IT Project Manager
Location Address: WFH (Scarborough)
Contract Duration: 10 months (End of October 2022)
Extension: Yes
FTE: Yes
Number of Positions: 1
Schedule Hours: 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday
Story Behind the Need
• Business group: Project Delivery & Support
• Project: Cloud implementation project.
• Reason for request: PM required for Monitoring and Regulatory Obligations for GEOF.
Candidate Value Proposition
• The successful candidate will have the opportunity to gain global exposure and to be extended to potentially work on other projects based on performance.
Typical Day in Role
• Develop, track and manage project budget, project plans, timelines and scope
• Manage project resources including procuring project staff, developing, motivating, coaching and advising
• Partner closely with other members of functional teams to define business requirements
• Lead teams of developers in the delivery of high-quality software solutions that meet business needs
• Define test plans and ensure that products are defect free before User Acceptance Testing
• Facilitate the User Acceptance Testing process, developing rollout plans and procedures Prepare and present cost-benefit analyses
• Ensure appropriate systems development and project management processes are being utilized
• Make presentations to steering committees or project sponsors
Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:
• 7+ years of proven IT project management experience
• Prior work experience with Finance and Regulatory projects
• Experience with agile and waterfall methodologies
• Application development project experience
• Previous experience with vendor management
• People management and team building skills
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible/ adaptable in exercising judgment in a changing environment and to manage competing priorities
• Proven ability to learn business processes quickly and to work well with business partners at different levels within the organization
• Strong ability to assess risk and apply management principles to technology applications/products and business functions
• Experience delivering technology and business application solutions in a large-scale, multi-platform systems environment
Nice-To-Have Skills
• 5+ years of experience managing projects for large organizations within the Financial Industry (ideally within big 5 banks)
• Familiar with change management within the business
Soft Skills:
• Strong interpersonal skills to help foster & build working relationships
• Politeness and professionalism will be required to be effective in this role
Degrees or certifications:
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required
• MBA or other related advanced degree preferred
• PMP certification required
Candidate Review & Selection
• Structure and Format:
• 2-step Process: 2 virtual IVs (1 with resource manager; 1 with Director & Manager)
• Interviews to take place ASAP