Senior Project Manager ( CANADIAN CITIZENS ONLY)

Title: Senior Project Manager – Large / Complex Global Initiative

Location: Remote

Length: 12 Months+

At this time Canadian Citizens are encouraged to apply 

 

Primary Initiative

SourcetoPay (ProcureSmart) global implementation

One of the first “single global platform” rollouts Client has attempted at this scale

 

Integration into:

 

Local ERPs

Other thirdparty tools

Snowflake (minimum common integration)

 

The Senior PM is expected to:

 

Own overall program delivery

Endtoend planning, governance, roadmap management

Lead a highly matrixed team, including:

Internal business analysts

Integration architects

Enterprise / solution architects

Data engineers

External system vendor(s)

Manage global complexity

Multiple business units with different process maturity

Different existing system landscapes

Plan and govern change management

Acknowledged as a major risk area

Client does not have a formal change management practice

Structure the rollout

Sequencing entities by readiness / complexity

Ensuring global design activities are properly scoped and planned

What the Senior PM Is Not Expected to Do

 

Client was explicit on boundaries:

 

The PM is not required to design the futurestate processes

 

Process design will be owned by:

 

Internal procurement leadership

Business stakeholders

System vendors

 

The PM’s role is to:

 

Ensure design activities are planned, governed, and delivered

Keep senior leadership aligned and decisions moving

Experience Profile (Implied but Clear)

Prior large, global ERP or sourcetopay implementations

 

Comfortable with:

 

Executive and strong personalities

Global governance

Complex stakeholder environments

 

Strong in:

 

Program governance

Integrationheavy environments

Longrange planning

Geography: Canadabased preferred (especially for intermediate role)

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