Senior Project Manager

Queen's Park Ontario Provincial Government, Canada | Posted on 07/30/2026

• Country Canada

Position: Senior Project Manager

Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid - 3 Days Onsite)

Job #: RQ11335

Duration: 8 Months

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead the planning, governance, and delivery of large-scale enterprise network security and cybersecurity initiatives. This role is responsible for driving strategic security programs, ensuring successful implementation of modern security architectures, operational excellence, and continuous improvement across enterprise environments.

The successful candidate will provide leadership and oversight for multiple concurrent cybersecurity and network security initiatives, including Secure Service Edge (SSE), Prisma Access, Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Web Application Firewall (WAF) implementations, firewall modernization, network security control enhancements, cloud security integration, and related security transformation programs.

This role requires close collaboration with business partners, technology teams, cybersecurity stakeholders, architects, operation steams, and vendors to ensure successful project execution, business adoption,operational readiness, and long-term supportability of solutions and services.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise IT & Cybersecurity Leadership

• Actas the senior program lead accountable for enterprise network security andsecure access portfolios.
• Provide strategic leadership and governance across multiple cybersecurityinitiatives.
• Drive adoption of Zero Trust and Security-by-Design principles.
• Buildand maintain relationships with executive sponsors, business leaders,architects, cybersecurity teams, and vendors.
• Chair governance forums, steering committees, and stakeholder working groups.
• Provide executive-level reporting on program health, risks, dependencies,financials, milestones, and outcomes.
• Champion project management, cybersecurity, and operational best practices.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives that enhance security posture,governance maturity, operational effectiveness, and service delivery.

Advanced Network Security Program Delivery

• Leadend-to-end delivery of enterprise-scale network security and cybersecurityinitiatives.
• Manage strategic programs including:
• Secure Service Edge (SSE)
• Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)
• Prisma Access Deployments
• Web Application Firewall (WAF) Implementations
• Next Generation Firewall Modernization
• Enterprise Network Security Control Enhancements
• Cloud Security Integration Projects
• Secure Remote Access and VPN Modernization Programs
• Gather business, operational, and technical requirements.
• Develop project roadmaps, schedules, resource plans, risk registers, and change control processes.
• Coordinate delivery activities across architecture, security engineering, cloud services, network operations, and vendor teams.
• Identify and mitigate delivery, implementation, operational, and security risks.
• Ensure successful transition into operations, including documentation, knowledge transfer, operational readiness, and service monitoring.
• Drive optimization opportunities across security technologies, processes, and service delivery models.

Project Management & Communication

• Facilitate workshops, planning sessions, requirements gathering, risk reviews, and decision-making forums.
• Establish project roles, responsibilities, deliverables, and performance expectations.
• Communicate complex technical and project information to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Build consensus among diverse stakeholder groups while balancing competing priorities.
• Manage risks, issues, conflicts, and dependencies through resolution.
• Support change management and business readiness activities.
• Deliver executive briefings, dashboards, presentations, and status reports.
• Ensure adherence to established project management standards, governance processes, and reporting requirements.

Required Qualifications

• 10+years of experience leading large-scale enterprise IT modernization andcybersecurity programs.
• Strong experience collaborating with business leaders, technology teams,cybersecurity stakeholders, and vendors.
• Proven record driving organizational change and continuous improvement initiatives.

Technical Expertise

• Strong knowledge of:
• Security governance
• Risk management
• Cloud security
• Zero Trust architectures
• Security-by-Design practices
• Secure Service Edge (SSE)
• Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)
• Prisma Access
• Secure Remote Access Solutions
• Web Application Firewalls (WAF)
• Firewall Modernization
• Cloud Security Integration
• Enterprise Security Control Enhancements
• Strong understanding of modern network security architectures, enterprise infrastructure, cloud environments, and security technologies.

Project Management

• Extensive experience managing large, complex, and high-risk technology initiatives.
• Project Planning
• Governance
• Scope Management
• Schedule Management
• Risk& Issue Management
• Executive Reporting
• Experience with Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.

Communication & Stakeholder Management

• Exceptional stakeholder…