Senior PMO Manager — Enterprise Delivery + Equity

ZipHQ, Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Start-up equity

Health, vision & dental coverage

Catered lunches & dinners

Commuter benefit

Team building events & happy hours

Flexible PTO

Apple equipment plus home office stipе

Job summary

Zip is seeking a visionary and operationally strong Manager, PMO to establish, scale, and mature our PMO from the ground up. You will define governance models, standard methodologies, and delivery frameworks that power Zip's enterprise deployments.

You will lead, mentor, and coach a growing team of project managers, collaborating cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Customer Success leadership to accelerate time-to-value for strategic global clients.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in enterprise software implementation, technology consulting, or complex project management.
• 3+ years of direct people management experience, with a proven track record of growing and mentoring technical implementation teams.
• Demonstrated success in building, launching, or significantly up-leveling a PMO function within a fast-growing B2B SaaS environment.
• Deep familiarity with enterprise financial systems, procurement workflows, or large-scale ERP implementation methodologies.
• Outstanding communication, negotiation, and relationship skills; expert ability to influence decision‑making at the executive level.

Responsibilities

• Build and Mature the PMO: Architect and implement Zip’s project management standards, methodology templates, and tooling to create a scalable delivery practice.
• People Management & Leadership: Directly manage, mentor, and hire a team of project managers, establishing clear performance expectations and supporting career pathing.
• Hands-On Project Execution: Directly own and drive the end-to-end delivery of high-priority, complex enterprise implementations, balancing team leadership with active execution.
• Portfolio Governance: Oversee the global portfolio of active enterprise onboardings, proactively monitoring resource constraints, capacity planning, and target delivery timelines.
• Metrics & Continuous Improvement: Define and track operational metrics (e.g., project velocity, milestones hit, time-to-value) to optimize post-sales execution.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to communicate deployment needs and shape product readiness.
• Executive Escalations: Act as the primary escalation management point for enterprise client implementations.

Skills

Project management

People leadership

Stakeholder management

PMO governance

Tools

ERP software

Job description

Zip is seeking a visionary and operationally strong Manager, PMO to establish, scale, and mature our PMO from the ground up. You will define governance models, standard methodologies, and delivery frameworks that power Zip's enterprise deployments.

You will lead, mentor, and coach a growing team of project managers, collaborating cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Customer Success leadership to accelerate time-to-value for strategic global clients.