Job Description

Job Title: Program Manager ( Disaster Recovery )

Job Type : 7-month contract (high possibility of extension)

Location : Mississauga, ON (Hybrid, in office 2 to 3 days a week)

Start Date : ASAP

Hours : 40 hours per week

Rate : $120/hr Inc.

Our client is seeking an accomplished Senior Program Manager to lead a large-scale, multi-vendor Infrastructure Services Disaster Recovery Program . The ideal candidate is a proven systems integrator at heart, someone who has delivered complex, enterprise-wide infrastructure transformation or DR programs , understands the technical depth, and thrives in driving accountability across multiple internal and external stakeholders (including vendors, partners, and client teams). This role will directly interface with CXO-level stakeholders, providing clear communication, executive reporting, and data-driven decision support.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of the Infrastructure DR Program, from scope definition and design to implementation, testing, and steady state.
• Build and own a robust Integrated Project Plan (IPP) covering infrastructure, DR tooling, network, application dependencies, and cross-platform recovery strategies.
• Translate strategic recovery objectives (RTO/RPO) into actionable execution milestones and success metrics.
• Work closely with infrastructure SMEs on DR design, architecture, replication, and failover validation (e.g., VMware, Zerto, AIX, Mainframe, Network, Storage Replication).
• Manage budgets, forecasts, and resource allocation for infrastructure projects and programs.
• Drive standardization and best practices in program and project management across teams.
• Oversee vendor relationships, contract management, and performance tracking for infrastructure partners.
• Monitor program progress, identify risks and dependencies, and implement mitigation strategies.
• Provide hands-on leadership where needed, drafting runbooks, guiding failover tests, validating configurations, and ensuring technical quality.
• Enforce standards, configuration consistency, and documentation quality across all participating teams.
• Mentor project managers and contribute to the maturity of the PMO or Infrastructure Delivery organization.
• Continually seeking opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen client relationships, including promoting client collaboration on the resolution of any disputes or issues that arise during the project;
• Present progress, risks, and outcomes to executive sponsors, CTO, CISO, and business continuity leaders.
• Drive alignment across cross-functional groups, Infrastructure, Application, Network, Security, and Business Operations.
• Ensure all deliverables meet compliance, audit, and operational readiness requirements.
• Establish a strong program governance model aligning all vendors, partners, and internal teams under one operating rhythm.
• Manage dependencies and interlocks between compute, network, storage, middleware, and application streams.
• Serve as the single point of accountability for delivery performance, escalation management, and risk mitigation.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in Infrastructure Program/Project Management with at least 7+ years leading complex DR and large-scale infrastructure transformation programs.
• Proven ability to lead multi-vendor, cross-functional programs involving data center, virtualization, storage, and network technologies.
• Strong understanding of DR technologies (e.g., Zerto, SRM, Azure Site Recovery), virtualization (VMware, AVS), and enterprise infrastructure architectures.
• Strategic and hands-on, capable of building a cohesive integrated project plan (IPP) that brings together multiple moving parts across compute, storage, network, security, virtualization, application tiers and business processes
• Demonstrated success in building integrated project plans across multiple workstreams with complex interdependencies.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, able to influence and present confidently to CXOs and technical teams alike.
• Solid grounding in ITIL, PMI, or PRINCE2 frameworks
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities; capable of bridging business and technical domains.
• Demonstrated success establishing and maintain Executive-level relationships
• Experience in public sector or regulated environments is an asset.

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