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Role Overview:
Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities, and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We currently have a full-time opportunity for a Senior Project Manager. This role can be based out of our offices located in Mississauga; ON, Stellarton, NS
As a Senior Project Manager within our Transformation Management Office, reporting to the Director of Technology Transformation Management, you will operate with Project Director–level accountability. This includes leading large, complex initiatives with enterprise impact, providing executive decision support, and managing escalations beyond project execution. The role offers high visibility and requires strong influence with senior stakeholders, financial stewardship at scale, and a sharp focus on accountability and ROI across the portfolio.
What You’ll Focus On:
Project Support Model and Governance
- Develop governance frameworks and support models that ensure agility, adaptability, and alignment with strategic objectives.
- Lead initiation, planning, monitoring, execution, and closing of multiple complex projects simultaneously, with accountability for integrated outcomes across initiatives.
- Manage dependencies, sequencing, and cumulative risk across programs.
- Collaborate with Business Leads to create project charters, ensuring alignment with business objectives and scope.
- Define Critical Success Factors with stakeholders to ensure delivery on time, on budget, and within scope.
- Build detailed work packages by sequencing activities, estimating durations, and defining roles and responsibilities.
- Establish realistic deadlines, develop change management and communication plans, and manage project financials with a focus on forecast accuracy, cost control, and variance management.
- Drive milestone deliverables by maintaining clear plans, controlling timelines, and empowering teams to deliver.
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Elevate Strategic Business Partnership
- Position the TMO as a strategic business partner fully integrated into decision-making processes.
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, embedded in planning and decision forums, supporting trade-off decisions and enterprise priorities.
- Provide tailored project management solutions that drive measurable business outcomes.
Enforce Stakeholder Accountability and ROI Focus
- Build a culture of accountability by rigorously evaluating business cases and ensuring alignment with strategic priorities.
- Implement tracking mechanisms to monitor performance against defined metrics.
- Provide portfolio-level visibility into delivery health, risk, and value realization to support executive decision-making.
What You Have to Offer:
- Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 10+ years of project management experience, including at least 8 years leading complex, cross-functional programs.
- Proven ability to manage multi-million-dollar budgets with strong financial acumen, including forecasting, cost control, and variance management.
- Experience managing challenging stakeholders and influencing senior executives.
- Strong problem-solving agility using both traditional and innovative project management methodologies.
- Demonstrated ability to coach and develop team members while uplifting delivery capability across the enterprise.
- Executive presence and enterprise perspective, with the ability to operate confidently in high-visibility forums.
- Exposure to Digital Experience Platforms and Cybersecurity is an asset.
- PMP certification or MBA preferred.
- Bilingualism in English and French is considered an asset, as this role supports collaboration and implementation across multiple provinces and provides support to Sobeys employees nationwide.
Who we are
Sobeys is one of Canada’s leading grocery retailers, with more than 1,600 stores across all 10 provinces and banners including Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, and Lawtons Drug Stores. Our 128,000 teammates and franchise affiliates are passionate about delivering great food and exceptional experiences to our customers and communities.
Learn more about our story and culture:
Who We Are | Why Work With Us
Total Rewards
We offer a Total Rewards package designed to support teammates at work and in life. Depending on role and eligibility, teammates may receive health and dental benefits, retirement and savings programs including an Employee Share Ownership Plan, a 10% in-store discount at participating banners, virtual healthcare and an Employee and Family Assistance Program, learning and development opportunities, parental leave top-up, and paid vacation.
Sobeys is committed to providing a compensation structure that is flexible, equitable and competitive in the market to enable performance and growth. To learn more about this opportunity including the expected range of compensation in accordance with Pay Transparency Legislation where required please click the “I’m interested” or "Apply" button above. Individual compensation is determined based on qualifications, experience, and internal equity within the range provided.
Additional Information
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Sobeys is committed to creating accessible and inclusive hiring processes. We will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process.
Please note: Successful candidates will be required to provide documentation to prove their legal ability to work in the position during the onboarding process. Documentation will be assessed by the employer prior to commencement of work.
