Senior Project Manager, Government Solutions
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Role Overview
Archistar develops AI-powered technology for housing, urban planning, development approvals, and permitting.
The Senior Project Manager leads complex enterprise software implementations for municipal government customers across Canada and North America.
The role works across AI, government digital transformation, urban planning, housing policy, and enterprise SaaS delivery.
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Role Overview
Archistar develops AI-powered technology for housing, urban planning, development approvals, and permitting.
The Senior Project Manager leads complex enterprise software implementations for municipal government customers across Canada and North America.
The role works across AI, government digital transformation, urban planning, housing policy, and enterprise SaaS delivery.
Project Delivery and Governance
- Lead implementation projects from contract signature through go-live and post-implementation support.
- Own scope, timelines, milestones, budgets, risks, project plans, and delivery outcomes.
- Ensure delivery aligns with contractual commitments, customer expectations, and acceptance criteria.
- Monitor project performance and identify risks, blockers, and dependencies.
Customer and Stakeholder Management
- Act as the primary delivery contact for government customers and strategic partners.
- Build relationships with technical, operational, and executive stakeholders.
- Facilitate governance meetings, status updates, and executive reporting.
- Manage expectations and proactively resolve delivery issues and risks.
Cross-Functional Delivery
- Partner with Product, Engineering, and Technical teams to translate customer requirements into delivery plans.
- Coordinate internal and external stakeholders throughout implementation.
- Support deployment of AI-powered planning and permitting solutions.
Change and Adoption
- Drive stakeholder alignment, process redesign support, training coordination, and end-user adoption.
- Help customers navigate organizational and operational change from digital transformation initiatives.
Continuous Improvement
- Ensure milestones and customer acceptance criteria support invoicing and revenue recognition.
- Improve delivery frameworks, implementation methodologies, and operational processes.
- Manage multiple concurrent projects across Canada, Australia, and the United States.
Required Experience
- 8+ years in project management, implementation management, or program delivery in a customer-facing technology environment.
- Experience delivering enterprise SaaS, software implementation, or digital transformation projects.
- Experience managing complex stakeholder environments across teams and seniority levels.
- Strong understanding of Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery approaches.
- Strong communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, risk, timeline, and budget management skills.
- Experience working with technical, product, and engineering teams.
- Ability to manage concurrent projects across time zones and distributed teams.
Preferred Experience and Education
- Experience with Canadian municipal governments, public sector organizations, or regulated industries is preferred.
- Change management, digital transformation, GovTech, PropTech, urban planning, infrastructure, or smart city experience is preferred.
- Familiarity with MFIPPA, FIPPA, FOIP, or equivalent privacy frameworks is preferred.
- Knowledge of permitting, planning, development, or land-use processes is an asset.
- A relevant bachelor’s degree is preferred; project management certifications are highly regarded.
Workplace and Location
- The description contains conflicting workplace statements: an opening header says hybrid, while the location section says fully remote within Canada.
- The stated location is Remote — Canada, with occasional travel for customer meetings, conferences, and team collaboration.
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada.
Benefits and Culture
- The company describes meaningful work, AI technology, a collaborative global team, career development, competitive compensation, bonus opportunity, and comprehensive benefits.
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