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About the Role
As our new Project Manager, you will play a critical role in Yorkville’s growth strategy, leading the development and launch of new programs from initial planning and proposal development through government approval, launch, and project close. You will manage multiple concurrent projects, lead cross-functional collaboration, navigate regulatory requirements, and work with senior internal and external stakeholders to keep complex initiatives moving forward.
Responsibilities
- Lead projects from development through launch, managing the full lifecycle from initiation and planning through proposal development, government review and approval, launch, and project close.
- Develop and manage project plans, timelines, resources, dependencies, and deliverables.
- Lead cross-functional collaboration by bringing together stakeholders across academic and business teams.
- Facilitate effective meetings, navigate competing priorities and perspectives, and influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Lead the development of new program proposals for internal governing bodies and relevant provincial ministries.
- Coordinate information and input from internal teams, subject matter experts, consultants, advisory committees, and external reviewers.
- Provide leadership with clear, timely updates on project status, KPIs, risks, issues, changes, and upcoming priorities.
- Proactively identify roadblocks, develop mitigation plans, and manage project financials.
- Identify opportunities to strengthen and streamline project management processes, tools, and templates.
- Apply lessons learned across projects and help build consistent PMO practices.
- Contribute to a positive team environment and a culture of equity, respect, and transparency.
Requirements
- Successfully led complex, multi-phase projects with long timelines, multiple contributors, formal approvals, and changing requirements.
- Ability to manage projects concurrently, keeping deliverables, dependencies, risks, and timelines on track.
- Ability to move work forward when the people contributing to a project do not report to you.
- Ability to build credibility with senior leaders, subject matter experts, and colleagues.
- Ability to establish clear expectations and hold people accountable for deliverables and timelines.
- Emotional intelligence to navigate different personalities and priorities while maintaining productive working relationships.
- Comfortable working through ambiguity, changing requirements, and situations where there may not be an immediate or obvious answer.
- Ability to assess situations, identify gaps and risks, ask the right questions, and determine a practical path forward.
- Understand how to manage projects where formal reviews, approvals, documentation, and compliance requirements shape how and when work moves forward.
- Highly organized and comfortable managing detailed project plans, documentation, reporting, budgets, resources, contracts, and competing deadlines.
- Proficient with MS Office and project management tools such as Smartsheet or MS Project.
Skills
- Project Management
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Regulatory Requirements Navigation
- Stakeholder Management
- Project Planning
- Timeline Management
- Resource Management
- Dependency Management
- Deliverable Management
- Meeting Facilitation
- Influencing
- Proposal Development
- Risk Management
- Financial Management
- Process Improvement
- MS Office Proficiency
- Smartsheet Proficiency
- MS Project Proficiency
Location
- Downtown Toronto campus
- 120 Bloor Street West
Work Type
- Full-time
- One-year contract
- Onsite (three days per week)
Experience Level
- Project management experience
Education Level
- PMP designation is considered an asset
- Experience in post-secondary education, government approval processes, academic program development, or another regulated environment would be an asset.
Salary/Compensations
- Minimum annual salary of $80,000
- Midpoint of $84,000
- Maximum of $87,000
Benefits
- Access to tuition-free courses across our institutions - from certificates to master’s degrees.
About the Company
- Yorkville University and Toronto Film School believe education is a catalyst for transformation.
- Our mission is to create access for learners from every background and empower them to achieve their aspirations and advance their careers.
- We are committed to delivering rigorous, flexible programs that are both personally fulfilling and professionally rewarding.
- Yorkville has been among Canada’s few private, for-profit, fully accredited degree-granting universities, with campuses in Ontario, British Columbia, and New Brunswick.
- Together with Toronto Film School, we offer creative and academic pathways at both the college and university levels, cultivating a multidisciplinary environment where innovation and the arts converge.
- Our community is vibrant and diverse, with many learners balancing education with careers and personal commitments.
- Every member of our team is dedicated to removing barriers and expanding access.
- At our core is human connection – guiding people to reimagine their futures in a community defined by opportunity, creativity, and growth.
- We are united by a shared purpose: placing the student experience at the heart of everything we do.
- Professional growth is part of our culture.
- Curiosity, initiative, and innovation are encouraged.
- Our scale offers the best of both worlds: the reach and stability of a national institution combined with the agility of a mid-sized organization.
- You will be part of a diverse and inclusive community where authenticity is celebrated, collaboration is expected, and impact is shared.
Equal Opportunity
- We welcome and appreciate candidates with a range of backgrounds and experiences.
- If you have 70% of the qualifications we seek, express your interest.
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical components of life at Yorkville University and Toronto Film School, and we are committed to making these values an integral part of our culture.
- We encourage applications from all qualified applicants, including women, persons with disabilities, Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC), people from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Queer, Questioning, Two-Spirit, Intersex, Asexual + (LGBTQ2SIA+) community and other equity-seeking groups.
- Yorkville University is committed to providing accessible employment practices that comply with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).
- If you require accommodation for disability, please notify Human Resources at 1-877-429-4029.