Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Management Specialist

Location: Hybrid, Ottawa (12 days on-site/month); the client may accept a consultant who cannot be on-site for all 12 days, but on-site attendance will be required from time to time. Travel and living expenses are not covered.
Type: Full-time contract, 37.5 hrs/week
Duration: 12-month initial term, starting January 4, 2027 (24-month optional extension)
Language: English
Clearance: Must be eligible to obtain Government of Canada Reliability Status

Overview:
A financial institution requires a Senior Project Management Specialist to establish and support program and project governance across multiple workstreams.

Key Responsibilities:

Establish and maintain fit-for-purpose program and project governance, including reporting cadences, decision and approval pathways, and governance forums, in alignment with Bank standards
Develop and maintain an integrated program plan consolidating work across multiple workstreams and project teams, including schedules, milestones, resource requirements, interdependencies, critical decisions, and delivery commitments
Prepare concise status reports, decision-ready executive dashboards, performance measures, and briefing materials by consolidating and validating inputs from workstream and project leads
Maintain and monitor program and project risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, decisions, actions, and change requests, identifying items requiring escalation and coordinating follow-up
Coordinate governance forums and reviews, including preparing agendas and decision-ready briefing materials, documenting decisions and actions, and ensuring unresolved items are escalated and followed through to completion
Support work intake, prioritization, sequencing, and capacity planning to ensure projects and work packages align with program objectives and outcomes
Establish and maintain program-level performance reporting that links objectives and outcomes to initiatives, work packages, milestones, and performance measures, while identifying coverage gaps, delivery risks, and areas requiring management attention
Engage project leads, stakeholders, clients, and business partners to establish and maintain alignment on scope, deliverables, timelines, dependencies, and reporting expectations
Ensure program and project documentation, approvals, deliverables, and closeout records are complete, current, and maintained in accordance with organizational standards and policies
Related activities and deliverables, as required

Required Qualifications:

Degree/diploma in project management, business administration, or information technology
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
Certification or formal training in Agile delivery, program or portfolio management, or business analysis
10+ years of recent experience delivering complex technology, cyber security, or enterprise transformation programs and projects
5+ years of recent experience establishing and supporting program and project governance for complex, multi-workstream initiatives, including governance forums, integrated planning, executive reporting, risk and dependency management, decision tracking, and change control
5+ years of recent experience coordinating the delivery of complex programs across multiple workstreams and project teams, including managing cross-functional dependencies, aligning stakeholders, and coordinating activities, priorities, and timelines

Technical Skills:
PMBOK principles and predictive, Agile, or hybrid delivery methodologies applied to program and project governance; developing and maintaining integrated program plans (milestones, resource requirements, sequencing, interdependencies, delivery commitments); developing decision-ready executive dashboards, status reports, performance measures, and briefing materials; engaging and influencing stakeholders at all organizational levels and translating complex delivery information for technical and non-technical audiences; Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, and SharePoint (or equivalent tools)

This posting is for a public sector assignment. Compensation will be determined through the competitive bidding process and will be within the approved rate structure for this assignment.