Manager Project Managment

Dematic; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 115,000 - 233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career Development

Competitive Compensation and Benefits

Pay Transparency

Global Opportunities

Job summary

Dematic in Mississauga seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead a portfolio of automation and lifecycle projects. You will coach teams, drive cross-functional delivery, manage budgets and risk, and ensure on-time, quality outcomes for strategic customers.

The role demands strong leadership, stakeholder management, and a customer-focused mindset. Qualification includes 5+ years in project leadership, portfolio oversight, and a degree in a related field; PMP is a plus.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of successful experience leading projects
• Experience managing large-scale project portfolios with customer revenue responsibility
• Strong understanding of automation systems, controls architectures, and systems integration
• Experience with schedule and change management, safety excellence, permit and installation processes, material supply chains, contract administration, subcontractor management, and risk management
• Bachelor's degree or higher in related fields, or equivalent experience
• PMP certification preferred but not required

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop project management team members, fostering inclusion, accountability, customer focus, and continuous improvement
• Set clear expectations, manage performance, strengthen leadership, and support succession and career development
• Provide oversight for a portfolio of concurrent modernization and upgrade projects spanning controls, software, mechanical, electrical, installation, system upgrade, and capacity expansion
• Ensure effective transition from Sales to Operations, including pre-contract support and leadership of kickoff processes
• Drive development and execution of comprehensive project plans, including implementation, testing, acceptance, cutover, and go-live strategies
• Act as primary escalation for complex project, customer, financial, or technical issues, ensuring timely resolution
• Ensure alignment across PM, software, controls, electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, installation, vendors, and partners
• Own financial performance across the project portfolio, including forecasting, revenue recognition, cost-to-complete, invoicing, cash flow, and profitability analysis
• Establish and monitor project milestones, deliverables, and invoicing schedules
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks with proactive issue governance
• Ensure accurate project closeout and turnover to service and support
• Serve as customer interface, building trusted relationships and meeting/exceeding expectations
• Support identification of follow-on business opportunities with sales and lifecycle teams
• Represent PM in strategic planning, operational reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Exhibit exceptional leadership, coaching, and stakeholder management skills
• Maintain strong customer focus with excellent communication, written and verbal
• Apply advanced PM skills: scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality management
• Manage multiple complex initiatives in a dynamic environment
• Demonstrate analytical and problem-solving capabilities with attention to detail

Skills

Project leadership

Portfolio management

Automation systems knowledge

Change management

Schedule management

Risk management

Customer-facing

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Business, Engineering, Construction Management, Computer Science, or related discipline

PMP certification preferred

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

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We offer:

What We Offer:

• Career Development
• Competitive Compensation and Benefits
• Pay Transparency
• Global Opportunities

Learn More Here:

https://www.dematic.com/en-us/about/careers/what-we-offer/

Dematic provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $82,000 - $166,000 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.

Tasks and Qualifications:

What you will do in the role:

• Lead, coach, and develop project management team members, fostering a culture of inclusion, accountability, customer focus, and continuous improvement.
• Set clear expectations, manage performance, strengthen leadership capability, and support succession and career development for team members.
• Provide oversight for a portfolio of concurrent modernization and upgrade projects of varying scope and complexity, including controls, software, mechanical, electrical, installation, system upgrade, and capacity expansion workstreams.
• Ensure effective transition from Sales to Operations, including pre-contract support, estimating input, and leadership of project kickoff processes.
• Drive the development and execution of comprehensive project plans, including implementation, testing, acceptance, cutover, and go-live strategies.
• Act as the primary point of escalation for complex project, customer, financial, or technical issues, ensuring timely resolution.
• Ensure alignment and coordination across project management, software, controls, electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, installation, vendors, subcontractors, and integrator partners supporting project delivery.
• Own financial performance across the assigned project portfolio, including forecasting, revenue recognition, cost-to-complete, invoicing, cash flow, and profitability analysis.
• Establish and monitor project milestones, billable deliverables, and invoicing schedules.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, ensuring proactive issue management and governance.
• Ensure accurate project closeout and turnover to service and support organizations.
• Serve as a customer interface, building trusted relationships and ensuring customer expectations are met or exceeded.
• Support identification of follow-on business opportunities in collaboration with sales and lifecycle services teams.
• Represent Project Management in strategic planning, operational reviews, customer reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Exceptional leadership, coaching, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong customer focus with excellent verbal and written communication abilities.
• Advanced project and program management skills, including scope, schedule, cost, risk, and quality management.
• Ability to manage multiple complex initiatives simultaneously in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with attention to detail.

What we are looking for:

• 5+ years of successful experience leading projects or project function, preferably in automation, logistics, manufacturing, lifecycle services, or large customer-dedicated portfolio environments.
• Proven experience managing large-scale project portfolios, and significant customer-facing revenue responsibility.
• Strong understanding of automation systems, controls architectures, and systems integration; solid working knowledge of industrial and enterprise software systems.
• Experience with schedule and change management, demonstrated leadership in safety excellence, permit and installation processes, material supply chains, contract administration, subcontractor management, and risk management.
• Proficiency with project management tools and MS Office; Microsoft Project or equivalent required. Bachelor's degree or advanced degree in Business, Engineering, Construction Management,
• Computer Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• PMP certification preferred but not required.