Workplace Project Manager
Toronto · CAD 76,000-114,000 · 5+ years experience · Full-time · Hybrid · Posted Oct 15, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 5+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- Toronto
- Salary
- CAD 76,000-114,000
About the role
- The Workplace Project Manager will translate workplace playbooks and standards into delivered projects and programs, including office moves, openings, and global special projects.
- This role involves owning the scope, schedule, and budget for global initiatives such as health & safety, sustainability, and new tooling rollouts.
- The position requires a hands-on approach to project delivery while building scalable systems for a fast-growing organization.
Responsibilities
- Project manage global special projects including health & safety, design standards, emergency response, and sustainability programming.
- Partner with Security, HR, Legal, and regional leads to roll out emergency response plans and Workplace Violence Prevention Plans (WVPPs).
- Maintain and evolve global design standards for furniture, finishes, and signage.
- Drive sustainability initiatives and track progress against energy and waste goals.
- Own the global rollout of workplace tooling and software, including desk booking, occupancy, and ticketing platforms.
- Manage global and national vendor contracts, including procurement and master vendor relationships.
- Build and maintain the FDOB checklist and playbook for office moves, expansions, and new-office openings.
- Maintain a portfolio-level calendar to track expansions and new office openings across the organization.
- Lead office moves, openings, or buildouts directly when regional coverage is unavailable.
- Build and maintain project plans, schedules, and budgets while reporting status to leadership.
Requirements
- 5+ years in workplace operations, program management, or project management.
- Experience leading cross-functional programs such as health & safety, emergency preparedness, sustainability, or systems/tooling rollouts.
- Strong program design and playbook-building instincts.
- Experience managing vendor and procurement relationships at a national or global scale.
- Strong command of project management fundamentals including scope, schedule, budget, risk, and stakeholder communication.
- Experience partnering with construction, real estate, or facilities teams on office moves or buildouts.
- Excellent organizational and communication skills.
- Comfort with ambiguity and a hands-on, get-it-done approach.
- Ability to work on-site in the NYC office and travel to other sites as required.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience building or administering H&S programs, emergency response plans, or WVPPs.
- Experience with sustainability program design or reporting.
- Familiarity with project / workplace tools such as Asana, Smartsheet, Envoy, or OfficeSpace.
- Experience building playbooks or programs that scale across a distributed, multi-region team.
Workplace
- Based in New York and able to work on-site at the NYC office.
- Willingness to travel to other sites as projects require.
Skills
- Project Management
- Program Management
- Procurement
- Health & Safety Programming
- Emergency Response Planning
- Sustainability Programming
- Asana
- Smartsheet
- Envoy
- OfficeSpace