intermediate project manager/leader.

We are seeking an experienced Intermediate Project Manager/Leader to drive the end-to-end implementation and production deployment of an enterprise data intelligence platform. In this role, you will hold complete accountability for delivery outcomes—working backwards from target go-live dates to sequence development, ETL execution, system integration, UAT/QA testing, and formal governance approvals. Working across business stakeholders, technical teams, and external vendors, you will enforce technical due diligence, validate production readiness, and establish a governed, sustainable operational handover.

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

Duration: 12-month contract

Public Sector Experience: Preferred.

Advantages
Enterprise Data Impact: Lead high-visibility production deployments across enterprise data intelligence, metadata management, and governance platforms.

End-to-End Delivery Ownership: Direct complete implementation life cycles, from initial backward planning through to formal ARB gates and early-life support.

Vendor & Executive Influence: Drive strategic alignment, vendor performance, and decision-making directly with senior leadership.

Flexible Hybrid Setup: Enjoy schedule flexibility with a balanced 3-day onsite model in Toronto.

Responsibilities
End-to-End Delivery Leadership: Own the integrated project plan, milestone roadmap, sequencing dependencies, and critical path from initial planning through cutover and early-life support.

Backward Planning & Sequencing: Work backward from target production go-live dates to sequence development, ETL pipelines, software configuration, testing gates, and deployment cutovers.

Governance & Due Diligence: Drive technical due diligence across architectural review boards (ARB), Threat Risk Assessments (TRA), Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA), and enterprise security standards.

Vendor & Stakeholder Alignment: Manage vendor commitments, holding third-party partners and internal teams accountable to defined scopes, timelines, and deliverables.

Requirements & Scope Control: Establish a single authoritative source of truth for delivery backlogs, user stories, acceptance criteria, and RACI accountabilities.

Risk & Decision Governance: Maintain active RAID logs, dependency tracking, and executive status reporting, driving technical discussions toward factual ownership and rapid issue resolution.

Data Intelligence Configuration: Oversee the operationalization of platform workflows, metadata ingestion, data lineage, data quality controls, and access models.

Transition & Operational Support: Coordinate operational support procedures, training, knowledge transfer, and post-go-live stabilization packages for business and operational owners.

Qualifications
Technical Project Management Seniority: 7–10+ years of hands-on technical project management experience leading enterprise SaaS, data platforms, or complex system implementations through production go-live (Strictly Required).

Backward Planning & Sequencing: Demonstrated ability to work backwards from target launch dates to sequence ETL completion, configuration, UAT/QA, TRA/ARB approvals, and cutover (Strictly Required).

Estimation & Timeline Defense: Proven ability to produce and defend realistic, evidence-based estimates while challenging unsupported timelines (Strictly Required).

Data Intelligence & Metadata Platforms: Hands-on experience implementing or operating Collibra, data intelligence, metadata management, data catalog, or data quality platforms (Strictly Required).

Data Governance & Operating Models: Strong understanding of data governance operating models, workflows, stewardship, ownership, and decision rights.

Governance & Due Diligence Coordination: Experience coordinating SaaS platform integrations, architectural review gates (ARB), security/privacy assessments (TRA/PIA), and production release criteria.

Communication & Facilitation: Exceptional vendor management, stakeholder engagement, escalation, and decision-management skills in complex, regulated environments.

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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