Senior Project Manager - Healthcare

Colliers Project Leaders is a team committed to projects that make a difference in communities and for the people who live there.

We deliver capital project solutions that strengthen the built environment, partnering with our clients to bring critical infrastructure and complex building projects to life.

We’ve led over 20,000+ projects that:

• Make cities more livable
• Enhance workplaces
• Create spaces people want to return to
• Improve patient care
• Deliver clean drinking water
• Build a sustainable future

And so much more.

This is where you come in. We’re looking for people to join our team who are passionate about creating more sustainable, resilient and inclusive communities.

If this kind of work resonates with you, you’re in the right place

Your role

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager - Healthcare to join our Eastern Ontario team based in Ottawa!

In this role, we are looking for an experience Senior Project Manager who can act as a trusted advisor to our clients and have built strong, lasting relationships with senior leaders. You bring in-depth knowledge and have led and managed complex project teams from start to finish – on time and on budget. You have a wealth of experience leading major acute healthcare, long-term care and communication health projects with significant complexity. In addition to leading projects, your experience and drive will help position our team in the pursuit of upcoming capital health projects throughout the Atlantic.

• Provide strategic guidance throughout the planning, design and construction of healthcare capital projects while balancing operational, clinical and regulatory considerations.
• Understand and represent your clients’ best interests regarding project outcomes
• Manage change, communicate, and coordinate between multiple stakeholders, resolve issues, and deliver projects on time and on budget
• Assist clients with defining project requirements, key milestones and success criteria
• Plan and coordinate project management activities including procurement, risk, cost, schedule, scope, record management
• Ensure appropriate resources are assigned to projects
• Provide financial framework, forecasts and cost tracking and regular financial reporting
• Formulate and manage project plans by defining deliverables, identifying and procuring necessary resources, identifying key milestones and reviewing project progress
• Prepare project progress reports on project status, project schedules, project expenditures and impending actions
• Manage client relationships and be attentive to new or changing requirements
• Leverage your network to assist with the identification of new project opportunities

• University degree or college diploma in engineering, architecture, construction management, quantity surveying or a related discipline (or an equivalent combination of education and experience).
• Professional designation such as PMP, P.Eng., CET, Registered Architect or another relevant industry credential is considered a strong asset.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive project management experience delivering healthcare capital projects, with significant experience acting as an owner's representative or project management consultant.
• Demonstrated experience managing the planning, design and construction of hospitals, acute-care facilities, long-term care homes, ambulatory care centres, community healthcare facilities or other complex healthcare environments.
• Strong understanding of healthcare planning, clinical stakeholder engagement, infection prevention and control (IPAC) considerations, phasing and decanting strategies, commissioning, and working within occupied healthcare facilities.
• Strong knowledge of construction methodologies, project delivery models, procurement strategies, financial management, contract administration, building codes and relevant legislation.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary consultant teams, contractors and clinical stakeholders throughout all phases of healthcare project delivery.
• Proven ability to manage multiple complex healthcare projects simultaneously while balancing competing priorities.
• Strong leadership, negotiation and relationship management skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and resolve complex project issues.
• Excellent communication, facilitation and presentation skills.
• Highly proficient in MS Project, MS Word and MS Excel.

Don’t have every single qualification? We know that some people are less likely to apply for a job unless they are a perfect match. At Colliers Project Leaders, we’re not looking for “perfect matches.” We’re looking to welcome people to our diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.  So, if you’re excited about this role but don’t have every single qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. Whether it’s this role or another one, you may be just the right candidate.

What you can expect:

• An opportunity to truly impact our communities
• A flexible work environment
• A comprehensive onboarding experience
• Significant professional development, training, and a mentorship program
• A paid volunteer day
• An environment where people feel welcome, heard and included, regardless of their differences
• And much more!

Join our team of difference-makers and help shape the growth of dynamic communities.

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