IAM Project Methodology Specialist

Downtown Toronto (Ryerson), Canada | Posted on 02/05/2026

Position: IAM Project Methodology Specialist

Location:

Hybrid/Toronto Downtown

Job #: RQ10369

Duration: 12 Months

The Senior Project Methodology Specialist is responsible for managing large-scaletechnology projects—primarily focused on Identity and Access Management(IAM)—including vendor management, resource coordination, stakeholder engagement, and communication with senior leadership and executive steeringcommittees.

• Manage internal resources of the project teams, task assignments, priorities, team deliverables, issues and risks, stakeholder engagement, project communication, and project financials.
• Lead, facilitate, and coordinate project team meetings. Track action items, decision items, risks, and issues that come out of meetings and update the Manager.
• Manage project issues and risks (e.g., identify, monitor, elevate, resolve, and report) through the team. Escalate issues to the Manager. Inform the issue logs and risk registers for the overall project, if applicable.
• Work closely with project stakeholders to ensure the objectives of the project are being met.
• Manage stakeholders’ expectations with respect to the ongoing upgrade of Identity Management Systems for the OPS.
• Manage an application portfolio of the Identity Management team with a focus on PKI and associated project plans and schedules, and day‑to‑day work for each of the projects.
• Manage all aspects of the relationship with vendors including: requirements management, facilitation of negotiations, contract management, vendor onboarding, and SLA adherence.
• Demonstrated experience working with and managing external vendor relationships.
• Demonstrated vendor management experience in the OPS or a government setting and an understanding of procurement practices.
• Experience with cross‑ministry stakeholder reporting and management within the OPS.

• Provide regular communication and status updates to the Manager on all aspects of the project.
• Prepare briefings, presentations and other project documentation for Senior Managers and C‑Level Executives for the purpose of obtaining approvals.
• Demonstrated experience effectively communicating with teams, clients, various stakeholders, and senior management and with vendor management.
• Demonstrated experience reporting on progress of deliverables, milestones, issues, and risks to various audiences including steering committees and formal status reporting.
• Demonstrated experience preparing documentation such as presentations, technical documentation/deliverables (i.e., technical strategy document, option analysis).
• Experience providing updates and advice to senior management and presenting to executive steering committees responsible for project oversight and decision‑making.

• Demonstrated experience managing large projects, preferably some procurements resulting in multi‑year contract durations and total values over $2M.
• Previous experience managing security projects based on IAM components such as public key infrastructure (PKI), hardware security modules (HSM), SSL certificates, etc.
• 10+ years’ experience in technology project management; at least 5+ years must include projects that required large technology procurements.

• Strong experience/knowledge required in Agile Foundation and Techniques.
• Demonstrated experience using the agile/scrum framework to promote best practices and awareness to the project team, clients and/or stakeholders to ensure success.
• Demonstrated experience scheduling and facilitating agile/scrum ceremonies including, but not limited to, backlog refinements, sprint planning, daily stand‑ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Individual with a Certified Professional Scrum Master certification is preferred.

• Demonstrated experience working with and managing external vendor relationships.
• Demonstrated experience with vendor management in the OPS or a…