Supervisory Relationships

Reports to: Manager, Portfolio Management & Strategic Initiatives

Job Summary

The Project Manager provides leadership to ensure effective project management based on best practices across all RPRA projects, project related activities and evolving systems, with appropriate linkages and cross-functional integration to enable RPRA to fulfill its mandate in a productive and efficient manner.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

- Manage multiple concurrent projects, including developing and maintaining project plans, schedules, milestones, deliverables, and supporting documentation to ensure effective project execution and successful delivery
- Collaborate with management and operational teams to develop work plans and tracking mechanisms that define activities, priorities, deliverables, dependencies, and timelines, including monitoring progress and emerging issues to support leadership decisions on reprioritization and scheduling through impact assessments and recommendations
- Support the design and implementation of future-state compliance processes in collaboration with external vendors and internal stakeholders, including translating current-state assessment findings and identified gaps into process improvements, implementation plans, and change management activities
- Coordinate business readiness activities related to regulatory changes by engaging organizational leaders and subject matter experts to assess impacts, identify required changes, and develop plans to operationalize the regulatory changes within the organization
- Support the development and implementation of a multi-year Knowledge Management and Learning roadmap in collaboration with external vendors and internal stakeholders,



to strengthen institutional knowledge
- Identify, assess, and monitor project risks, issues, dependencies, and barriers to delivery. Work with project teams to develop mitigation plans, resolve issues, and elevate matters requiring management attention
- Prepare project status reports, presentations, and recommendations for executive leadership, organizational management, and the Board, as required
- Facilitate project meetings, working sessions, and stakeholder consultations, coordinating internal teams, subject matter experts, and external vendors to clarify requirements, align stakeholders, confirm responsibilities, and ensure deliverables meet agreed-upon requirements, timelines, and quality expectations.

Job Qualifications

Education

- Bachelor’s degree in public policy, Political Science, Criminal Justice, Environmental Studies, Business Administration, Engineering, Information Technology or a related field
- Project management certification, such as Project Management Professional (PMP), PRINCE2, or an equivalent credential, would be considered an asset.

Experience

- 5+ years of relevant project management experience, including managing concurrent projects, developing project plans and tracking tools, coordinating cross-functional teams, and supporting work planning, capacity assessment, and prioritization




- Experience supporting business process improvement, operational transformation, or the implementation of new or enhanced business processes
- Experience identifying and managing project risks, issues, dependencies, and change impacts, including developing mitigation plans and escalating matters as appropriate
- Experience preparing project status reports, presentations, and recommendations for management, executives, or governance committees
- Experience coordinating external vendors, consultants, or third-party service providers to support project delivery and ensure deliverables meet business requirements
- Experience in a regulatory, compliance, public-sector, or similarly complex operational workplace would be an asset

Other Knowledge, Skills, Abilities or Certifications

- Ability to translate business objectives into actionable project plans, deliverables, milestones, and measurable outcomes
- Ability to coordinate complex review and approval processes involving multiple stakeholders, manage competing deadlines, and maintain clear documentation of decisions, revisions, and outstanding actions
- Strong analytical and organizational skills, with the ability to interpret complex information, identify emerging issues, and develop practical recommendations
- Sound judgment and problem-solving abilities, including the ability to evaluate options, assess impacts, and support management decision-making
- Strong facilitation, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to build consensus and maintain effective working relationships across cross-functional teams
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to c

📌 Project Manager (Toronto)
🏢 Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority
📍 Toronto