Senior Technical Project Manager

Global Technical Talent, an Inc. 5000 Company; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 137,760 - 158,424; Full time

Job summary

Global Technical Talent, Toronto, is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of Azure cloud application initiatives, including a Windows upgrade to modern platforms. You will ensure deliverables meet business requirements on time, scope, and budget, while driving cost-efficiency and adherence to OPS methodologies.

The role collaborates with developers, analysts, architects, and vendors, guiding cross-functional teams through governance, sprints, and risk mitigation

Qualifications

• Experience leading Azure cloud application projects end-to-end.
• Experience managing timelines, scope, risks, and quality across multiple workstreams.
• Ability to promote best practices and adhere to standard methodologies.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams including developers, analysts, architects, and vendors.
• Experience aligning projects with OPS project management methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of Azure cloud application projects, managing timelines, scope, risks, and quality across multiple workstreams.
• Coordinate cross-functional technical teams including developers, business analysts, architects, and vendors to ensure successful solution delivery.
• Partner with business and operational stakeholders to translate requirements into actionable technical plans and drive alignment across teams.
• Oversee project governance, sprint execution, stakeholder communications, and issue resolution while ensuring adherence to cloud, security, and enterprise standards.
• Ensure project deliverables meet business requirements on time, scope, and budget, with a focus on cost-effectiveness, efficiencies, and compliance with OPS project management methodologies and frameworks.

Skills

Manage project schedule

Forecast costs & reporting

Define schedules & scope

Promote PM best practices

Direct teams to standards

Coordinate processes & guidelines

Develop budgets across funding

Identify risks early

Escalate risks to executives

Create executive status reports

Job description

Onsite Flexibility: Hybrid — 3 days onsite / 2 days remote (subject to hiring manager's discretion)

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 6 months
• Pay Rate: $100.00–$115.00 / Hour (CAD)

Senior Technical Project Manager

Location: Toronto, ON

Onsite Flexibility: Hybrid — 3 days onsite / 2 days remote (subject to hiring manager's discretion)

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 6 months
• Pay Rate: $100.00–$115.00 / Hour (CAD)

Job Summary

This is a senior-level Project Manager/Leader role focused on leading end-to-end delivery of Azure cloud application projects, including a key deliverable of a Windows upgrade to 2019/2022 platforms. The successful candidate will ensure project deliverables meet business requirements on time, scope, and budget, with a focus on cost-effectiveness, efficiencies, and compliance with OPS project management methodologies and frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of Azure cloud application projects, managing timelines, scope, risks, and quality across multiple workstreams.
• Coordinate and guide cross-functional technical teams including developers, business analysts, architects, and vendors to ensure successful solution delivery.
• Partner with business and operational stakeholders to translate requirements into actionable technical plans and drive alignment across teams.
• Oversee project governance, sprint execution, stakeholder communications, and issue resolution while ensuring adherence to cloud, security, and enterprise standards.
• Ensure project deliverables meet business requirements on time, scope, and budget, with a focus on cost-effectiveness, efficiencies, and compliance with OPS project management methodologies and frameworks.

Required Skills

1. Manage detailed project schedule. 2. Ability to monitor and forecast project costs and provide reporting and input to ensure targets are met. 3. Experience developing and managing project schedules, deliverables, and scope. 4. Ability to promote I&IT project management best practices and adherence to standard methodologies. 5. Demonstrated experience directing project teams to ensure project deliverables are delivered on time and adhere to government and ministry standards. 6. Extensive experience coordinating and monitoring project processes, and developing/communicating guidelines and procedures. 7. Develops complex project budgets based on multiple funding channels and cross-ministry dependencies; effectively manages large budgets. 8. Proactively identifies potential risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed. 9. Articulates and prioritizes issues and risks at senior executive levels and recommends mitigation strategies for decision makers. 10. Creates status reports for executive reporting.

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge and understanding of Project Management; PMP desired but not mandatory.
• Public Sector experience (nice to have).

Required Experience

• 8 years of experience leading end-to-end delivery of Azure cloud application projects, managing timelines, scope, risks, and quality across multiple workstreams.
• 8 years of experience coordinating and guiding cross-functional technical teams including developers, business analysts, architects, and vendors to ensure successful solution delivery.
• 8 years of experience overseeing project governance, sprint execution, stakeholder communications, and issue resolution while ensuring adherence to cloud, security, and enterprise standards.

About the Client

This organization embraces a mission-driven, sustainability-focused ethos, aiming to deliver integrated transit that enriches regional prosperity and quality of life. It emphasizes values like “serve with passion,” “think forward,” and “play as a team,” reflecting a culture built around collaboration, innovation, and shared purpose. Rooted in equity, diversity, and inclusion, the organization strives to create inclusive, supportive environments—for staff, customers, and communities—through ongoing EDI strategies and engagement initiatives

Job Number: 26-06298