Vice President, Project Delivery
Top Benefits
About the role
Infrastructure Ontario (IO), an Ontario crown corporation, provides a wide range of services to support the Ontario government’s initiative to modernize and maximize the value of public infrastructure and realty. IO has been recognized domestically and internationally for the way it does business and the success it has had with its major projects, real estate services, infrastructure lending, commercial projects, and development mandate. IO delivers some of the most complex, ambitious commercial and land development solutions for the Province and continues to evolve and expand its capabilities to maximize its public impact and deliver on its vision of creating a connected, modern and competitive Ontario.
Position Purpose
The Vice President, Project Delivery provides executive level accountability for the end to end delivery of a high profile, multi project design and construction portfolio within our complex infrastructure programs. This role is accountable for portfolio level outcomes including budget, schedule, risk, quality, and integration across multiple concurrent projects and delivery partners. The position represents the organization with executive leadership and government clients, providing best advice to deliver the best value for money
What You Will Do:
- Provide portfolio level oversight and accountability for the coordinated delivery of multiple, concurrent design and construction projects within a constrained and complex site environment, ensuring alignment, sequencing, and integration across all interfaces.
- Maintain accountability for budget, schedule, quality, and performance outcomes, making informed trade off resolutions to manage emerging risks and issues while protecting overall program objectives.
- Coordinate, influence, and manage multidisciplinary project delivery teams, including Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, and project staff, with approval level accountability for staffing decisions, performance conversations, and capability development.
- Identify, examine, and address portfolio level risks such as market volatility, inflationary pressures, procurement challenges, supply chain disruptions, and trade impacts, implementing mitigation approaches aligned with organizational frameworks.
- Act as the primary executive leading the development of early project planning and commercial delivery approaches to support government direction by senior government partners and project approvals.
- Act as the primary executive interface for Design and Construction, presenting briefings and influencing outcomes with executive leadership and senior government partners on complex matters.
- Guide the application of consistent governance, controls, and assurance practices across projects to ensure compliance with quality standards, contractual obligations, and legislative requirements.
- Collaborate with internal teams and external advisors to resolve complex commercial, contractual, and delivery related matters and to advance portfolio wide performance.
What We Are Looking For:
- Significant experience delivering large scale, complex infrastructure or capital programs with portfolio level accountability for cost, schedule, quality, and risk outcomes.
- Extensive experience providing executive level oversight of multi project design and construction environments, including integration across multiple delivery partners and interfaces.
- Demonstrated capability influencing outcomes with executive leadership and government clients in complex environments.
- Extensive experience guiding and coordinating managers of managers, setting priorities, and establishing delivery expectations across large multidisciplinary teams.
- Advanced capability in commercial, financial, and risk management, including addressing market pressures and implementing mitigation strategies across complex delivery portfolios.
- Professional learning and development in areas such as infrastructure delivery, engineering, architecture, commerce, business, economics, project management, or related fields, supported by relevant certifications or credentials (e.g., PMP, P.Eng., OAA or equivalent).
What We Offer
- Commitment to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture that promotes a sense of belonging and represents and reflects the needs of the communities we serve.
- A defined contribution pension plan, where IO contributes the equivalent of 5% of a full-time employee’s annual salary, with an option for IO to match an additional 5% contribution made by the employee. IO also offers a Group Retirement Savings Plan and Group Tax Free Savings Account, designed to help IO colleagues plan and save for their future.
- A comprehensive package that covers health, dental, vision, out-of-country care, paramedical services, and more.
- A pregnancy and parental leave program that offers expecting, eligible employees a top-up to 95% of their annual base salary for 31 weeks, and our parental leave program offers eligible employees a top-up to 95% of their annual base salary for 15 weeks.
- Access to our $2500 Healthcare Spending Account to top up expenses not covered in the benefits program and a Lifestyle Account that expands the eligibility of health and wellness options and can include coverage for gym memberships and fitness equipment, nutrition counselling or financial planning.
- Support for professional development opportunities for all colleagues through a broad range of learning programs that include in-person and online training, leadership development, and support for colleagues’ well-being. IO will also cover the costs associated with up to two membership and license fees per year for eligible colleagues if directly related to the employee’s role.
- Access to a suite of virtual healthcare options to support non-urgent medical needs
- A convenient, central location at 1 Dundas St West, easily accessible by public transit.
This posting will close on Friday May 1st, 2026 12:00 pm.
The hiring range for this position is $180,000 - $210,000 a corresponding job level of PM6
The exact compensation will align based on the skills, knowledge and experience of the candidate.
After reviewing the qualifications listed above, we want you to know that we understand you may not meet all the qualifications described, but still encourage you to apply, as you may have other relevant expertise and experience that you can bring to the role.
At Infrastructure Ontario, we strive to create a culture that encourages a diverse equitable and inclusive environment that fosters belonging. We believe that experience comes in many forms and through learning from each others’ differences and perspectives gives us strength. We are committed to enhancing our culture and encourage applications from all walks of life. Let us know if you require any accommodations for the selection process, by contacting the Talent Acquisition Team.
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience will be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.
At Infrastructure Ontario, we use AI in our applicant tracking system to improve the efficiency and fairness of recruitment. Your application will be reviewed by both AI and our hiring team for a thorough evaluation. Please note that final hiring decisions are made solely by our experienced hiring team.
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About Infrastructure Ontario
Infrastructure Ontario (IO) is a world class agency that creates value out of the public assets of the province, to build a connected and competitive Ontario. Everything we do is grounded in the idea that if we work with partners in both the public and private sectors, we can create value for taxpayers in ways that others can’t.
We are known for our execution. We bring a seamless “one-stop shop” perspective to turning government decisions into actions, through a range of contracting/commercial models. We take an enterprise-wide view to effectively provide leadership on assets and programs over their full lifecycle.
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Infrastructure Ontario (IO) est un organisme de classe mondiale qui crée de la valeur à partir des biens publics de la province afin de bâtir un Ontario connecté et compétitif. Tout ce que nous faisons est fondé sur l’idée que si nous travaillons avec des partenaires des secteurs public et privé, nous pouvons créer de la valeur pour les contribuables d’une façon que d’autres ne peuvent pas faire.
Nous sommes connus pour notre exécution. Nous apportons une perspective intégrée de « guichet unique » pour transformer les décisions du gouvernement en actions, au moyen d’un éventail de modèles contractuels/commerciaux. Nous adoptons une vision à l’échelle de l’organisation afin de fournir un leadership efficace sur les actifs et les programmes tout au long de leur cycle de vie.
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Vice President, Project Delivery
Top Benefits
About the role
Infrastructure Ontario (IO), an Ontario crown corporation, provides a wide range of services to support the Ontario government’s initiative to modernize and maximize the value of public infrastructure and realty. IO has been recognized domestically and internationally for the way it does business and the success it has had with its major projects, real estate services, infrastructure lending, commercial projects, and development mandate. IO delivers some of the most complex, ambitious commercial and land development solutions for the Province and continues to evolve and expand its capabilities to maximize its public impact and deliver on its vision of creating a connected, modern and competitive Ontario.
Position Purpose
The Vice President, Project Delivery provides executive level accountability for the end to end delivery of a high profile, multi project design and construction portfolio within our complex infrastructure programs. This role is accountable for portfolio level outcomes including budget, schedule, risk, quality, and integration across multiple concurrent projects and delivery partners. The position represents the organization with executive leadership and government clients, providing best advice to deliver the best value for money
What You Will Do:
- Provide portfolio level oversight and accountability for the coordinated delivery of multiple, concurrent design and construction projects within a constrained and complex site environment, ensuring alignment, sequencing, and integration across all interfaces.
- Maintain accountability for budget, schedule, quality, and performance outcomes, making informed trade off resolutions to manage emerging risks and issues while protecting overall program objectives.
- Coordinate, influence, and manage multidisciplinary project delivery teams, including Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, and project staff, with approval level accountability for staffing decisions, performance conversations, and capability development.
- Identify, examine, and address portfolio level risks such as market volatility, inflationary pressures, procurement challenges, supply chain disruptions, and trade impacts, implementing mitigation approaches aligned with organizational frameworks.
- Act as the primary executive leading the development of early project planning and commercial delivery approaches to support government direction by senior government partners and project approvals.
- Act as the primary executive interface for Design and Construction, presenting briefings and influencing outcomes with executive leadership and senior government partners on complex matters.
- Guide the application of consistent governance, controls, and assurance practices across projects to ensure compliance with quality standards, contractual obligations, and legislative requirements.
- Collaborate with internal teams and external advisors to resolve complex commercial, contractual, and delivery related matters and to advance portfolio wide performance.
What We Are Looking For:
- Significant experience delivering large scale, complex infrastructure or capital programs with portfolio level accountability for cost, schedule, quality, and risk outcomes.
- Extensive experience providing executive level oversight of multi project design and construction environments, including integration across multiple delivery partners and interfaces.
- Demonstrated capability influencing outcomes with executive leadership and government clients in complex environments.
- Extensive experience guiding and coordinating managers of managers, setting priorities, and establishing delivery expectations across large multidisciplinary teams.
- Advanced capability in commercial, financial, and risk management, including addressing market pressures and implementing mitigation strategies across complex delivery portfolios.
- Professional learning and development in areas such as infrastructure delivery, engineering, architecture, commerce, business, economics, project management, or related fields, supported by relevant certifications or credentials (e.g., PMP, P.Eng., OAA or equivalent).
What We Offer
- Commitment to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture that promotes a sense of belonging and represents and reflects the needs of the communities we serve.
- A defined contribution pension plan, where IO contributes the equivalent of 5% of a full-time employee’s annual salary, with an option for IO to match an additional 5% contribution made by the employee. IO also offers a Group Retirement Savings Plan and Group Tax Free Savings Account, designed to help IO colleagues plan and save for their future.
- A comprehensive package that covers health, dental, vision, out-of-country care, paramedical services, and more.
- A pregnancy and parental leave program that offers expecting, eligible employees a top-up to 95% of their annual base salary for 31 weeks, and our parental leave program offers eligible employees a top-up to 95% of their annual base salary for 15 weeks.
- Access to our $2500 Healthcare Spending Account to top up expenses not covered in the benefits program and a Lifestyle Account that expands the eligibility of health and wellness options and can include coverage for gym memberships and fitness equipment, nutrition counselling or financial planning.
- Support for professional development opportunities for all colleagues through a broad range of learning programs that include in-person and online training, leadership development, and support for colleagues’ well-being. IO will also cover the costs associated with up to two membership and license fees per year for eligible colleagues if directly related to the employee’s role.
- Access to a suite of virtual healthcare options to support non-urgent medical needs
- A convenient, central location at 1 Dundas St West, easily accessible by public transit.
This posting will close on Friday May 1st, 2026 12:00 pm.
The hiring range for this position is $180,000 - $210,000 a corresponding job level of PM6
The exact compensation will align based on the skills, knowledge and experience of the candidate.
After reviewing the qualifications listed above, we want you to know that we understand you may not meet all the qualifications described, but still encourage you to apply, as you may have other relevant expertise and experience that you can bring to the role.
At Infrastructure Ontario, we strive to create a culture that encourages a diverse equitable and inclusive environment that fosters belonging. We believe that experience comes in many forms and through learning from each others’ differences and perspectives gives us strength. We are committed to enhancing our culture and encourage applications from all walks of life. Let us know if you require any accommodations for the selection process, by contacting the Talent Acquisition Team.
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience will be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.
At Infrastructure Ontario, we use AI in our applicant tracking system to improve the efficiency and fairness of recruitment. Your application will be reviewed by both AI and our hiring team for a thorough evaluation. Please note that final hiring decisions are made solely by our experienced hiring team.
Not the right fit? Search for Vice President, Project Delivery jobs in Toronto, ON
About Infrastructure Ontario
Infrastructure Ontario (IO) is a world class agency that creates value out of the public assets of the province, to build a connected and competitive Ontario. Everything we do is grounded in the idea that if we work with partners in both the public and private sectors, we can create value for taxpayers in ways that others can’t.
We are known for our execution. We bring a seamless “one-stop shop” perspective to turning government decisions into actions, through a range of contracting/commercial models. We take an enterprise-wide view to effectively provide leadership on assets and programs over their full lifecycle.
--
Infrastructure Ontario (IO) est un organisme de classe mondiale qui crée de la valeur à partir des biens publics de la province afin de bâtir un Ontario connecté et compétitif. Tout ce que nous faisons est fondé sur l’idée que si nous travaillons avec des partenaires des secteurs public et privé, nous pouvons créer de la valeur pour les contribuables d’une façon que d’autres ne peuvent pas faire.
Nous sommes connus pour notre exécution. Nous apportons une perspective intégrée de « guichet unique » pour transformer les décisions du gouvernement en actions, au moyen d’un éventail de modèles contractuels/commerciaux. Nous adoptons une vision à l’échelle de l’organisation afin de fournir un leadership efficace sur les actifs et les programmes tout au long de leur cycle de vie.