Our Client is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager / Leader to oversee complex Audio-Visual (AV), Videoconferencing, Telecommunications, and IT Infrastructure projects within the Ontario Public Sector.
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience managing enterprise-level AV and IT deployments, coordinating technical teams and vendors, overseeing procurement and budgets, and delivering projects from initiation through implementation, testing, commissioning, and final handover.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead medium to large-scale AV, videoconferencing, telecommunications, and IT infrastructure projects across multiple business units and facilities.
- Develop project charters, project plans, schedules, work breakdown structures (WBS), budgets, risk assessments, and communication plans.
- Manage project scope, timelines, resources, deliverables, and financial performance.
- Coordinate AV system design, facility requirements, network infrastructure, VoIP, video, voice, and data communication solutions.
- Oversee procurement of AV equipment, software, hardware, IP circuits, bandwidth, and related IT services.
- Manage vendors, contractors, technical specialists, construction trades, and internal project teams.
- Review and approve functional designs, technical drawings, graphical user interfaces (GUI), and implementation documentation.
- Coordinate site readiness assessments, equipment delivery, installation, integration, and system configuration.
- Develop and execute testing strategies, including quality assurance, functional testing, system testing, and user acceptance.
- Lead commissioning activities, client demonstrations, operational handovers, and formal sign-offs.
- Ensure vendors deliver complete technical documentation, including as-built drawings, system inventories, configurations, manuals, and close-out packages.
- Develop change management, training, user adoption, and stakeholder communication plans.
- Identify project risks, resolve technical issues, manage change requests, and escalate critical decisions to project sponsors.
- Prepare business cases, executive presentations, proposals, financial reports, and project status updates.
- Conduct lessons-learned sessions and ensure successful project closure.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 10 years of project management experience, preferably delivering complex enterprise IT and infrastructure projects.
- Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience with audio-visual and videoconferencing technologies.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise AV systems, unified communications, VoIP, telecommunications, network infrastructure, and video conferencing platforms.
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent technical projects from planning through commissioning.
- Experience coordinating AV installations, facility construction activities, network readiness, and system integration.
- Strong understanding of AV deployment standards, technical specifications, system architecture, and quality assurance practices.
- Experience managing project budgets, financial forecasts, vendor procurement, contract negotiations, and resource allocation.
- Knowledge of IT security, high-availability infrastructure, cloud technologies, and enterprise architecture principles.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional technical teams, external vendors, contractors, and stakeholders.
- Strong risk management, change management, stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, Outlook, and project reporting tools.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive reporting and business case development.
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous experience delivering projects for the Ontario Public Service (OPS), Government of Ontario, or Justice Sector.
- Experience working on multi-ministry or large-scale public-sector technology initiatives.
- Familiarity with public-sector procurement, governance, security, and compliance requirements.
- Experience preparing Treasury Board or Management Board submissions.
