Project Manager/Leader (RQ11559) Government Services Integration Cluster

Softline™ Technology Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Softline™ Technology Inc. is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to oversee large ERP projects (>$5M) with a strong focus on PeopleSoft HCM deployments and modern UI upgrades. The role requires cloud experience on Azure, cross-ministry collaboration, and a background in the public sector.

You will lead complex programs, develop schedules, manage budgets, and ensure alignment with government standards and financing frameworks.

Qualifications

• Lead multiple large ERP ($5M+) projects.
• Significant expertise in PeopleSoft HCM application.
• Experience implementing PeopleTools and PUM upgrades.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure cloud platform (RHEL/Windows) and Oracle Database.
• Public sector project experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead project management for large-scale OPS GovTechON initiatives, ensuring on-time, on-scope, on-budget delivery.
• Focus on cost-effectiveness, efficiencies and compliance with OPS methodologies and frameworks.
• Develop detailed project schedules and integrated plans; monitor and forecast costs.
• Provide regular project reporting to senior executives and stakeholders.
• Coordinate and onboard team members across various disciplines; resolve conflicts and resource constraints.
• Manage complex budgets with multiple funding channels and cross-ministry dependencies.

Skills

ERP project management

PeopleSoft HCM

PeopleTools & PUM upgrades

Azure cloud platform

Public sector experience

Job description

Description

• Provides project management on large scale, complex, high profile and high risk projects for OPS GovTechON initiatives.
• Ensures project deliverables meet clients’ business requirements on time, scope and budget, with a focus on cost-effectiveness, efficiencies and compliance with OPS project management methodologies and frameworks.

Experience Requirements

Must Have Skills

• A hands on project manager who has lead multiple large ERP ($5M+) projects 30%
• Significant expertise and experience in PeopleSoft HCM application – 25%
• Implementation of PeopleSoft Fluid and Classic Plus user interfaces, including experience implementing PeopleTools and PUM upgrades – 25%
• Experience working on Microsoft Azure cloud platform with RHEL/Windows OS and Oracle Database – 10%
• Experience working in a public sector environment – 10%

General Skills

• Leads organizational development, strategy development, business planning, and Ministry funding requests.
• Gathers and develops requirements in order to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan.
• Ability to monitor and forecast project costs and provide reporting and input to ensure targets are met
• Experience developing and managing project schedules, deliverables, and scope
• Ability to promote I&IT project management best practices and adherence to standard methodologies
• Demonstrated experience directing project teams to ensure project deliverables are delivered on time and adhere to government and ministry standards
• Extensive experience coordinating and monitoring project processes, and developing/communicating guidelines and procedures
• Sources, selects and on-boards team members in various disciplines, clarify roles and responsibilities and set task/deliverable/performance expectations for resources that are both OPS unionized employees as well as fee for service (FFS) consultants.
• Resolves resourcing and inter-personal conflicts, negotiates changes to resourcing, ensures knowledge is shared among team members such as project objectives and deliverables are met.
• Develops complex project budgets based on multiple funding channels and cross ministry dependencies.
• Effectively manages large project budgets and ensures a high level of fiscal control and accountability including estimates, forecasts and reconciliation/confirmation of actuals.
• Proactively identifies potential risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed.
• Articulates and prioritizes issues and risks at senior executive levels and recommends mitigation strategies for decision makers.
• Establishes and participates in steering committee and stakeholder forums
• Provides, project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels.
• Uses appropriate strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change during all stages of projects – concept, definition, planning, implementation and close-out.
• Promotes OPS I&IT standards and best practices for project management to facilitate control of system quality, adherence to standard methodology and the control of the use of I&IT resources.

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge and understanding of Project Management’s Institute’s Project Management Body of Knowledge
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices
• Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
• Ability to make recommendations on the acquisition of software, hardware, and technology resources
• Experience managing and coordinating project monitoring, anticipates and troubleshoots issues, provides ongoing expertise, resolves problems and provides project effectiveness
• Ability to identify conflict between project and functional areas and develops responses to successfully address conflict
• Ability to handle client relationships to manage expectations, provides updates as required, identifies potential conflicts between project and functional areas

Supplier Comments

• Closing Date/Time: 2026-09-23, 12:00 p.m. EST
• Max submission: 1 (one)
• 5 days onsite
• Must Have:
• Extensive experience as Project Manager working with PeopleSoft related projects or other HCM projects.
• A hands on project manager who has lead multiple large ERP ($5M+) projects
• Significant expertise and experience in PeopleSoft HCM application
• Implementation of PeopleSoft Fluid and Classic Plus user interfaces, including experience implementing PeopleTools and PUM upgrades
• Experience working on Microsoft Azure cloud platform with RHEL/Windows OS and Oracle Database
• Experience working in a public sector environment
• Nice to have:
• Prior OPS/public sector exp with HCM/Peoplesoft related project work as a PM.