Project Manager - IT III - Waterloo

Randstad Canada; Southwestern Ontario; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

12-month contract

Job summary

Randstad Canada is seeking an experienced Senior Agile Project Manager to lead a major enterprise replatforming initiative, coordinating cross-functional teams across business operations, product management, architecture, and engineering. You will drive end-to-end delivery, manage risks, and facilitate Scrum ceremonies in a regulated environment.

The role offers a 12-month full-year contract with hybrid Agile leadership responsibilities, vendor governance, and executive visibility into program

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive experience managing and delivering large-scale technology or platform modernization initiatives in complex enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated experience leading delivery using Agile/Scrum frameworks, including sprint planning, backlog coordination, burndown tracking, and velocity optimization.
• Prior experience delivering technology projects within financial services, banking, insurance, or an equivalent heavily regulated enterprise sector.
• Proven background coordinating third-party implementation partners, commercial deliverables, and contractual dependencies.
• Advanced hands-on experience utilizing Jira and Confluence for Agile delivery tracking; familiarity with tools such as Microsoft Project, Planner, or Power BI is an asset.
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field and active certifications (CSM, PMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe) preferred.
• Exceptional verbal, written, and facilitation skills, with a track record of aligning cross-functional teams and managing executive stakeholder expectations.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Delivery Coordination: Translate replatforming strategic goals into executable delivery plans, sprint backlogs, critical-path milestones, and measurable outcomes.
• Agile Ceremony Facilitation: Organize and facilitate core Scrum ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews/Demos, and Retrospectives.
• Product Owner & Architecture Partnership: Collaborate closely with Product Owners, systems architects, and engineering leads to align on priority sequencing, technical enablers, and delivery scope.
• Scope, Schedule & Governance Management: Actively manage project scope, schedules, resources, assumptions, and deliverables; maintain RAID logs to proactively surface and resolve delivery impediments.
• Vendor & SOW Management: Monitor vendor deliverables, SOW commitments, and external dependencies against SLAs and timelines.
• Reporting & Metrics Dashboards: Maintain Jira dashboards, burndown charts, status reports, and project tracking artifacts for executive visibility.
• Readiness & Transition: Oversee operational readiness, UAT alignment, cutover coordination, knowledge transfer, and post-implementation reviews.

Skills

Project Management

Agile & Scrum

Regulated domain knowledge

Vendor & SOW management

Communication & influencing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering/Business

CSM / PMP / PMI-ACP / SAFe certifications

Tools

Jira

Confluence

MS Project

Planner

Power BI

Job description

Our client, is seeking an experienced, highly collaborative Project Manager - IT III (Senior Agile Project Manager) to lead the technology implementation of a major enterprise replatforming initiative.

In this strategic delivery role, you will coordinate end-to-end technology execution across cross-functional teams spanning business operations, product management, architecture, engineering, and specialized third-party vendors. You will establish and maintain robust project structures, milestones, dependencies, and delivery governance while actively facilitating Scrum ceremonies and partnering with Product Owners on backlog prioritization. Operating within a fast-paced, highly regulated environment, you will manage project risks and vendor commitments, monitor burndown metrics, and provide executive-level transparency into overall program health to ensure predictable, timely deployment.

Contract Duration: 12-Month Full-Year Contract (Target Dates: January 1, 2027 – December 31, 2027)

Advantages

• Enterprise Transformation Mandate: Lead delivery for a flagship enterprise replatforming initiative within a globally recognized financial institution.
• Full-Year Contract Stability: Secure a 12-month foundational contract covering the full 2027 calendar year with high visibility across business and technical leadership.
• Hybrid Agile Leadership Scope: Combine disciplined project governance, risk mitigation, and milestone tracking with hands‑on Scrum ceremony facilitation.
• Multi‑Vendor & Stakeholder Orchestration: Direct diverse internal engineering squads, business operations, architecture leads, and external delivery partners within a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Delivery Coordination: Translate replatforming strategic goals into executable delivery plans, sprint backlogs, critical-path milestones, and measurable outcomes.
• Agile Ceremony Facilitation: Organize and facilitate core Scrum ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand‑ups, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews/Demos, and Retrospectives.
• Product Owner & Architecture Partnership: Collaborate closely with Product Owners, systems architects, and engineering leads to align on priority sequencing, technical enablers, and delivery scope.
• Scope, Schedule & Governance Management: Actively manage project scope, schedules, resources, assumptions, and deliverables; maintain RAID logs to proactively surface and resolve delivery impediments.
• Vendor & Partner Governance: Monitor vendor deliverables, statement of work (SOW) commitments, and external dependencies against agreed service levels and project timelines.
• Reporting & Metrics Dashboards: Maintain Jira dashboards, burndown charts, status reports, and project tracking artifacts in Confluence to provide transparent health updates to executive steering committees.
• Readiness & Transition: Oversee operational readiness, UAT alignment, cutover coordination, knowledge transfer, and post‑implementation reviews.

Qualifications

• Project Management Experience: 7+ years of progressive experience managing and delivering large-scale technology or platform modernization initiatives in complex enterprise environments.
• Agile & Scrum Mastery: Demonstrated experience leading delivery using Agile/Scrum frameworks, including sprint planning, backlog coordination, burndown tracking, and velocity optimization.
• Regulated Domain Expertise: Prior experience delivering technology projects within financial services, banking, insurance, or an equivalent heavily regulated enterprise sector.
• Vendor & SOW Management: Proven background coordinating third-party implementation partners, commercial deliverables, and contractual dependencies.
• Tooling Proficiency: Advanced hands‑on experience utilizing Jira and Confluence for Agile delivery tracking; familiarity with tools such as Microsoft Project, Planner, or Power BI is an asset.
• Education & Credentials: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or equivalent practical experience. Active certifications such as Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), PMP, PMI-ACP, or SAFe are strongly preferred.
• Communication & Influencing: Exceptional verbal, written, and facilitation skills, with a track record of aligning cross-functional teams and managing executive stakeholder expectations.

Summary

If you are a tech‑savvy Project Manager - IT III who pairs enterprise technology transformation experience with hands‑on Scrum facilitation, financial services acumen, vendor governance discipline, and a passion for delivery excellence, this 1‑year contract opportunity is an ideal next step. Bring your project management precision, risk mitigation rigor, and collaborative leadership to our client's replatforming team today!

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity‑seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non‑binary/gender non‑conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

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