Senior Portfolio Manager, Payments (PRESTO)

Metrolinx; Greater Toronto Area; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Portfolio Manager to lead strategic sourcing and procurement initiatives. This role involves overseeing a team, managing complex procurement projects, and providing strategic advice to senior leaders. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in procurement management, leadership skills, and the ability to navigate complex vendor relationships. Join a forward-thinking organization committed to enhancing community transit services and fostering an inclusive work environment. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic sector.

Qualifications

• Degree in business, commerce, supply chain management, or related discipline.
• Experience in procurement and sourcing with high dollar value projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic sourcing processes ensuring alignment with client objectives.
• Develop and execute procurement plans with measurable targets.

Skills

Procurement Management

Strategic Sourcing

Vendor Management

Project Management

Leadership Skills

Negotiation Skills

Education

Degree in Business or Commerce

Supply Chain Management Professional

Project Management Designation

Job description

Metrolinx is connecting communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Metrolinx operates GO Transit and UP Express, as well as the PRESTO fare payment system. We are also building new and improved rapid transit, including GO Expansion, Light Rail Transit routes, and major expansions to Toronto’s subway system, to get people where they need to go, better, faster and easier. Metrolinx is an agency of the Government of Ontario.

At Metrolinx, equity, diversity and inclusion are essential to living our values of serving with passion, thinking forward and playing as a team.

PRESTO is an electronic transit fare payment system in the Greater Toronto, Hamilton and Ottawa areas that eliminates the need for tickets, passes and cash. PRESTO serves more than 5 million customers across 11 transit agencies and processes over $2.5 billion in fares through 67 million boardings per month (pre-pandemic). Today, PRESTO offers one of the most globally advanced fare payment systems in the world having delivered new ways to pay for customers, including real time PRESTO Contactless with credit and Interac debit and PRESTO in Mobile Wallet across its transit agency clients, including the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). Enhancing the customer experience through continuous improvement while working with our transit agency clients to support their needs, and maintaining a system that performs exceptionally, continue to drive PRESTO toward making transit better for all.

Our Corporate, I&IT and Payments Procurement Portfolio is currently looking for a Senior Portfolio Manager, Payments/PRESTO to join their team. The Senior Portfolio Manager will be required to oversee a team of portfolio-aligned procurement officers and administrative staff who will provide strategic sourcing expertise and procurement leadership for high, medium and low complexity projects. This person will lead and support staff in their work managing sourcing events, negotiating, finalizing and amending contracts.The Senior Portfolio Manager will operate at a strategic level, while their team will carry out the work of sourcing. The primary focus (60-70%) will be to support the Payments/PRESTO client team, with support to potentially other I&IT and Corporate clients (30-40%) to address developing business needs at Metrolinx (for example Operational Technologies).

What will I be doing?

Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Management:

• Lead and oversee the strategic sourcing process for procurement projects, ensuring alignment with client objectives and evolving market trends.
• Provide strategic procurement advice to senior leaders on complex transactions.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies and corporate governance.
• Maintain proactive client engagement to anticipate needs and priorities.
• Develop sourcing strategies, recommend category approaches, and apply a risk-based evaluation process.
• Streamline procurement operations, enhance communication, and drive stakeholder satisfaction.

Procurement Planning & Execution:

• Develop and execute procurement plans with measurable targets influencing large expenditure decisions.
• Analyze market trends, conduct spend analysis, and shape business strategies.
• Lead market outreach strategies tailored to specific segments and ensure compliance with KPIs and SLAs.
• Track and manage procurement project pipelines for efficient resourcing.

Leadership & Innovation:

• Foster a strong leadership culture and a positive working environment.
• Coach contract owners, oversee contract development, and mentor procurement staff.
• Manage teams executing sourcing events, ensure performance objectives, and facilitate knowledge-sharing.
• Drive innovation, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement by harmonizing procurement processes with industry standards.

What Skills and Qualifications Do I Need?

• Completion of a degree in business, commerce, supply chain management, engineering, or a related discipline – or a combination of education, training and experience deemed equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience in procurement and sourcing, including leadership in successful execution of high dollar value projects as well as governance, process, systems, data functions, vendor relationship management.
• Supply Chain Management Professional or Project Management designation would be considered an asset
• Knowledge of project management and related systems requirements and development methodologies, to support the delivery of a portfolio of very large inter-dependent projects with high complexity, risk, and organizational impact; experience with leading and managing project development, project progress, related staff and project resources, monitoring project activities for adherence to timelines, and monitoring project performance results, ensuring alignment with corporate project management methodologies and processes
• Leadership and management skills to manage and motivate a team/unit as well as cross functional teams and set high standards and clear expectations
• Vendor and contract management, negotiation and influencing skills to advise on procurement strategies and negotiate contractual obligations and amendments with vendors
• Effective written, oral, presentation and interpersonal skills to articulate and present advice, options and recommendations to senior management, executives and business clients on fare systems/fare collection programs, projects and technology solutions
• Knowledge of policy development, budget control, risk and change management, and project management principles and methods to lead and manage strategic/business planning programs, projects and continuous improvement initiatives.

Don’t Meet Every Requirement?

If you’re excited about working with Metrolinx but your past experience doesn’t quite align with every qualification of this posting, we encourage you to apply. You just might be the right candidate for this or other roles. We are always looking for great talent to join our team.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from members of equity-deserving communities, including those who identify as Indigenous, Black, racialized, women, people with disabilities, and people with diverse gender identities, expressions and sexual orientations.

Accommodation:

We value the unique skills and experiences each person brings to Metrolinx and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment. We are committed to the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act so if you require accommodation during the hiring process, please let our Recruitment team know by contacting us at: 416-202-5601 or email [e-mail].

Application Process:

All applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada. Metrolinx will be using email to communicate with you for all job competitions. It is your responsibility to include an updated email address that is checked daily and accepts emails from unknown users. As we send time-sensitive correspondence, we recommend that you check your email regularly. If no response is received, we will assume you are no longer interested in pursuing the opportunity. Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate.

For Internal applicants, with the recent implementation of the Internal Mobility Policy, the internal recruitment process has changed for non-union roles. Candidates must be in their current role for 12 months prior to applying for another role and each applicant must be in good standing (not participating in a Performance Improvement Plan). Please review all provisions of the policybefore submitting your application.

Should it be determined that any background information provided is misleading, inaccurate or incorrect, Metrolinx reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of your application.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

WE ARE AN EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE EMPLOYER.

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