Delivery Director

Toronto, ON
On-site
Posted Nov 7, 2026
1 position

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: 15+ years
Minimum education: College diploma
Posting language: English

Job summary

Lead readiness planning, governance, safety assurance, risk management, and delivery oversight across the Stations project portfolio. Support commercial matters and stakeholder engagement while guiding projects through readiness, handover, and transition phases.

Job details

SYSTRA Canada is part of the SYSTRA group, an international consulting and engineering group, a world leader in the design of transport infrastructures. SYSTRA Canada is an engineering and consulting firm whose primary focus is to offer transportation solutions, whether for passengers or goods: feasibility studies of building a new railway line, increasing the capacity of the existing infrastructure, privatization of a railway. Understand better who we are by visiting www.systracanada.com. Context The Delivery Director will provide senior leadership across a portfolio of stations projects for the SCT-Stations team. The role will be responsible for coordinating and overseeing project readiness, governance, safety assurance and strategic delivery activities across the portfolio. Missions/Main Duties Leading MTC readiness planning and implementation activities across the Stations Portfolio. Ensuring governance, reporting and decision-making processes are aligned with IDPC requirements. Providing oversight of safety assurance tracking, action management and close-out activities across the portfolio. Supporting commercial negotiations, commercial issue resolution and contract-related matters as required. Working with project teams, functional leads and stakeholders to identify and mitigate delivery risks. Supporting portfolio performance management, reporting and delivery assurance activities. Engaging with Metrolinx, delivery partners, contractors and other stakeholders to support successful project outcomes. Providing strategic leadership and support across the portfolio during readiness, handover and transition phases. Profile/Skills Degree or diploma in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management or a related discipline. Minimum 15 years' experience delivering major infrastructure, transportation, rail, transit or complex capital programmes. Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary teams across large and complex project portfolios. Significant experience in project governance, risk management, programme controls and stakeholder management. Experience managing readiness, assurance, commissioning, handover or operational transition activities. Experience supporting commercial negotiations, contract administration and issue resolution. Strong understanding of public sector governance and major capital project delivery environments. Excellent communication, leadership and stakeholder management skills. SYSTRA Canada is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that values applications from all and offers employment equity based on the merits and abilities of candidates and personnel. Note: In this description, the masculine gender is used for easy reading purposes and includes the feminine. We use AI-enabled tools in our recruitment platform (iCIMS) for tasks like resume parsing and candidate matching. These tools do not make hiring decisions; all applications are reviewed by a human recruiter, and final decisions are made by our hiring team. For questions about our hiring process or AI tools, please contact [email protected]. Workplace Type On-site

What you’ll do

Requirements

Requires a degree or diploma in engineering, construction management, project management, or a related discipline, along with at least 15 years of experience delivering major infrastructure or complex capital programmes. Candidates should have experience leading multidisciplinary portfolios and expertise in governance, risk, programme controls, readiness and assurance, commercial matters, and stakeholder management.