Senior Manager, IT Project Management

Overview

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Details

Job Title: Senior Manager, IT Project Management

Job Location: Mirabel (QC) or Montreal (QC) or Waterdown/Hamilton (ON)

Job Code: 38049

Job Schedule: Day Shift

Compensation Range: 125,000 – 175,000 CAD annually

Responsibilities

As the Senior Manager, IT Project Management, you will play a critical leadership role in shaping and maturing the Project Management Office (PMO) across the Canadian IT organization. You will be accountable for defining and executing the PMO strategy, leading geographically distributed teams, and ensuring the successful delivery of complex infrastructure, application, and enterprise technology initiatives.

This role requires a balance of strategic vision and hands-on leadership—championing industry best practices while driving consistent execution across 3 business divisions in Hamilton (WESCAM), Montreal (MAPPS), and Mirabel (MAS). Acting as an extension of the Corporate IT PMO, you will align local delivery with enterprise standards, governance, and methodologies, while collaborating closely with IT delivery leaders, business stakeholders, and executive sponsors.

Success in this role means building strong PMO capabilities, enabling predictable and transparent delivery, developing high-performing project teams, and providing clear insight into delivery performance, risks, resourcing, and financials. You will have the opportunity to influence how projects are prioritized, planned, and delivered—leaving a lasting impact on how technology enables the business.

Essential Functions

• Lead the development and execution of the Canadian IT PMO strategy, aligned with Corporate IT PMO governance, standards, and methodologies.


• Provide direct leadership and people management for PMO resources across 3 business Divisions in Hamilton (WESCAM), Montreal (MAPPS), and Mirabel (MAS), including responsibility for team capability development and performance.


• Oversee delivery of a portfolio of medium to large-scale infrastructure, software development, and enterprise technology projects.


• Champion Project Management Institute (PMI) and PMP methodologies across Canadian IT divisions, ensuring consistent and disciplined project execution.


• Act as an extension of the Corporate IT PMO by applying enterprise policies, practices, and gate processes, and ensuring projects progress effectively through governance checkpoints.


• Coordinate closely with IT delivery teams (infrastructure, applications, software development, and security) to guide adoption of PMO practices and standards.


• Lead the development and maintenance of integrated project roadmaps, release plans, and delivery pipelines.


• Oversee and continuously improve project reporting frameworks, providing transparent insight into schedule, scope, cost, quality, risks, and dependencies.


• Report regularly to senior leadership and key stakeholders on portfolio performance, resource utilization, budgets, and delivery health.


• Identify and proactively manage delivery risks, dependency collisions, and resource constraints across concurrent initiatives.


• Build business cases and funding justifications to support project and resource investment decisions.


• Resolve conflicts across teams and stakeholders through effective leadership, influence, and negotiation.


• Manage project and PMO budgets within approved guidelines and ensure financial accountability across all initiatives.


• Ensure adherence to IT PMO frameworks, tools, and processes to deliver comprehensive and consistent project outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field. MBA strongly preferred


• PMI / PMP certification required.


• Demonstrated experience leading a PMO function, including building or significantly enhancing PMO capabilities within an organization.


• Extensive project and program leadership experience delivering complex IT initiatives across infrastructure, applications, and enterprise platforms.


• Proven experience operating within established corporate PMO governance models, including stage-gate and approval frameworks.


• Strong knowledge of PMI, PMP, Agile, and Waterfall methodologies, with demonstrated experience managing hybrid delivery environments.


• Experience delivering foundational enterprise software implementations such as ERP, PLM, HR, and Finance systems.


• Advanced stakeholder management skills, with experience engaging senior leadership, executive sponsors, and steering committees.


• Demonstrated ability to develop resource strategies, identify capacity requirements, and build high-performing project teams.


• Strong financial acumen, including experience developing and managing project budgets and investment justifications.


• Excellent leadership, communication, and influencing skills, with the ability to drive alignment across business and technology teams.


• Willingness and ability to travel periodically between Canadian sites to support teams and project delivery.


• Ability to work on-site in Hamilton, Ontario, Montreal/Mirabel, Quebec.


• English proficiency is required due to contractual requirements. Bilingualism (FR/EN) is an asset.

Eligibility Criteria

• Must be eligible for registration with the Controlled Goods Program;


• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a government of Canada Reliability status and Secret Level 2/NATO Secret security clearance;


• Must be eligible to meet the requirements for U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

L3Harris is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to treating all of its employees and job applicants with respect and dignity and to maintaining a workplace free from discrimination. Anyone applying for a position will be considered without regard to the following: race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, nationality, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability, citizenship status, or conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered, or any other characteristic that is protected by applicable human rights legislation.

L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and conducts pre-employment drug and alcohol testing and background checks, in accordance with applicable law. Such results are only accessible and viewed by individuals at L3Harris who have direct responsibility in the hiring process. If you fail to report for a drug and alcohol test, refuse to undergo such test or test positive for the presence of drugs or alcohol, the hiring process may be concluded or your offer of employment may be rescinded, in L3Harris’ sole discretion.

This job is for an existing vacancy

At L3Harris, we foster an inclusive and equitable workplace. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. For applicants with disabilities, we will provide you with accommodation so that you have what you need in order to be at your best.

L3Harris performs background checks prior to employment as all applicants must be eligible for registration with the Controlled Goods Program and obtain and maintain a positive security assessment. Some positions may require a government of Canada “Reliability” status and/or Level 2 (Secret) security clearance. In addition, L3Harris performs pre-employment substance abuse testing where required.