Sr. Program Manager

Description

Contract Role: Senior Program Manager

About the organization

The CIO organization at Thomson Reuters provides shared capabilities spanning Service Management, Digital Commerce, Platform Engineering, and Architecture. We align technology delivery to clear business outcomes through a shared-capability model and close partnership with product and business leaders.

Role overview

We are seeking a Senior Program Manager contractor to provide immediate continuity and delivery momentum for in-flight, cross-functional programs.

This engagement will stabilize execution, maintain governance and stakeholder alignment, and drive milestone delivery across initiatives spanning infrastructure, platforms, security, end-user computing, data/analytics, and business applications.

The contractor will onboard quickly, execute independently, and hand off cleanly to the incoming FTE and BAU teams through Hypercare.

Scope and objectives

• Maintain delivery cadence, RAID management, and decision velocity for active programs.
• Ensure continuity of governance, reporting, and stakeholder forums; prepare executive-ready updates.
• Validate scope, replans, and dependencies; adjust integrated schedules, budgets, and benefits where needed.
• Drive change enablement and Hypercare activities to support transition to BAU and sustain adoption.
• Coordinate vendors/partners and internal teams; ensure clear ownership, SLAs/scorecards, and smooth handoffs to operations.
• Prepare comprehensive transition materials and knowledge transfer for the incoming FTE and operational owners.

Responsibilities

• Lead programs from current phase through stabilization/transition; confirm scope, outcomes, milestones, and success metrics.
• Run pragmatic governance and RAID management; escalate early with data-backed options and trade-offs.
• Build and execute integrated delivery plans across product, platform, data, and enterprise initiatives.
• Apply fit-for-purpose delivery approaches (Agile/SAFe and waterfall) and reinforce agreed ways of working.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture and domain leaders on standards, integration patterns, and technical debt priorities.
• Produce concise, executive-ready reporting on status, benefits, risks/decisions, and key asks.

Qualifications

• 8+ years leading complex, cross-functional technology programs in global, matrixed environments.
• Proven ability to step into in-flight programs and quickly establish control, clarity, and momentum.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication; able to influence trade-offs and align senior leaders.
• Proficiency with Jira or Azure DevOps, ServiceNow or equivalent, PPM suites, CMDB/asset, and BI dashboards.
• Fluency in Agile/SAFe and waterfall; strong risk, dependency, and benefits realization skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field; Master’s preferred.
• Preferred certifications: PMP or Prince2, SAFe/Agile; ITIL/ISO/COBIT familiarity a plus.

Engagement details

• Term: 3–6 months (extension to 6 months subject to approval and need).
• Location: Canada; hybrid—on-site in Toronto preferred, with collaboration across time zones.
• Start: ASAP; ability to onboard rapidly and operate independently.
• Reporting: Into the CIO Strategy & Operations function; close partnership with domain leaders.
• Deliverables: Updated integrated plans, RAID and benefits tracking, executive dashboards, Hypercare plan and execution support, and a complete transition pack for BAU and the incoming FTE.

Why this engagement

• High-impact opportunity to ensure continuity on critical programs and a smooth transition to BAU.
• Access to a world-class, content-driven technology organization and modern platform environment.
• Clear, outcome-based mandate with executive sponsorship.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $50-60/hr CAD

Our optional benefits can include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

Tundra Technical Solutions (the operator of this Talent Community) is a global leader of contingent talent services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.