Senior Project Manager

We are seeking a highly accomplished, seasoned Senior Project Manager – Transportation for a high-impact, long-term contract opportunity. In this role, you will lead the implementation of an advanced digital Yard Management platform designed to provide near real-time visibility into an urban bus fleet. This critical transit solution monitors electric bus (eBus) charge levels, operational range, physical location, and charging infrastructure, enabling dispatchers to manage garage operations through automated logic, business rules, and operator notifications.

As the project lead, you will manage all phases of the project lifecycle, ensuring the delivery of complex Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) components within scope, schedule, and approved budgets. This position demands an expert facilitator and strategic communicator capable of aligning cross-functional teams spanning corporate IT, transit operations, engineering, and multiple external vendors.

Location: Remote (with flexibility to attend on-site meetings based on project needs)

Contract Duration: 24 months

Schedule: Part-time (typically requiring 2 days/15 hours per week, with the flexibility to scale up to 35 hours per week as required)

Advantages
Long-Term Contract Stability: Secure a foundational 24-month engagement driving a cutting-edge green energy/sustainability transit initiative.

Enjoy a unique part-time structure (2 days/week) that respects your professional balance while offering the operational room to scale up to full-time hours as project milestones shift.

Remote Work Autonomy: Work primarily from the comfort of your remote office, connecting on-site only when specific physical rollout milestones require it.

Innovative Technical Domain: Pioneer modern smart-city solutions, directly managing technologies tied to eBus fleet electrification, real-time telemetry, and automated dispatch logic.

Responsibilities
End-to-End Project Governance: Lead comprehensive project management activities—including scope definition, schedule maintenance, budget control, resourcing, and communication lines—across all lifecycle phases.

Artifact & Framework Management: Develop, manage, and deliver all core project artifacts in strict compliance with established ITS Project Management Frameworks (WBS, resource plans, and bottom-up cost estimates).

Transit Platform Deployment: Oversee the technical integration and rollout of the digital Yard Management and eBus charging infrastructure platform.

Financial Strategy & Forecasting: Partner with executive leadership to manage financial forecasting, track project actuals, allocate resources, and handle complex funding portfolios.

Risk & Issue Mitigation: Conduct proactive risk and issue management, formulating robust mitigation strategies and building contingency plans for review during project gating activities.

Vendor & Matrix Leadership: Coordinate and manage multiple external technology vendors concurrently, while directing multidisciplinary internal teams within a functional matrix environment.

Stakeholder Engagement: Formulate and execute structured communication and stakeholder engagement plans, ensuring alignment from operational transit dispatchers to senior directors.

Rollout & Operational Support: Support live production operations, system troubleshooting, and the deployment of user training modules during the platform's multi-garage rollout.

PMO Alignment: Collaborate actively with the ITS PMO, participating in portfolio reviews, governance gates, and centralized budget processes.

Qualifications
Mandatory Requirements
Certification: Must hold a current, valid Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Transportation Tech Domain: 15+ years of progressive experience directly managing the technology and IT components of major transportation or transit projects.

Education: Post-secondary education in a related technical or business discipline.

Professional Experience & Skills
Complex Initiative Delivery: Proven track record of successfully delivering at least five (5) multi-year, highly complex, cross-functional initiatives.

Vendor & Matrix Management: Extensive experience concurrently managing multiple large vendors and directing multidisciplinary teams within a functional matrix structure.

Advanced Project Tooling: Advanced proficiency with MS Project / Project Online (POL) for developing and updating highly detailed, dependency-mapped project schedules.

Technical Ecosystems: Highly proficient with SharePoint as a document repository and the broader MS Office Suite.

Business & Legislative Acumen: Sound knowledge of business administration, financial tracking, and relevant regional frameworks (such as accessibility standards, safety legislation, and accommodation requirements for transit passengers and staff).

Communication & Facilitation: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to resolve highly complex issues and maintain trust across diverse stakeholder groups.

Summary
If you're interested in the Senior Project Manager – Transportation role based in Toronto, we encourage you to apply online at www.randstad.ca.

Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. We look forward to hearing from you!

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