Senior Project Manager Contract

Role : Sr. Project Manager (Contract)

Location : GTA (remote or hybrid options depending on project)

Contract Duration: ~ 6 months

Start Date: Immediate

Do you organize your pantry by colour and Scoville rating? Have a Kanban board at home? Are you always on top of the latest digital trends? We are a collaborative and lively team delivering real-world digital experiences, and we are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join us on a contract .

As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead the planning and delivery of digital projects and campaigns for some of our key clients. You will oversee multiple work streams, ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget, and to the highest standard of quality. You will work closely with Strategy, Creative, UX/UI, and Technology teams to bring complex initiatives to life, including initiatives involving enterprise design systems and scalable digital platforms .

Who You Are:

• You have a love for your craft
• Highly organized and detail oriented
• Strong desire to roll your sleeves up and get things done
• Ability to deal with uncertainty and take charge of difficult situations
• Strong team leadership skills (helping lead the team’s work)
• Strong communications skills (to leads, to juniors, to technologists, to creatives, etc.)

Responsibilities:

Planning

• Has a clear understanding of the client’s business needs, expectations and requirements and can apply them to a clearly defined project plan
• Recognize relationship and roadmap priorities, identifying optimal product/application features, key performance indicators, and measures of success -- while setting milestones to achieve their delivery and responding flexibly to change & evolving client needs

Execution

• Coordinates activities of the delivery team and has overall responsibility for quality output
• Manage a variety of project using either a traditional waterfall or agile methodology or blend of the two
• Performs timely review and approval of invoices and timesheets
• Leads the creation and delivery of all change requests required for active projects
• Ensure that the projects meets and exceeds the company’s internal project delivery standards

Monitoring – Scheduling and Financials

• Ensures adherence to processes for scope management and change control
• Responsible for accuracy and overall financial health throughout the project lifecycle including estimates, revenue forecasts, invoicing, payables, receivables, etc.

Client Communication

• Ensure accurate reporting and open communication with client
• Ensure risks and decisions are tracked and shared with the client on a regular basis

Qualifications:

• 6+ years of project management experience in digital, web and ideally mobile
• Solid understanding and practical experience of agile best practices is required
• Hands-on experience delivering projects that involve design systems
• Experience in working closely with Tech, Creative and UX teams
• Excellent understanding and performance of project delivery best practices including budget, scope and time management
• Expert knowledge of one or more of the following: software development life cycles, web/mobile technologies, web/mobile development processes and the delivery of solutions with creative and engineering components, digital strategy projects
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Preferably have a background or understanding of IT
• Ability to deal with uncertainty and take charge of difficult situations
• Strong team leadership skills (helping lead the team’s work)

About Havas CX:

We are a Digital Marketing and advertising agency. We are part of the larger Havas Group, one of the world's largest global communications groups based in France.

In Canada, Havas CX operates from its Toronto office, offering a full suite of services, creating meaningful experiences across the customer journey. With deep capabilities in business transformation, experience design, CRM, and technology, we partner with leading brands to deliver exceptional digital products and services across B2B and B2C markets.

We are deeply committed to investing in the professional development of our team members, providing ample opportunities to expand skills, take on diverse challenges, and contribute to high-impact projects. Our passion for what we do drives us. Joining our team means being part of a culture and organization that prioritizes growth, innovation, and the pursuit of excellence, not to mention you would make some pretty cool new friends!

Additional Information

This role represents an active vacancy at Havas. You will be joining a collaborative, growth-oriented environment where ideas are encouraged and career development is supported. The hourly range for this position is CAD $50-$75 with final compensation determined based on factors such as work location, skills, experience, and background.

Havas uses artificial intelligence-enabled tools to support certain aspects of the recruitment process. All hiring decisions are made by our recruiting and hiring teams.