The Enterprise Project Manager will lead critical digital transformation projects, focusing on data governance and technology implementations while collaborating with business units and managing vendor relationships.
Sunrise Farms is a group of companies with primary focus in the poultry industry.
From our hatcheries to our “ready to eat” state of the art cooking facilities we service customers in the retail, food service and industrial sectors. We are proud of our support of the Canadian farm as well as our investment in the latest equipment and technologies at our facilities across Canada. Our test kitchens have the most current cooking equipment replicating that used in commercial establishments, to facilitate precision testing. This way you know the product you receive will perform to your expectations. We are proud of our long-standing partnerships with family-owned Canadian chicken farmers to produce high quality products.
Role:
We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Project Manager (EPM) to join our Digital Transformation Program, a multi-year initiative modernizing business systems, processes, and data capabilities across our manufacturing operations in Canada. The EPM will lead critical enterprise projects—most notably the Data Foundation Project, which includes establishing enterprise data governance and deploying a modern data platform.
The EPM will also lead or manage dependencies across other key program initiatives, including the CMMS Implementation Project, the Process Governance Project, the ERP (Syspro) Implementation Project, the WMS/MES Implementation Project, and the EDI Transformation Project.
Our organization is continuing to grow, and the ideal candidate will play a long-term role in leading enterprise projects and strategic initiatives that support and enable that growth.
This role requires a strategic, hands-on leader capable of managing complex, cross-functional initiatives that involve business stakeholders, IT teams, and multiple solution vendors. The ideal candidate will bring deep project management expertise, strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, and the ability to translate business needs into actionable technology outcomes.
Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end delivery of projects, from planning through deployment and stabilization
- Ensure alignment with overall Digital Transformation objectives, timelines, and governance structures
- Collaborate closely with business units across Operations, Maintenance, Supply Chain, Finance, HR, and IT
- Facilitate workshops, steering committee updates, and decision-making sessions with executive sponsors and project stakeholders
- Manage relationships and contracts with multiple enterprise solution vendors and system integrators
- Oversee vendor performance, scope adherence, and integration activities between vendor solutions and internal systems
- Coordinate interdependencies with other projects in the Digital Transformation Program
- Contribute to overall program planning, reporting, risk management, and change control
- Develop detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource plans
- Apply project management best practices (waterfall or hybrid) to ensure successful delivery
- Identify and manage project risks, issues, and change requests
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field
- PMP, PRINCE2, CAPM, or ITIL certifications considered an asset
- 8+ years of progressive project management experience, including at least 3 years managing large-scale enterprise IT or digital transformation projects
- Hands-on experience managing technology implementations involving enterprise software vendors and systems integrators
- Experience leading cross-functional initiatives in manufacturing, industrial, or asset-intensive environments preferred
- Familiarity with data governance, data platforms, or analytics modernization projects preferred
Competencies:
- Strong organizational and time management skills with a focus on delivering results
- Lead multiple projects and initiatives
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and negotiation abilities across all organizational levels
- Strategic thinker who can also dive into execution details when required
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, matrixed environment with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities
Play a key role in a company-wide digital transformation that is reshaping how we operate and make decisions.
Collaborate with talented professionals in IT, Operations, and Data disciplines.
Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and professional development opportunities.
At Sunrise Farms we are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or any other identifying characteristic are encouraged to apply.
Please note that the expected new hire salary range provided is derived from a group of like roles within Sunrise Farms. The final offer amount for this role will be dependent on geographical region, applicable experience, and skillset of the candidate.
Top Skills
Analytics Modernizations
Data Governance
Data Platforms
Enterprise Software
Hybrid
Project Management Methodologies
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