Project Manager (Junior to Intermediate)

Who We Are

PLATO is Canada’s largest Indigenous-owned software testing and technology services company. For nearly 30 years, our expert teams have helped our clients deliver reliable products that users enjoy interacting with.

Our 100% Canada‑based team brings deep experience in QA, software testing, and IT services, along with a shared commitment to collaboration, mentorship, and continuous improvement. We’re a team that shows up for each other, whether that’s tackling complex client challenges or helping colleagues grow through coaching and knowledge‑sharing.

As Canada’s largest Indigenous‑owned software testing company, we’re proud of our roots and our mission to build a stronger, more inclusive technology workforce. At the same time, we warmly welcome applicants of all backgrounds and experiences who are passionate about quality, teamwork, and making an impact.

Contract Duration: Oct 6, 2026 to Mar 30, 2027

Security Clearance: Current Government of Canada Reliability or higher is required at time of application

Summary

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to support the planning, coordination, reporting, and governance of complex projects and programs. The successful candidate will manage integrated plans, track cross-stream dependencies, maintain governance artifacts, and provide accurate reporting to support project delivery and decision-making.

This role works closely with business stakeholders, technical teams, release leads, and project leadership to ensure effective coordination, risk management, and successful execution of project objectives.

Responsibilities

• Maintain integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, and delivery timelines across multiple workstreams.

• Identify, document, track, and support the resolution of cross-stream dependencies through the program dependency register.

• Perform dependency mapping and critical path analysis to identify schedule risks and support proactive issue resolution.

• Facilitate stakeholder discussions to resolve dependencies, risks, issues, and delivery challenges.

• Support the development and maintenance of project plans, work breakdown structures, and delivery schedules.

• Coordinate project meetings, workshops, and stakeholder engagements, ensuring actions and decisions are documented and tracked.

• Maintain project governance artifacts, including status reports, RAID logs, and decision registers.

• Collect, validate, and consolidate inputs from project teams to produce accurate and timely reporting for leadership and governance forums.

• Monitor project risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, and decisions, supporting mitigation and escalation activities as required.

• Prepare dashboards, executive reporting materials, meeting minutes, and governance documentation.

• Collaborate with business, technical, and vendor teams to track deliverables and support successful project execution.

Requirements

• Experience with Microsoft Project for developing and maintaining project schedules, integrated plans, milestones, and dependencies.

• Experience with Azure DevOps (ADO) for tracking work, delivery progress, dependencies, and project activities.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Teams, SharePoint and PowerPoint

• Advanced proficiency in Excel for project tracking, reporting, analysis, and status management.

• Experience producing status reports, including gathering and consolidating information from multiple teams into clear and concise reporting packages.

• Experience managing RAID logs, including tracking risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, actions, and owners.

• Experience maintaining decision registers, ensuring decisions are documented, communicated, and tracked to completion.

• Experience with dependency identification and mapping, including managing impacts across multiple workstreams.

• Experience maintaining integrated project plans and coordinating inputs from multiple stakeholders and delivery teams.

• Experience performing critical path analysis to identify and communicate schedule risks.

• Strong stakeholder facilitation and communication skills, with the ability to support cross-functional collaboration and dependency resolution.

Work With Us

At PLATO, we believe that great work happens when people feel supported, connected, and challenged in the right ways. You’ll be part of a collaborative environment where experienced professionals share knowledge, mentor others, and contribute to solving complex, real‑world client projects.

We are committed to inclusive hiring practices and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including women, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, and Indigenous peoples. If you require accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process, we’re here to support you.

PLATO respectfully acknowledges that we operate on treaty territories, unceded First Nations and Inuit territories, and within Métis homelands. We honour the long history of these lands and actively work toward reconciliation between Indigenous and non‑Indigenous peoples on Turtle Island.