OPEN: Senior Project Manager

Cpus Engineering Staffing Solutions Inc.; Oshawa; On-site; CAD 123,984 - 130,872; Full time

Job summary

Cpus Engineering Staffing Solutions Inc. is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead IT initiatives in Oshawa. This role requires over 8 years of experience in IT project management, with a focus on application development and legacy migrations. You will oversee Project Managers, ensuring project delivery aligns with business objectives while managing budgets and providing executive updates. The position offers a hybrid work mode and a competitive hourly range of $90 to $95.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in IT project/program management.
• Demonstrated experience managing Project Managers.
• Proven delivery experience in application development or systems implementation.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of IT initiatives with Project Managers.
• Establish governance for program management.
• Build and manage program budgets and forecasts.

Skills

IT project/program management

Communication skills

Financial management

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Job description

Senior Project Manager

Job ID: 26-051

Number of Vacancies: 1

Level: MP6

Duration: 12 Months

Hours of work: 35 Hours per week

Location: 1908 Colonel Sam Drive, Oshawa

Work Mode: Hybrid – 2 days remote

Hourly Range: $90 – $95

Job Overview

• The Senior Project Manager (Contract) will lead a portfolio of IT initiatives and oversee multiple Project Managers to ensure projects are planned, governed, and delivered successfully.
• This role is highly hands‑on: you’ll provide active coaching and “PM enablement” (as needed) to keep projects on track—removing blockers, strengthening execution, and ensuring consistent delivery practices across the program.
• You’ll manage complex workstreams such as application development, legacy application migrations to modern platforms, and data migration efforts.
• The ideal candidate is a well‑rounded IT program leader who can work effectively across applications, data, and infrastructure teams—and who can manage budgets, forecasts, and resource plans with discipline.

Program & Portfolio Leadership

• Own end‑to‑end delivery for a portfolio of IT projects, ensuring alignment to business objectives, scope, schedule, and quality.
• Establish and maintain program governance: cadence, status reporting, RAID (Risks/Assumptions/Issues/Dependencies), decision logs, and executive updates.
• Drive cross‑project dependency management and integrated planning across multiple teams and vendors.

Project Manager Leadership & Coaching

• Support Project Managers (contract and/or internal), setting expectations and ensuring consistent project controls.
• Provide hands‑on guidance (“hand‑holding” when needed) to strengthen PM execution—planning, stakeholder management, schedule discipline, and risk management.
• Standardize project delivery practices, templates, and reporting to improve predictability and transparency.

IT Delivery (Apps, Migration, Data)

• Lead programs involving: Application development / SDLC delivery (Agile, hybrid, or waterfall)
• Legacy application modernization and migration to new platforms/systems
• Data migration planning and execution (mapping, cleansing, validation, reconciliation, cutover)
• Partner with architecture, infrastructure, security, and operations to ensure environment readiness, performance, reliability, and supportability.
• Commissioning the project

Financial & Resource Management

• Build and manage program budgets, forecasts, and burn rates; track actuals vs. plan and drive corrective actions.
• Follow the Project Control Office direction and processes in managing the project financials
• Manage resource planning across workstreams (internal teams, contractors, vendors), including capacity, allocation, and onboarding/offboarding.
• Support procurement activities (e.g., SOW review, vendor coordination) as applicable.

Stakeholder & Executive Communication

• Serve as the primary point of contact for program health, timeline, risks, and decisions.
• Produce crisp, action‑oriented updates for leadership; elevate issues with recommended options and impacts.
• Facilitate steering committees and key decision forums.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in IT project/program management, including leading multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience managing Project Managers (directly or via dotted‑line) and improving delivery execution through coaching and governance.
• Proven delivery experience in at least two of the following: Application development / systems implementation
• Legacy application migration/modernization
• Data migration (planning, execution, validation, cutover)
• Strong working knowledge of IT domains (applications, data, and at least foundational infrastructure concepts).
• Solid financial management experience: budgets, forecasts, vendor spend tracking, and resource planning.
• Excellent communication skills: executive‑level status reporting, facilitation, and stakeholder management.
• Strong command of delivery fundamentals: schedules, critical path, RAID management, dependency mapping, change control.

Our client is dedicated to promoting employment equity and encourages applications from equity‑seeking communities including but not limited to: Indigenous Peoples, racialized individuals, persons with disabilities, and women. Our client aims to build a diverse team that reflects the communities it serves, enhancing its ability to meet their needs. We are committed to an inclusive and accessible work environment and invite all qualified individuals to apply, offering accommodations during the application, interview and onboarding process as needed. This effort supports our client’s long‑term strategy for equity, diversity, and inclusion.