Senior Business Project Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: Hybrid | Downtown, Toronto

Duration: 12 months

Our client a leading financial institution in Downtown Toronto, is looking for a Senior Business Project Manager to plan and execute projects with a high level of complexity and uncertainty. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with one of the Top 5 Banks in Canada.

Typical Day in role:

The bank’s CAE Group is hiring a Business Senior Project Manager for our Global Project Management Office (PMO). In this role, you will be managing the planning, organization and implementation of projects to ensure project goals or objectives are accomplished within approved timeframe, scope and budget.

The bank’s CAE Group leverages a unique perspective— with a coordinated view across the entire business—to deliver valuable advice that not only gives assurance, but that illuminates a bigger picture, connects dots, builds best practices and broadens possibilities. We connect intelligence to protect and enable the bank.

• Plan and execute projects with high level of complexity and uncertainty. Oversee project operating procedures; monitoring the productivity and performance of project team.
• Manage project scope by assessing requirements changes, determining and conveying impact on timelines, budget and resourcing.
• Develop, manage and ensure adherence to project schedules and completion of project goals.
• Raise and track risks, issues and conflicts, remove barriers. Resolve minor project risks, issues and escalate them where appropriate.
• Manage project communications including status reports to executives, stakeholders, business partners, vendors and project team. Including the effective management of project management repositories.
• Facilitate Project Sponsor awareness of changes being introduced into the organization by the project and appropriately manage organizational change management.
• Establish strong working relationships across platform teams to build influence and impact with key business partners.
• Set up appropriate governance and oversight of all projects, ensuring project follow established Project Management standards

Must-Have Skills:

• 5+ years’ progressive business project-related experience
• Advanced project management knowledge including project plan development; scheduling capabilities; project metrics gathering, analyzing, and reporting; risk and issue management; cost/benefit analysis.
• Proficient in MS Suites including Excel MS Project Jira and Confluence (intermediate or higher)

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Internal Audit and Regulatory Compliance experience an asset
• Experience with Iterative Waterfall, Agile, Kanban delivery methodologies
• PMP certification or equivalent (preferred)
• Agile Certification (i.e Scrum Master)

Soft Skills Required:

• Able to manage ambiguity and navigate challenging situations effectively
• Excellent verbal, written communication, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Growth mindset, proactively seek out industry trends and organizational practices to explore alternative approaches and/or solutions

Education:

• Highest Education

Finance professional is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. We advocate for you and welcome anyone regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, or age.