Senior Project Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: Hybrid | Downtown, Toronto

Duration: ASAP to 06/30/2026

Our client a leading financial institution in Downtown Toronto is looking for a Senior Project Manager to ensure program/project commitments are achieved within agreed on time, cost, and quality parameters. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with one of the Top 5 Banks in Canada.

Typical Day in role:

  • Determines and establishes the appropriate program/project organizational and work breakdown structures (e.g., projects, workstreams) to accomplish program outcomes. Ensures program/project milestones and schedule accurately reflects the delivery commitments of subsidiary projects. Ensures an overall integrated delivery plan is developed, maintained, and communicated
  • Directs strategic FCRM projects within the lines of business and provides integrated management of subsidiary projects and internal or external stakeholders.
  • Accountable for the end-to-end projects assigned (including related sub-projects)
  • Accountable party for defining, planning, orchestrating, and delivering assigned strategic projects/programs, including all business, operational and IT deliverables. Ensures cross-program coordination of activities, deliverables, and benefits
  • Directly leads all aspects of the program/projects lifecycle and works with matrix business, line of business and technology partners to oversee all phases of the program while ensuring the program structure is designed to achieve the intended business benefit
  • Within the context of the assigned programs/projects, responsible for providing regular communications (including project briefings) with business partners at various levels of the organization, including SVP, VP level, as well as other internal and external resources. Sustains and manages the relationship with the program/project Accountable Executive throughout the duration of the initiative by providing sound advice, counsel and support
  • Ensures end results are of the highest caliber with a clearly articulated scope and quantifiable business
  • benefit.
  • Provides leadership, motivation, coaching and mentoring for the program team in order to ensure subsidiary projects are coordinated to achieve the business vision and scope and meet any regulatory deadlines
  • Chairs regular program and key forums (e.g., Steering Committees, Weekly Project Team Meetings/Working Sessions) to review progress with key team members and executives.
  • Provides program/project level change leadership to ensure the vision and objectives of the large-scale transformation are driven properly, and ensures change management (the mechanisms of change) are in place to deliver the anticipated program benefits
  • Provides visibility to program/project level issues and risks proactively and on a timely basis and ensures they are identified, quantified, managed and tracked. Ensures management of those issues and risks abide by the FCRM BDO standards and framework and the respective escalations occur as needed. Monitors project level issues and risks and ensures relevant sub-project issues are exposed at the program level. Facilitates resolution of core issues between multiple executive stakeholders where required
  • Ensures program/project commitments are achieved within agreed on time, cost, and quality parameters
  • Manages overall program/project budget and ensures supporting budgets are tracking financial budget and actuals while ensuring forecast accuracy is maintained on a monthly basis
  • Determines and establishes the appropriate work breakdown structures (e.g. projects, workstreams) to accomplish program outcomes. Ensures program/project milestones and schedule accurately reflects the delivery commitments of subsidiary projects. Ensures an overall integrated delivery plan is developed, maintained and communicated
  • Ensures development of required project artifacts including project charter(s), and management plans(resource, risk management, quality management, communications management, etc.), and related PM artifacts, while complying with applicable enterprise delivery framework standards.
  • Plans and coordinates procurement activities with contract owner (in consultation with Strategic Sourcing) to ensure all internal approvals are obtained in a timely manner. Assists contract owner in reviewing and processing vendor invoices.

Must-Have Skills:

  • 10+ years of experience in project and program management, including managing large-scale projects or programs of significant complexity and value (? $20MM) with high risk management.
  • 8+ years of recent experience with managing Business cases
  • 8+ years of experience with Project Financials
  • 8+ years of proven experience with Project Planning
  • Expertise in the use of program/project tools (e.g., Clarity, MS Project, SharePoint repositories, Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
  • Expert presentation, written and verbal communication skills at all levels of organization

Nice-To-Have Skills:

  • Previous experience with AML and compliance projects is highly preferred
  • Financial Crimes knowledge and experience is an asset
  • Fluent in English & Spanish to manage International Banking projects is nice to have
  • Excellent relationship management resulting in a proven ability to quickly earn the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders, mobilize and motivate teams; set direction and approach, resolve conflict, deliver tough messages with grace, execute with limited information and ambiguity

Soft Skills Required:

  • Very strong communication skills, ability to work with all levels of stakeholders including executive levels.
  • Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills to recognize and comprehend complex issues
  • Solid stakeholder management skills
  • Highly motivated and result oriented
  • Strong collaboration skills
  • Detail-oriented

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in business administration or a related field.
  • PMI or PMP certification preferred.

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.