ABOUT LIGHTWORKS
Lightworks is a global firm that integrates consequential technologies and bolsters mission-critical programs. Launched in the AI era, Lightworks is powered by people who have spent decades implementing net-new and highly iterative technologies at scale across banking, insurance, telecommunications, and public infrastructure.
Our team brings deep engineeringexpertiseand first-hand knowledge of how organizationsoperate, distribute change at scale, and manage risk. We specialize in control plane engineering, bolstering mission-critical programs, modernization, and scaling emergent technologies.
THE ROLE
We are hiring a Technical Program Directorto own delivery execution across Lightworks' most complex client engagements. You will sit alongside Principal Consultants inside the client environment, holding the program together across workstreams, driving milestone accountability, andrepresentingdelivery at the executive level.
This is a client-facing, embedded role. You will be inside the client environment, not managing from a distance. You will be the person who keeps a complex, multi-workstream enterprise program on track inside a regulated institution.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
Lead delivery governance across complex AI, cloud, and modernization programs, ensuring milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and outcomes are clear across all workstreams
Own andmaintainthe project plan,delivery roadmap, RAID log,



andgovernancecadence, and executive reportingacross one or more active client engagements
Ownprojectresource management function - ensuring the right people are deployed on the right engagements at the right timeand working with the Head of Consulting to forecast capacity against pipeline,andmanaging bench utilisation
Own program budget tracking, monitor spend against approved budget, forecast to completion, and flag variance to the Engagement Lead before it becomes an issue
Establish the operating rhythm for stand-ups, working groups, steering committees, and executive briefings, ensuring each forum drives decisions and forward movement
Prepare andpresent concise, decision-oriented status reporting for Directors, VPs, and CIO-level stakeholders
Coordinate across Lightworks, client teams,hyper-scalers, delivery partners, and third-party vendors to maintainalignment, accountability, and delivery momentum
Identifydelivery risks early, escalationwith transparent options and impactanalysis, and help teams remove blockers before timelines or outcomes are affected
Manage scope, approvals, change requests, dependencies, and action ownership in a disciplined and transparent way
Maintain RACI clarity and ensure accountability is explicit across all workstreams
Support engagement closeout, lessons learned, transition planning, and knowledge

📌 Program director (Toronto)
🏢 Lightworks
📍 Toronto