Onsite Project Manager

PeoplePilot; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

PeoplePilot is seeking an experienced Onshore Project Manager / Onsite Manager to serve as the primary onsite interface between customer stakeholders and delivery teams in the Montréal area. You will own delivery governance, coordinate with offshore teams, and manage talent fulfillment, financial performance, and account growth.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years in project management or delivery operations, with strong Excel and Power BI capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• 10+ years of project management, delivery operations, or onsite coordination experience.
• Experience managing onsite-offshore delivery models.
• Strong understanding of utilization, capacity planning, forecasting, cost, and revenue management.
• Bilingual French and English proficiency, written and spoken; French required in Québec.
• Canadian citizen or permanent resident, authorized to work in Canada.

Responsibilities

• Lead onsite delivery operations and act as the single point of contact for customer stakeholders.
• Drive delivery governance through status reviews, KPI tracking, risk and issue management, and escalation resolution.
• Coordinate with offshore teams to align delivery and resolve escalations.
• Manage workforce planning, capacity, utilization, forecasting, cost, and revenue performance against plan.
• Support onboarding, engagement, retention, and people-management initiatives for onsite associates.
• Build and maintain a Québec talent pipeline in the Longueuil / Montréal region.
• Fulfill labor-leasing requirements efficiently and support candidate positioning and onboarding readiness.
• Partner with North America HR and Talent Acquisition teams on staffing and people-management needs.
• Ensure compliance with customer processes and delivery requirements.
• Identify scope expansion and new work opportunities; support proposal development, including scope, staffing, and delivery models.

Skills

Bilingual French and English

Strong communication

Problem solving

Escalation management

Delivery governance

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or related field

Tools

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Job description

Onshore Project Manager / Onsite Manager

Workplace Type: On-site

Compensation: C$120,000-C$130,000 annually

We are seeking an experienced bilingual Onshore Project Manager / Onsite Manager to act as the primary onsite interface between customer stakeholders and delivery teams. This role owns delivery governance, onsite-offshore coordination, talent fulfillment, financial performance, and account-growth support.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead onsite delivery operations and serve as the single point of contact for customer stakeholders.
• Drive delivery governance through status reviews, KPI tracking, risk and issue management, and escalation resolution.
• Coordinate with offshore teams to align delivery and resolve escalations.
• Manage workforce planning, capacity, utilization, forecasting, cost, and revenue performance against plan.
• Support onboarding, engagement, retention, and people-management initiatives for onsite associates.
• Build and maintain a Québec talent pipeline in the Longueuil / Montréal region.
• Fulfill labor-leasing requirements efficiently and support candidate positioning and onboarding readiness.
• Partner with North America HR and Talent Acquisition teams on staffing and people-management needs.
• Ensure compliance with customer processes and delivery requirements.
• Identify scope expansion and new work opportunities; support proposal development, including scope, staffing, and delivery models.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• 10+ years of project management, delivery operations, or onsite coordination experience.
• Experience managing onsite-offshore delivery models.
• Strong understanding of utilization, capacity planning, forecasting, cost, and revenue management.
• Bilingual French and English proficiency, written and spoken. French is required for Québec workforce and stakeholder communication; English is required for global and offshore coordination.
• Canadian citizen or permanent resident, authorized to work in Canada.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and escalation-management skills.
• Advanced Excel and Power BI skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP and/or Agile certification.
• Experience managing resources at a customer site.
• Aerospace or engineering-services experience.

Success in this role means stronger governance and escalation resolution, efficient talent fulfillment, optimized utilization and financial predictability, and increased conversion of growth opportunities.