The Blueprint

We are looking for an experienced Senior Manager, IT Project Management, to lead strategic technology initiatives and strengthen project and portfolio management practices across the organization.

This is a hands‑on functional leadership role for someone who can bring structure, visibility and accountability to complex technology initiatives while maintaining a practical, proportionate approach to project governance.

Working closely with IT leadership, business stakeholders, solution architects, technical teams, vendors and consultants, you will lead initiatives spanning infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, enterprise applications, data, digital transformation and emerging technologies.

You will provide leadership across projects and programs, influencing cross‑functional teams and delivery partners without necessarily having direct reporting relationships.

A Glimpse of Your Daily Activities

Project & Program Delivery

- Lead complex technology projects and programs from initiation and business case development through planning, implementation, transition and closure.
- Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, budgets, resource requirements and measurable success criteria.
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, RAID logs, decision logs and executive status reporting.
- Coordinate business, technical and vendor resources to keep projects aligned and on track.
- Ensure projects include appropriate testing, documentation, training, operational readiness and transition into support.

Portfolio Management & Governance

- Establish practical and scalable project management standards, governance and templates.
- Partner with the CTO and IT leadership to evaluate,



prioritize and sequence technology initiatives based on strategic value, risk, dependencies, resource capacity and organizational readiness.
- Maintain consolidated visibility across active and planned IT initiatives, including priorities, status, budgets, resources, risks and dependencies.
- Maintain visibility into resource demand and capacity across the IT portfolio and identify conflicts that could affect delivery commitments.
- Identify cross‑project dependencies, resource constraints and competing priorities and elevate them appropriately.
- Provide clear project and portfolio reporting to IT and executive leadership.
- Continuously improve project delivery, governance and portfolio management practices.

Technical Delivery & Integration

- Work closely with solution architects, technical leads and business analysts to identify and manage technical dependencies, integration requirements, data migration considerations and architectural risks throughout the project lifecycle.
- Partner with technical leaders to ensure architectural decisions, integration requirements and technology risks are appropriately reflected in project plans.
- Understand solution architecture and data flows sufficiently to challenge technical assumptions and translate technical complexity into project dependencies,



risks and delivery requirements.
- Coordinate planning across enterprise applications, infrastructure, cloud platforms, security controls, data sources and third‑party systems.
- Ensure architecture and security decisions remain with the appropriate technical owners while maintaining accountability for their impact on project delivery.

Stakeholder, Vendor & Change Management

- Build robust relationships with executive sponsors, business stakeholders, IT teams and external partners.
- Translate technical information, risks and dependencies into clear business language.
- Facilitate steering committees, project meetings, working sessions and executive updates.
- Establish clear responsibilities and accountabilities across project sponsors, business teams, technical teams and vendors.
- Manage vendors, consultants and implementation partners and hold them accountable for commitments and deliverables.
- Ensure projects appropriately address business readiness, communications, training, process changes and user adoption.
- Manage competing priorities and expectations across stakeholder groups.

Financial, Resource & Risk Management

- Develop and manage project budgets, forecasts, commitments and expenditures.
- Identify resource requirements, capacity constraints and competing priorities early in the project lifecycle.
- Ensure cybersecurity, privacy, operational resilience and business continuity risks are appropriately considered throughout project delivery.
- Engage the appropriate architecture, cybersecurity, privacy and operational owners when specialist decisions or approvals are required.

📌 Senior Manager, IT Project Management (Toronto)
🏢 Eastern Lift Truck
📍 Toronto