Project, Program Manager

Date Posted: 01/14/2026

Hiring Organization: Rose International

Position Number: 495642

Industry: Software

Job Title: Project, Program Manager

Job Location: Toronto, ON, Canada, M5G 1M1

Work Model: Hybrid

Work Model Details: Tuesday, Wednesday

Shift: 9-5

Employment Type: Temporary

FT/PT: Full-Time

Estimated Duration (In months): 7

Min Hourly Rate($): 70.00

Max Hourly Rate($): 78.62

Must Have Skills/Attributes: Analytical Skills, Communications, Program management

Experience Desired: Technical Program Management (8+ yrs); HR, People, Talent, or related corporate functions. (8 yrs)

**C2C is not available**

Job Description
What You Bring

• Proven experience leading large-scale transformation or operating model programs within HR, People, Talent, or related corporate functions.
• Ability to bring order to ambiguity—designing structure, process, and clarity where none exists.
• Exceptional program management, stakeholder alignment, and communication skills.
• Comfort operating at senior levels while also diving into details when needed.
• Experience managing external consulting partners highly preferred.
• Strong analytical and systems-thinking capabilities with an eye for interdependencies and downstream impacts.

Description

• Technical tools/applications you would like the candidates to be proficient with. Airtable would be ideal, but not required
• 3 "must haves" on the resume: Experience in HR, Project/Program Management, and partnering with executives
• Minimum years of experience: 8

We are seeking a seasoned PPL Transformation Project/Program Manager to support the PPL organization during a period of significant organizational redesign and operating model evolution. This role will partner closely with the CPO's Chief of Staff to drive execution, cohesion, and alignment across multiple high-stakes transformation workstreams, ensuring we modernize how PPL operates, serves employees, and delivers impact at scale.

This leader will bring structure, rigor, visibility, and connective tissue across workstreams, enabling strategic decision-making and consistent delivery in a complex, fast-moving environment.

Sample Scope

Transformation Portfolio Management & Governance

• Build and maintain a unified transformation portfolio dashboard capturing milestones, risks, interdependencies, and KPIs across all workstreams.
• Establish portfolio governance routines to ensure consistent visibility, prioritization, and decision-making.
• Ensure alignment between PPL's operating model evolution, CPO priorities, and enterprise-level initiatives.
• Develop templates, standards, and reporting tools that drive clarity, accountability, and disciplined execution.

Workstream Leadership Support & Delivery

• Ensure all related PPL Transformation programs are anchored around AI-tech enabled automation opportunities.
• Partner with an external consultancy to program manage efforts to streamline friction points, handoff gaps and work flows between COEs, PBPs, and internal PPL teams.
• Coordinate deliverables, align work outputs, and ensure decisions and designs are integrated into the broader PPL operating model.
• Ensure engagement model recommendations integrate seamlessly across workstreams and other transformation components.

General Delivery Support

• Partner with workstream leads to define success metrics, structure plans, and manage cross-functional dependencies.
• Run working sessions, sprint planning, retros, and risk/issue resolution for workstreams requiring deeper PM support.
• Proactively identify blockers and drive escalation through the transformation governance model.

Stakeholder Alignment, Communications & Change Readiness

• Maintain a consistent operating rhythm between the Chief of Staff, PPL LT, COEs, and consultants.
• Support the development of executive updates, business reviews, and communications for senior audiences.
• Track adoption, change readiness, and business impacts across workstreams to ensure smooth integration and sustainable outcomes.
• **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**
• **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client's business needs and requirements.**

Benefits
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Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.
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