Role: IT Project Manager
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)
Engagement: 6–12 month contract (potential for extension)
Eligibility: Must reside in Canada

Overview
Kyndryl is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to lead complex infrastructure, AI, R&D, design center, endpoint, and enterprise application initiatives. The ideal candidate will have experience managing secure technical environments, coordinating global teams, and driving project governance across multiple workstreams.
  
Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of IT infrastructure and enterprise technology projects.
• Manage design center, R&D, AI lab, and secure infrastructure initiatives.
• Drive enterprise application implementations and upgrades.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including IT, Engineering, Security, Facilities, Procurement, and Vendors.
• Develop and maintain project plans, master schedules, budgets, risk logs, and dependency tracking.
• Establish project governance including Jira management, Agile ceremonies, reporting, and RACI frameworks.
• Manage procurement activities, vendor engagements, and technology deployments.
• Ensure compliance with security, regulatory, and organizational standards.
• Provide stakeholder communications, executive reporting, and status updates.

Key Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering complex IT infrastructure and technology projects.
• Experience leading initiatives across R&D environments, design centers, AI programs, endpoint deployments, and enterprise applications.
• Strong project governance experience including:
  • Jira and Agile delivery management
  • Master schedule development
  • RACI creation and stakeholder management
  • Risk, issue, and dependency management
• Experience managing procurement, vendor relationships, contracts, and technology acquisitions.
• Experience delivering projects within secure infrastructure, laboratory, or engineering environments.
• Understanding of export control compliance, security requirements, and regulated environments.
• Technical fluency with:
  • Secure or isolated network environments
  • Linux endpoints
  • DevOps pipelines and release processes
  • Engineering and development toolchains
• Experience leading globally distributed teams and cross-tower initiatives.
• Strong communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.

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Please note this is for a contract position with one of our clients and not a full-time employment role with Kyndryl Canada.