senior project management specialist - strategic initiatives.

Are You Ready to Lead High-Impact Enterprise Projects? Are you an experienced Project Management Specialist with a proven track record of delivering complex IT and enterprise transformation initiatives? Do you hold an active PMP certification and excel at managing project budgets, schedules, and cross-functional teams across both Agile and Waterfall environments? Looking for a multi-year contract engagement with a premier Canadian financial organization?

Our team is seeking a Senior Project Management Specialist to drive the end-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of strategic IT and operational initiatives. In this role, you will work closely with executive sponsors, technical delivery teams, and business stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and in full alignment with organizational governance and quality standards.

Advantages
- Direct visibility and ownership over high-profile enterprise modernization projects.
- Secure a 12-month initial commitment with predictable option years.
- Enjoy a flexible work environment with standard 37.5-hour work weeks.

Responsibilities

- Lead projects from initiation through closure, developing project charters, work breakdown structures (WBS), integrated project plans, and governance frameworks.
- Baseline and track project schedules, financial forecasts, resource utilization, and deliverables, ensuring strict variance control.
- Prepare decision-ready status reports, risk logs, and presentation decks for Steering Committees, Project Review Boards, and executive sponsors.
- Maintain comprehensive RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies), performing root-cause analysis and implementing timely mitigation strategies.
- Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams (developers, business analysts, architects, and vendors) to clear blockers and maintain delivery velocity.

Qualifications
- 10+ years of dedicated professional experience leading enterprise IT or strategic business projects.
- Valid Reliability level security clearance (or at least eligible to obtain one).
- Active Project Management Professional (PMP) designation or equivalent credentials.
- Deep hands-on experience applying both Agile (Scrum, Kanban) and traditional Waterfall delivery frameworks.
- Advanced proficiency with MS Project, Azure DevOps (ADO) or Jira/Confluence, and Power BI for tracking and executive reporting.
- Prior experience delivering projects within regulated financial, central banking, or public sector environments is a strong asset.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline.

Summary
If you meet the above-listed criteria, register for a Randstad account online if you have not yet registered, and please apply directly online. We appreciate all applicants and those interested in this opportunity, however, only those with relevant experience will be considered.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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