Senior Project Manager/Program Manager- Data centre decommission

Job Description

Senior Project Manager – Data Centre Decommissioning (Contract)

Vancouver, BC (In-Office) | Contract to Mid-December | Infrastructure / IT

Are you the kind of PM who doesn't just manage the plan — you
understand
it? The one who asks the uncomfortable questions, digs into the legacy mess nobody else wants to touch, and actually gets things across the finish line?

We're looking for you.

The Mission

We're decommissioning a major corporate data centre, and we need it done right. That means an aggressive but achievable target: full exit by October 31st, with the contract running through mid-December or beyond to cover warranty and cleanup. This is a high-visibility, high-impact engagement at a large, enterprise-scale financial organization — the kind of project that defines careers.

What Makes This Role Interesting

This isn't a greenfield build with clean documentation and eager owners. This is the real world — legacy infrastructure, systems whose purpose has been lost to time, and stakeholders who aren't sure what they're responsible for. You'll need to be the person who untangles that. Diplomatically. Effectively. Fast.

You'll be migrating workloads into a highly regulated, enterprise environment with mature governance and complex matrix structures. If you've navigated that kind of landscape before, you'll know exactly how to move through it.

What You'll Own

• Drive the full decommissioning project plan end-to-end against a hard fiscal year-end deadline
• Work directly alongside technical teams to understand what's happening at the infrastructure level — not just track tasks, but contribute meaningfully
• Serve as the escalation point for blockers, conflicts, and competing priorities across cross-functional teams
• Manage scope changes, risk, and budget impacts with clear, fact-based communication
• Keep stakeholders, sponsors, and senior leadership consistently informed with sharp, actionable status updates
• Lead project closure including analysis and lessons learned

What You Bring

• 10+ years
  of PM experience on medium-to-large infrastructure/IT projects
• Proven
  data centre decommissioning experience
  — you know the steps, the pitfalls, and the gotchas
• Technical fluency — you can hold your own with infrastructure and architecture teams, ask smart questions, and evaluate what you're hearing
• Experience working inside
  highly regulated, matrixed enterprise environments
• A natural instinct to
  challenge, probe, and bring a fresh lens
  — not just execute what you're told
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and legacy complexity without waiting for perfect information
• PMP certification
• Proficiency in MS Project, MS Office, Visio/LucidChart

You Might Be the Right Fit If…

• You've inherited a project where nobody could tell you what half the systems do — and you figured it out anyway
• You push back on technical teams (respectfully) because you know the risks if issues stay buried
• You thrive when the stakes are real and the timeline is tight
• You'd rather get your hands dirty than manage from a distance

Location

Vancouver preferred. Toronto considered for the right candidate who can commit to Vancouver-aligned hours. In-office presence is required.