Project Manager

Symbiotic Group; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Symbiotic Digital, a division of Symbiotic Group, is seeking an accomplished Senior Project Manager to lead large-scale Discovery initiatives in a hybrid, Canada-based setup. You will drive project delivery, governance, stakeholder engagement, and DFA activities while aligning with digital standards and organizational PM practices.

The role requires 10+ years of senior PM experience, strong governance, and proven capability to manage complex vendor relationships in a multi-disciplinary

Qualifications

• 10+ years of senior project management experience.
• Experience leading large, complex, multi-disciplinary projects with business and technology stakeholders.
• Proven experience guiding digital initiatives from Concept to Go-Live.
• Extensive stakeholder engagement, facilitation, and consensus-building.
• Strong executive communication and relationship management with vendors.

Responsibilities

• Provide PM leadership for large-scale Discovery initiatives following Digital Standards.
• Ensure projects are delivered cost-effectively and in compliance with governance frameworks.
• Manage scope, budget, schedules, risks, resources, and reporting.
• Lead governance activities including steering committees and reviews.
• Facilitate stakeholder consultations and executive engagement.
• Develop relationships with stakeholders, vendors, and external partners.
• Coordinate interdependencies and resolve complex issues across streams.
• Provide strategic advice and operational support to leadership.
• Evaluate vendor/technology proposals and DFA-related activities.
• Coordinate Digital First Assessments during the Discovery phase.
• Lead delivery using Agile and Digital methodologies.

Skills

Discovery project leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Agile & Digital methodologies

Vendor management

Executive communication

Governance & gates

Education

PMP / Scrum / Agile certification

Job description

This is a hybrid Project Manager opportunity focused on leading large-scale, complex digital discovery initiatives. The successful candidate will oversee project delivery, governance, stakeholder engagement, vendor management, Digital First Assessments, and strategic planning activities while ensuring alignment with organizational project management standards and digital frameworks.

Work Arrangement: Hybrid (3-4 days onsite per week, 1-2 days remote)

Key Responsibilities

• Provide project management leadership and expertise for large-scale, highly complex, enterprise-wide Discovery initiatives following Digital Standards.
• Ensure projects are delivered cost-effectively, efficiently, and in compliance with organizational methodologies, digital standards, and governance frameworks.
• Manage project scope, budget, schedules, issues, risks, actions, decisions (IRAD), financials, resources, stakeholders, reporting, and escalations.
• Lead governance activities including steering committees, gating reviews, and project checkpoints.
• Facilitate stakeholder consultations, consensus building, and executive engagement.
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with business stakeholders, project teams, subject matter experts, vendors, and external partners.
• Manage project interdependencies and resolve complex issues across multiple work streams.
• Provide strategic advice, recommendations, and operational support to project teams and leadership.
• Evaluate options and provide recommendations regarding vendor and technology partner proposals.
• Coordinate and complete Digital First Assessment (DFA) activities during the Discovery phase.
• Lead project delivery utilizing Agile and Digital methodologies.
• Oversee vendor performance, deliverables, and contract compliance.
• Support procurement activities, including development of procurement artifacts such as RFS, RFP, SOW, contracts, and approvals.

Qualifications & Experience

General Skills

• Demonstrated experience leading Discovery projects from initiation through project close-out.
• Experience managing Digital First Assessments (DFA), operational transitions, business planning, benefits realization, and funding requests.
• Strong experience facilitating user research, service design workshops, journey mapping, jurisdictional scans, conceptual solutions, and problem statements.
• Ability to understand business and executive objectives and translate them into successful project outcomes.
• Proven experience managing scope, budget, schedule, risks, resources, deliverables, governance, and technical performance.
• Experience identifying project risks and issues, developing mitigation plans, and reporting to senior leadership.
• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, consensus-building, and change management skills.
• Experience building productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including vendors.
• Experience developing procurement documentation and managing procurement activities.
• Experience managing Discovery vendor engagement and deliverables.
• Extensive experience leading multi-disciplinary project teams and coordinating project activities.
• Formal project management certifications or training such as PMP, Scrum, Agile, or equivalent.

Desired Skills

• Knowledge of enterprise architecture practices, including business and information architecture.
• Understanding of Information Management principles, policies, and best practices.
• Knowledge of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) requirements and standards.
• Experience working with predictive and Agile delivery methodologies.

Must-Have Requirements

• 10+ years of senior project management experience.
• Experience leading large, complex, multi-disciplinary projects involving both business and technology stakeholders.
• Proven experience leading digital initiatives through Concept, Discovery, Design, Prototype, Implementation, and Go-Live phases.
• Extensive stakeholder engagement, facilitation, and consensus-building experience.
• Strong executive communication and relationship management capabilities.
• Experience managing vendor teams and third-party deliverables.
• Ability to drive successful delivery within scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives.

About Symbiotic Digital.

Symbiotic Digital provides the IT Experts you need that solve problems and get things done. See what the top 2% in their field can do for you. (Symbiotic Digital is a division of Symbiotic Group Inc.)

We serve customers in two ways, we provide:

• Digital Experts: IT Consulting expertise. Bright Minds That Produce Proven Results
• Recruitment: Find The Right People You Need

Serving IT & Business leaders, Symbiotic Digital provides a business system that enable us to provide the Expert Technical staff needed to solve challenging business and IT problems. IT leaders in the most reputable organizations in Canada have relied on Symbiotic Digital to help them staff difficult assignments with proven Experts uniquely evaluated by our proven QMS- Quality Management System Staff Development Model. We are a 100% Indigenous owned company.