Manager Project Managment

Mississauga, ON
On-site
Posted Oct 27, 2026
1 position

US$82,000–US$166,000 / year

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Senior · 5+ years
Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Seniority: Mid-Senior level

Job summary

Lead and develop project management team members while overseeing a portfolio of complex modernization and upgrade projects from sales transition and planning through execution, go-live, and closeout. Own portfolio financial performance, risk management, customer relationships, cross-functional coordination, and escalation resolution, while supporting follow-on business and continuous improvement.

Job details

__ We offer: What We Offer: Career Development Competitive Compensation and Benefits Pay Transparency Global Opportunities Learn More Here: https://www.dematic.com/en-us/about/careers/what-we-offer/ Dematic provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $82,000 - $166,000 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills. Tasks and Qualifications: What you will do in the role: Lead, coach, and develop project management team members, fostering a culture of inclusion, accountability, customer focus, and continuous improvement. Set clear expectations, manage performance, strengthen leadership capability, and support succession and career development for team members. Provide oversight for a portfolio of concurrent modernization and upgrade projects of varying scope and complexity, including controls, software, mechanical, electrical, installation, system upgrade, and capacity expansion workstreams. Ensure effective transition from Sales to Operations, including pre-contract support, estimating input, and leadership of project kickoff processes. Drive the development and execution of comprehensive project plans, including implementation, testing, acceptance, cutover, and go-live strategies. Act as the primary point of escalation for complex project, customer, financial, or technical issues, ensuring timely resolution. Ensure alignment and coordination across project management, software, controls, electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, installation, vendors, subcontractors, and integrator partners supporting project delivery. Own financial performance across the assigned project portfolio, including forecasting, revenue recognition, cost-to-complete, invoicing, cash flow, and profitability analysis. Establish and monitor project milestones, billable deliverables, and invoicing schedules. Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, ensuring proactive issue management and governance. Ensure accurate project closeout and turnover to service and support organizations. Serve as a customer interface, building trusted relationships and ensuring customer expectations are met or exceeded. Support identification of follow-on business opportunities in collaboration with sales and lifecycle services teams. Represent Project Management in strategic planning, operational reviews, customer reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives. Exceptional leadership, coaching, and stakeholder management skills. Strong customer focus with excellent verbal and written communication abilities. Advanced project and program management skills, including scope, schedule, cost, risk, and quality management. Ability to manage multiple complex initiatives simultaneously in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with attention to detail. What we are looking for: 5+ years of successful experience leading projects or project function, preferably in automation, logistics, manufacturing, lifecycle services, or large customer-dedicated portfolio environments. Proven experience managing large-scale project portfolios, and significant customer-facing revenue responsibility. Strong understanding of automation systems, controls architectures, and systems integration; solid working knowledge of industrial and enterprise software systems. Experience with schedule and change management, demonstrated leadership in safety excellence, permit and installation processes, material supply chains, contract administration, subcontractor management, and risk management. Proficiency with project management tools and MS Office; Microsoft Project or equivalent required. Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree in Business, Engineering, Construction Management, Computer Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience. PMP certification preferred but not required.

What you’ll do

Requirements

Requires at least five years of project or project-function leadership experience, preferably in automation, logistics, manufacturing, or lifecycle services, with experience managing large portfolios and customer-facing revenue. Candidates should have strong automation and systems integration knowledge, advanced project management and stakeholder skills, proficiency with Microsoft Project or equivalent, and a bachelor’s or advanced degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience; PMP certification is preferred.