Senior Project Manager

Symbiotic Group; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Symbiotic Group is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead planning, governance, and delivery for a large public-sector technology program in Toronto. Hybrid work arrangement and close collaboration with executives are expected.

The role emphasizes strategic leadership, risk management, stakeholder engagement, and cross-project coordination to ensure successful program outcomes and timely governance updates for senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in a senior leadership role managing large-scale, multi-year technology projects.
• Experience in government or public sector project/program management.
• Experience with executive governance cycles and briefing materials.
• Ability to manage interdependencies, risks, and stakeholder relationships.
• Strong communication and relationship management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage, oversee, track, and update large, complex projects, including schedules, risks, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Lead executive governance, reporting, and decision-support activities.
• Develop executive project status briefings and present updates to senior leadership.
• Coordinate integrated project reporting across multiple project teams and stakeholders.
• Develop detailed project plans identifying resource, timeline, and budget requirements.
• Synthesize project status, progress updates, and strategic recommendations for executive stakeholders.
• Present updates, recommendations, and risk mitigation strategies to governance and executive committees.

Skills

Senior leadership

Governance

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Executive reporting

Risk management

Cross-project coordination

Job description

Downtown Toronto (Central Bay Street), Canada | Posted on 08/24/2026

• City Downtown Toronto (Central Bay Street)
• Country Canada

Job Description

Position: Senior Project Manager

Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)

Job ID#: RQ11437

Duration: 5 Months

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager /Project Leader to lead the planning, governance, reporting, and deliverysupport activities for a large-scale public sector technology program. Thesuccessful candidate will provide strategic leadership, executive-levelreporting, risk management, stakeholder engagement, and cross-projectcoordination to support successful program outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage,oversee, track, and update large, complex projects, including schedules,risks, dependencies, and deliverables.
  
• Leadexecutive governance, reporting, and decision-support activities.
  
• Developexecutive project status briefings and present updates to seniorleadership.
  
• Coordinateintegrated project reporting across multiple project teams andstakeholders.
  
• Developdetailed project plans identifying resource, timeline, and budgetrequirements.
  
• Managethe monthly governance cycle, including information collection, analysis,review, and presentation materials.
  
• Synthesizeproject status, progress updates, and strategic recommendations forexecutive stakeholders.
  
• Managedeliverables and dependencies across multiple active projects.
  
• Identify,communicate, and manage project risks and issues while recommendingmitigation strategies.
  
• Buildstrong working relationships with project teams, leadership, andstakeholders.
  
• Developdashboards, reports, executive briefing materials, and governancecommittee presentations.
  
• Supportproject implementation planning, monitoring, and reporting activities.
  
• Developfinancial management materials and project-related communications asrequired.
  
• Coordinategovernance committee materials, meetings, attendance, and relateddocumentation.
  
• Presentupdates, recommendations, and risk mitigation strategies to variousgovernance and executive committees.
  

Qualifications

Required Experience

• Minimum5 years of experience in a senior leadership role managing large-scale,multi-year, complex technology projects.
  
• Minimum5 years of experience in project/program management within a government orpublic sector environment.
  
• Demonstratedexpertise across all phases of project management, including initiation,planning, execution, monitoring, and closeout.
  
• Experienceworking with senior government executives and decision-makers.
  
• Experienceleading executive governance cycles and the development of executivebriefing materials.
  
• Experiencemanaging complex project interdependencies, risks, and stakeholderrelationships.
  
• Provenability to develop strategic project plans, recommendations, and optionsanalyses.
  
• Experienceintegrating vendor commitments and tracking contractual deliverables.
  
• Experiencemaintaining project management artefacts such as plans, reports, briefingnotes, meeting minutes, and change requests.
  

Communication & Relationship Management

• Exceptionalwritten and verbal communication skills.
  
• Strongexecutive presentation and briefing development experience.
  
• Abilityto translate complex technical information into clear business language.
  
• Provenrelationship management, facilitation, consultation, and stakeholderengagement skills.
  
• Experienceproviding strategic advice on complex and high-profile initiatives.
  
• Abilityto communicate effectively with diverse audiences, including seniorexecutives.
  

Program Management Skills

• Stronggovernance and executive reporting experience.
  
• Expertisein strategic planning and coordination across multiple projects and teams.
  
• Experiencedeveloping recommendations and decision packages for executive committees.
  
• Strongplanning, organizational, and workload management capabilities.
  
• Abilityto manage high-priority deliverables in fast-paced environments.
  

Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills

• Abilityto identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues.
  
• Stronganalytical skills with the ability to evaluate options and recommendsolutions.
  
• Experiencesynthesizing technical, operational, financial, and stakeholderinformation into actionable insights.
  
• Abilityto support executive decision-making through data-driven analysis andreporting.
  

Additional Requirements

• Successfulcompletion of applicable security clearance requirements may be required.
  
• Experienceworking within large public sector organizations is highly preferred.
  
• Experienceworking with multiple stakeholders and governance structures is highlydesirable.
  

Knowledge Transfer Requirements

• Transfercompleted and in-progress deliverables, documentation, and projectartefacts.
  
• Sharemethodologies and processes used in developing deliverables.
  
• Transferstakeholder management tools, supporting analysis, and projectinformation.
  
• Provideknowledge-sharing sessions with project managers and team members.
  
• Supportongoing documentation and collaboration processes throughout the projectlifecycle.
  

About Symbiotic Digital.

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