IT Project Manager – Investment Domain

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JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: Hybrid | Downtown, Toronto

Duration: 7 Months

Our client, a leading financial institution in Downtown Toronto, is looking for a IT Project Manager - Investment Domain to Prepare work back schedules, roadmap and capacity planning at a project level. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with one of the Top 5 Banks in Canada.

Typical Day in role

Agile Project Management

• Tracking projects through each phase of project lifecycle
• Work with all the dependent teams and prepare execution plan
• Working with various teams to achieve end-to-end project delivery
• Ensure milestones are met and project has gone through all approval gates
• Document project status & assist team in maintaining information repositories
• Maintain project risk tracker and communicate project risks to management
• Prepare work back schedules, roadmap and capacity planning at a project level
• Ensure a balance between team capacity and workload is kept in order to achieve a successful project delivery
• Support app releases & rollout related activities

Communication & Collaboration: Stakeholder Management

• Keep all stakeholders up to date on project status and roadblocks
• Ability to set expectations with all stakeholders, execute and communicate accordingly
• Identification of risks and issues that require DF leadership attention
• Ability to articulate and clearly communicate complex problems and Solutions in a simple and logical manner following stakeholder field of expertise
• Ability to work effectively with engineering Sr Managers when needed to remediate risk around project delivery.
• Engage stakeholders (e.g. risk, legal, audit) as needed for consultation throughout the course of the project.

Communication & Collaboration: Scrum Master

• Contribute to the productivity and happiness of the scrum team
• Supporting project team members in challenging situations (resource / release challenges, cross-team communication)
• Introducing agile engineering best practices
• Scheduling add-hoc meetings to solve for disagreements or ambiguities in order to reduce risk of jeopardizing milestones and artifacts
• Ease conversations and promote constructive attitude
• Facilitate and ensure healthy communication between project team members
• Scheduling and chairing scrum ceremonies.
• Accountable for conducting regular retros and addressing team’s feedback
• Monitor scrum team progress by preparing reports/charts
• Understanding team strengths and weaknesses in order to improve each phase of the project lifecycle
• Lead by example

Continuous Improvement

• Providing feedback to help improve processes and tools
• Working on aligning best practices across delivery team
• Continuous improvement and learning from other delivery team members
• Take active role on application audit related activities
• Be able to adjust, learn and iterate frequently

Must Have Skills

• 10 years of experience as a IT Project Manager
• Demonstrates strong knowledge of Agile methodology while delivering IT projects. Ideally has Certified Scrum master certification (CSM / PSM)
• Expert knowledge and understanding of project management practices, disciplines, tools, and methodologies.
• Strong problem solving, critical thinking and analytical skills to rapidly assess problem situations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to communicate on a broad spectrum (from deep technical discussions to high level executive vision)
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and relationships management skills
• Must have Agile tools hands on – JIRA, confluence

Nice-To-Have Skills

• PMP certified
• Previous recent experience supporting Top 5 banks.
• Prior experience with Web and mobile development
• Prior experience with API development
• Prior experience with application decommissioning is very nice to have for this role

Soft Skills Required

• Very strong communication skills, ability to work with all levels of stakeholders including executive levels.
• Proven ability to work independently and in fast paced, high visibility environment.
• Solid stakeholder management skills
• Highly motivated and result oriented
• Strong collaboration skills with facilitating and coordination skills is critical
• Proven ability with problem solving skills.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree level or above education, ideally in business, financial or technology
• PMP certified is nice to have
• Certified Scrum master certification (CSM / PSM) is nice to have

FP Inc. is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. In accordance with the requirements set out in the Employment Standards Act, FP Inc. hereby declares that AI is utilized in the screening process for this position.

The hourly compensation range for this role is $80/hr -$100/hr. 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, colour, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, or age.