Role: Project Manager Location: Canada (Remote) Type: Contract This role is ideal for someone who excels at planning, coordination, governance, compliance management, and driving projects to successful completion while supporting modern AI-enabled business initiatives.
Role Overview: We are seeking a highly organized and results-driven Project Management Specialist with strong expertise in project planning, execution, coordination, governance, compliance management, and stakeholder engagement.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for driving end-to-end project delivery, ensuring adherence to organizational processes and compliance standards, and supporting business and technology initiatives, including AI-driven programs.
Key Responsibilities: Develop and manage detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables.
Coordinate across business, product, technology, vendor, and operational teams to ensure successful project execution.
Monitor project progress, risks, issues, and dependencies, and drive mitigation plans to ensure timely delivery.
Facilitate project governance, status meetings, steering committee reviews, and stakeholder communications.
Track project financials, resource utilization, budgets, and forecasts.
Ensure compliance with organizational policies, delivery frameworks, audit requirements, and governance standards.
Prepare project dashboards, reports, metrics, RAID logs, and executive presentations.
Manage scope changes, priorities, action items, and project documentation throughout the project lifecycle.
Support AI and digital transformation initiatives by coordinating cross-functional teams and tracking implementation progress.
Drive continuous improvement of project management processes, templates, and best practices.
Required Skills & Experience: 4-6 years of experience in Project Management, PMO, Project Coordination, or Delivery Management roles. 4+ years of experience in project planning, scheduling,
estimation, milestone tracking, and project execution management. 4+ years of experience in project governance, status reporting, RAID management (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies), and stakeholder communications. 2+ years of experience in project compliance, audit readiness, process adherence, and governance framework implementation. 3+ years of experience managing project risks, issues, dependencies, and change control processes. 3+ years of experience coordinating cross-functional teams across business, product, technology, and operations functions. 2+ years of experience in resource planning, capacity planning, budget tracking, and project financial management. 2+ years of experience working with Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, and Hybrid project delivery methodologies. 2+ years of hands-on experience with project management tools such as Jira, Azure Dev
Ops, MS Project, Smartsheet, and Microsoft Office Suite. 1+ years of experience or solid exposure to AI, Generative AI, Agentic AI, or AI-enabled business initiatives and delivery programs. 3+ years of experience preparing executive dashboards, project metrics, management reports, and leadership presentations.
Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Experience working with geographically distributed teams and managing multiple workstreams simultaneously.
Preferred Skills: 1+ years of experience supporting AI, Customer Experience (CX), Digital Transformation, Data & Analytics, or Technology transformation programs. PMP, CAPM, PRINCE2, Agile, or Scrum certifications preferred.
Experience in vendor coordination, contract tracking, and third-party project management.
Key Competencies: Project Planning & Execution Project Governance & Compliance Stakeholder Management Risk & Issue Management Resource & Budget Tracking Agile & Waterfall Delivery AI / Generative AI Awareness Communication & Coordination Status Reporting & Executive Presentations Problem Solving & Decision Making
📌 Project Manager (Canada)
🏢 VDart
📍 Canada