.

Desirable Skills

- 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
- 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

Deliverables
- Previous experience in successfully managing infrastructure development projects.
- Experience with public sector business case/funding acquisition and competitive procurements.
- Experience with procurement processes and with similar procurement challenges, ensuing a explicit understanding of the OPP's unique requirements.
- Knowledge and experience in project-managing large-scale innovative initiatives.
- Experience managing large-scale, complex, integrated project plans and implementation plans.
- Experience in identifying project scope and managing stakeholder expectations.
- Experience managing executive relationships and dealing with senior executives.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills to conduct a comprehensive review of current procurement processes.
- Demonstrate proficiency in change management, providing a plan to facilitate a smooth transition for the procurement team.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

📌 Project Manager/Leader - Senior (Aurora)
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