Project Director, Major Infrastructure Delivery

Project Director, Major Infrastructure DeliveryLocation: Montreal, Québec, CA, H2Z 0C2
At Alto, we are actively contributing to the transformation of Canada's future with our high-speed train project connecting Quebec City and Toronto. With the support of the Government of Canada, this innovative project aims to improve the quality of life of our citizens, strengthen ties between communities and stimulate economic growth.
Would you like to take on a stimulating, high-impact challenge? We are looking for a Projet Director, Major Infrastructure Delivery.
The roleReporting to the Vice President, Strategic Procurement, the Project Director serves as Alto’s main point of accountability for the successful delivery of assigned work packages within one of Canada’s most significant infrastructure projects.
The Project Director provides end-to-end Alto leadership across a portfolio of complex and interdependent work packages, ensuring that scope, schedule, cost, quality, risks, interfaces, and contractual commitments are effectively managed by Cadence. The Project Director ensures Alto’s scope of work is delivered in line with contractual obligations, more specifically with respect to land acquisitions, permitting, stakeholders agreements, community benefits and indigenous content. Working through a matrix structure, the incumbent mobilizes multidisciplinary teams, aligns internal and external stakeholders, enables timely decision-making, and addresses issues that could affect project outcomes.
At the core of the role is a highly results-driven mandate focused on achieving outcomes rather than managing activities. Success requires sound judgment, political and organizational acumen, constructive assertiveness, and the ability to build trusted relationships while maintaining clear accountability for delivery.
Delivery accountability
Serve as Alto’s primary internal point of accountability for assigned work packages, ensuring delivery against approved scope, schedule, budget, risk, and contractual requirements.
Provide end-to-end leadership across the work package lifecycle, establishing clear priorities, milestones, accountabilities, and performance expectations.
Maintain an integrated view of performance, dependencies, risks, and emerging issues, ensuring timely mitigation and corrective action.
Exercise sound judgment in determining when to escape issues or decisions to protect delivery commitments and contractual obligations.
Execution and matrix leadership
Mobilize and lead multidisciplinary teams across technical, commercial, procurement, legal, finance, and other relevant functions.
Create alignment around shared outcomes, clarify roles and decision rights, and hold contributors and partners accountable for their commitments.
Foster a professional, respectful, and collaborative environment while demonstrating the assertiveness required to maintain execution momentum.
Build trusted relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders, navigating differing priorities with diplomacy, political acumen, and sound judgment.
Governance and executive communication
Establish effective governance, communication, escalation, and decision-making mechanisms for assigned work packages between Alto and Cadence.
Provide clear, timely, and decision-oriented reports on progress, financial performance, risks, dependencies, and key issues.
Present complex information, options, and recommendations to the executive committee and governance bodies.
Ensure key decisions, commitments, changes, risks, and accountabilities are appropriately documented, communicated, and followed through.
The requirements
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, project or construction management, business administration, or another relevant discipline. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
Minimum of fifteen (15) years of progressively responsible experience leading complex projects or major work packages.
Significant experience in large-scale infrastructure, transportation, rail, construction, or engineering projects is required.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent, an asset.
Proven ability to lead through influence and mobilize multidisciplinary teams in a complex matrix environment.
Strong political and organizational acumen, with the ability to build alignment and navigate competing stakeholder priorities.
Results-driven and solutions-oriented, with sound judgment and the ability to make timely decisions in complex or ambiguous situations.
Strong communication, negotiation, facilitation, and conflict-resolution skills, including the ability to influence and