senior project manager/leader.

We are seeking a highly strategic Senior Project Manager/Leader to direct an enterprise-wide organizational change and transformation program supporting a transition from a project-based delivery model to a modern, product-based operating model. In this role, you will provide strategic leadership across planning, execution, governance, communications, and stakeholder adoption. Working closely with executive leadership, multidisciplinary teams, and partner organizations, you will establish change management frameworks, design organizational transition roadmaps, build change champion networks, and ensure long-term cultural alignment and business readiness.

Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid – 3 to 5 days onsite)

Duration: 7-month contract.

Advantages
High-Impact Enterprise Transformation: Lead a strategic shift from project-based to product-centric delivery models.

Executive Visibility: Work directly with senior leaders to drive organizational strategy, culture change, and governance.

Comprehensive Change Scope: Direct full-lifecycle change management—from initial impact analysis and workshops to benefits realization.

Flexible Hybrid Setup: Enjoy a balanced working model combining onsite collaboration with remote flexibility in Toronto.

Responsibilities
Program Leadership & Transformation Management: Lead end-to-end organizational transformation initiatives to shift toward product-based delivery models. Develop integrated transformation plans, roadmaps, governance structures, and executive decision-support materials across business, technology, HR, and communications workstreams.

Organizational Change Management: Develop and execute structured change management strategies using industry-standard frameworks. Perform stakeholder impact assessments, design change interventions, establish change champion networks, and address organizational resistance to foster adoption.

Strategic Communications & Stakeholder Engagement: Lead large-scale communication strategies, authoring executive presentations, key messaging, and engagement content. Facilitate leadership workshops, town halls, focus groups, and stakeholder consultations to align vision and expectations.

Operating Model & Transition Design: Support future-state operating model definitions, role accountabilities, governance processes, and service delivery models. Identify organizational gaps, sequence transition steps, and ensure alignment with enterprise standards.

Business Readiness & Training: Coordinate organizational readiness frameworks, assessment tools, onboarding activities, and knowledge transfer programs to support seamless branch transitions.

Performance Measurement & Governance: Establish KPIs, adoption metrics, readiness measures, and benefits realization frameworks. Produce executive dashboards, status reports, and program health updates.

Qualifications
Transformation & Change Management Seniority: 10+ years of experience leading complex organizational transformation and change management programs using industry-standard frameworks (Strictly Required).

Communications & Stakeholder Engagement: Proven experience designing and executing large-scale communication strategies, including writing executive-level materials and facilitating leadership workshops, town halls, and consultations (Strictly Required).

Program Governance & Roadmap Design: Demonstrated ability to build integrated plans, governance structures, risk management frameworks, and transition roadmaps across complex, multi-workstream initiatives (Strictly Required).

Facilitation Mastery: Exceptional facilitation, negotiation, and relationship-building skills to drive alignment among executive leaders and diverse stakeholder groups (Strictly Required).

Metrics & Analytics: Experience creating KPIs, adoption metrics, readiness measures, and executive reporting packages using tools such as Power BI, Azure DevOps, SharePoint, and M335 (Strictly Required).

Nice-to-Have Assets:
Public sector experience navigating complex governance structures, approvals, accountability rules, and labor relations.

Familiarity with product-based delivery principles and enterprise operating model frameworks.

Summary
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Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. We look forward to hearing from you!

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