Senior Technical Project​/Portfolio Manager

Job#: 3036437

Job Description:

Senior Technical Project / Portfolio Manager

Everforth - Apex Systems is a global IT services provider, and our Staffing practice has an opening in the Financial Industry for a Senior Technical Project/Portfolio Manager with strong experience creating a portfolio from scratch and delivery management experience to place at our client a large Canadian Bank.

Start date: ASAP.

Location: Toronto/ hybrid

In office: Monday, Tuesday and the 4th Friday of each month

Our client is seeking a Senior Technical Project / Portfolio Manager to step into a highly visible role supporting a growing book of work that has historically been managed through delivery teams without a formal portfolio management structure. This person will be responsible for building portfolio management discipline from the ground up while simultaneously driving active delivery across multiple initiatives.

This is not a traditional governance-only PM role. The ideal candidate is a hands‑on, technically fluent delivery leader who can bring structure, create transparency, drive prioritization, and proactively remove blockers across a complex portfolio of work. The right person will be comfortable operating in ambiguity, partnering with senior stakeholders, and balancing process with pragmatism.

Over the past several years, the team has primarily focused on smaller enhancements and BAU growth initiatives, with work managed through delivery teams and more junior project resources. As organizational demands have increased, the volume and complexity of incoming requests now exceed current team capacity.

This role has been created to:

• Establish a formal portfolio management function
• Bring structure and visibility across a growing body of work
• Support more effective leadership reporting and prioritization
• Ensure delivery teams are focused on the highest‑value initiatives
• Create a scalable model for intake, prioritization, execution, and resource planning

• Build and implement a portfolio management structure from the ground up for an existing multi‑year book of work
• Create clear visibility into all incoming and active initiatives, including:
  • current status
  • delivery progress
  • risks and blockers
  • target/requested dates
  • resource constraints
  • items that cannot yet be started
• Establish practical governance processes that improve decision‑making without creating unnecessary bureaucracy
• Facilitate trade‑off discussions around prioritization, sequencing, scope reduction, and deferral of lower‑value work
• Help determine when “gold‑plated” solutions should be scaled back to a more practical MVP approach

• Manage active initiatives across a portfolio of technical and business‑driven work
• Drive execution with a proactive delivery mindset, rather than relying solely on team‑reported updates
• Monitor timelines and milestones closely, identify slippage early, and intervene to address risks before they impact delivery
• Ask the right questions to understand why deadlines may be at risk, what blockers exist, and what support is needed to get work back on track
• Take ownership of unblocking teams and driving momentum across cross‑functional stakeholders

• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to clarify requests, refine requirements, and align on scope
• Lead prioritization conversations when competing initiatives are all presented as urgent
• Help stakeholders understand capacity limitations and make informed decisions around what is truly critical versus nice‑to‑have
• Build strong working relationships with leaders across technology, delivery, and the business to support effective planning and execution

• Prepare clear, concise, and actionable reporting for leadership
• Translate delivery information into meaningful portfolio‑level insights for senior stakeholders
• Communicate where initiatives are progressing well, where support is needed, and where risks or resourcing gaps may impact outcomes
• Provide a consolidated view of ongoing work to improve transparency and decision‑making