Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement – RQ11699

We are seeking a

Senior Project Manager/Leader

with extensive experience managing large-scale, complex, high-profile, and high-risk I⁢ projects within enterprise or public-sector environments. The ideal candidate will have strong vendor management, Request for Bid (RFB) leadership, governance, executive communication, documentation, resource management, and data migration experience. The successful candidate will oversee project planning, budgeting, scheduling, risk management, stakeholder engagement, and project delivery while ensuring alignment with business requirements, Ontario Public Service (OPS) project management methodologies, standards, and frameworks.

Role Snapshot

Job Title: RQ11699 – Project Manager/Leader – Senior

Client: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement

Work Location: 222 Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Work Arrangement: Onsite – 5 Days per Week

Estimated Start Date: November 2, 2026

Estimated End Date: April 30, 2027

Business Days: 123.00

Extension: Probable after the initial mandate

Hours: 7.25 hours per day

Security Level: No Clearance Required

Must Have

Solid vendor management experience.

Knowledge and experience leading and managing Requests for Bid (RFBs).

Ability to oversee project governance and communication.

Strong communication skills, as the position involves working with executives.

Strong documentation experience.

Experience managing resources for large-scale data migration activities.

Nice to Have

Public-sector experience or Ontario Public Service (OPS) experience.

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, within scope and budget, with a focus on cost-effectiveness, efficiencies, and compliance with OPS project management methodologies and frameworks.

Provides project management to two concurrent projects to be completed and deployed in parallel, involving large-scale, complex, high-profile, and high-risk projects for OPS I⁢ initiatives.

Ensures project deliverables meet clients’ business requirements on time, within scope and budget, with a focus on cost-effectiveness, efficiencies, and compliance with OPS project management methodologies and frameworks.

General Skills

Leads organizational development, strategy development, business planning, and Ministry funding requests.

Gathers and develops requirements to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan.

Monitors and forecasts project costs and provides reporting and input to ensure targets are met.

Develops and manages project schedules, deliverables, and scope.

Promotes I⁢ project management best practices and adherence to standard methodologies.





Directs project teams to ensure project deliverables are delivered on time and adhere to government and ministry standards.

Coordinates and monitors project processes and develops and communicates guidelines and procedures.

Sources, selects, and onboards team members across various disciplines; clarifies roles and responsibilities; and establishes task, deliverable, and performance expectations for resources who are both OPS unionized employees and fee-for-service (FFS) consultants.

Resolves resourcing and interpersonal conflicts, negotiates changes to resourcing, and ensures knowledge is shared among team members so that project objectives and deliverables are met.

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 or confirmation of actuals.

Proactively identifies potential risk events and issues before they occur so that appropriate mitigation 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 committees and stakeholder forums.

Provides project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multiple stakeholders at senior executive levels.

Uses appropriate strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces supporting change during all project stages: concept, definition, planning, implementation, and close-out.

Promotes OPS I⁢ standards and project management best practices to facilitat

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