Senior Project Manager

Dassault Systèmes; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 125,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP)

Telemedicine

Job summary

Dassault Systèmes is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead complex consulting, software implementation, and digital transformation engagements for strategic customers in Canada. You will drive end-to-end delivery, align with contracts, and oversee governance, budgets, milestones, and risk management.

You will collaborate with executives, technical experts, and partners to ensure successful outcomes, maintain high customer satisfaction, and promote continuous improvement across delivery teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or a related field.
• PMI/PRINCE2/MSP or equivalent frameworks familiarization.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex consulting and enterprise software implementations.
• Manage project governance, budgets, forecasts, and stakeholder communications.
• Identify risks, drive mitigations, and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

PMI/PRINCE2 MSP

Budgeting & forecasting

English & French fluency

Risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Change management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business

Tools

PM Certification tools

Job description

Role Description & Responsibilities

Dassault Systèmes is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of complex consulting, software implementation, and digital transformation engagements for strategic customers.

The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for delivering projects with excellence across scope, schedule, quality, financial performance, and customer satisfaction. This position will work closely with customer leadership, internal teams, technical experts, consultants, and external partners to ensure that project commitments are successfully achieved.

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex consulting and enterprise software implementation projects.
• Ensure projects align with contractual commitments, defined scope, timelines, quality standards, and customer expectations.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans covering schedules, resources, budgets, milestones, dependencies, and risks.
• Establish and manage project governance, including steering committees, executive reviews, and operational meetings.
• Serve as the primary delivery contact for customer leadership, project sponsors, and key stakeholders.
• Build trusted relationships with customers and provide clear updates regarding project progress, risks, issues, and mitigation plans.
• Manage project financial performance, including budgets, revenue recognition, forecasting, margins, and cost controls.
• Monitor and report delivery performance indicators, including schedule adherence, quality, resource utilization, and financial health.
• Identify opportunities for change orders, scope optimization, and additional services.
• Proactively identify project risks and implement appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Escalate critical issues through the proper governance channels and drive effective problem-solving across teams.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams consisting of consultants, technical experts, internal departments, and partner resources.
• Promote collaboration across consulting, Research and Development, support, and other internal teams.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to project team members and junior project managers.
• Support continuous improvement by contributing to project delivery methodologies, best practices, lessons learned, and process improvements.
• Drive operational excellence and support initiatives that improve project governance, predictability, and delivery quality.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or a related field.
• Five or more years of experience in project or program management within consulting, software implementation, or digital transformation environments.
• Experience managing multimillion-dollar projects involving cross-functional teams and external partners.
• Strong customer-facing leadership and executive stakeholder management experience.
• Strong risk management skills, including identifying, assessing, and mitigating project risks.
• Strong knowledge of project margins, financial performance, budgeting, forecasting, and cost control.
• Demonstrated leadership, team-building, and team-development skills.
• Ability to manage complex delivery environments involving multiple teams, priorities, and dependencies.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and executive presentation skills.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Experience with project management methodologies such as PMI, PRINCE2, MSP, or an equivalent framework.
• Familiarity with enterprise software implementation programs involving PLM, ERP, MES, or similar solutions.
• Strong knowledge of project governance, delivery frameworks, operational metrics, and performance reporting.
• PMP or an equivalent project management certification is preferred.
• Professional fluency in English and French is required.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, international, and customer-focused environment.

Inclusion statement

As a game-changer in sustainable technology and innovation, Dassault Systèmes is striving to build more inclusive and diverse teams across the globe. We believe that our people are our number one asset and we want all employees to feel empowered to bring their whole selves to work every day. It is our goal that our people feel a sense of pride and a passion for belonging. As a company leading change, it’s our responsibility to foster opportunities for all people to participate in a harmonized Workforce of the Future.

At Dassault Systèmes, permanent employees get group benefits from their first day of employment. The basic plan is 100% employer paid and includes $750 in annual flexible credits that can be allocated towards a Health Spending Account, Wellness Account or a Retirement Savings Plan. Additional coverage through an enhanced health and dental plan or optional life insurance is also available. Employees can also take advantage of our Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) to which the company will contribute up to 5% of their basic salary. Access to Telemedecine, Expert Medical Opinion and the Employee & Family Assistance Program are other benefits we are pleased to offer to our employees.

Salary Pay Transparency

Compensation for the role will be commensurate with experience. The total expected compensation range will be between $125000 and $145000, representing the base salary (or annualized salary based on estimated hourly compensation) and target bonus.

Dassault Systèmes is a catalyst for human progress. We provide business and people with collaborative virtual environments to imagine sustainable innovations. By creating virtual twin experiences of the real world with our 3DEXPERIENCE platform and applications, we bring value to more than 350,000 customers of all sizes, in all industries, in more than 150 countries. Join our global community of more than 23,800 passionate individuals!

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