Sr. IT Project Manager to lead Application development projects following agile methodology for a major banking client - 26067

Sr. IT Project Manager to lead  Application development projects following agile methodology for a major banking client - 26067

Contract Length: till Oct 31st 2022 (likely extension or conversion to FTE)
Location: WFH (once on site - downtown Toronto)

Story Behind the Need:
Business Group: Project Delivery & Support (PD&S) is a centralized project management office that supports various technology teams across the bank.
Project: As a Project Manager in PD&S, you will lead multiple projects across business lines and technologies, using various project management methodologies and tools. You will work in a culturally diverse environment while providing our Technology and Business partners with best-in-class project management expertise.

Typical Day in the Role:

• Manage and ensure the successful delivery of complex projects involving multiple teams from different groups across the bank, as well as external vendors when required
• Accountable for planning the end-to-end design of significant processes and projects (the entire journey)
• Demonstrates ability to develop and maintain high functioning project teams
• Influences business project decisions with a direct impact on financials or operating results
• Provides technical advice and leads the development of the roadmap within the context of a technical specialty
• Ability to independently run executive Steerco meetings with Group Heads, EVPs, and SVPs
• Champions a customer-focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge. Recommends technical strategy within a technical domain, may investigate and evaluate new technologies
• Work with executive sponsors and business managers to prioritize requirements, issues, and deliverables
• Create and maintain risk/issue logs and escalate issues to stakeholders and steering committee as appropriate
• Defines and maintains the roadmap and project budget

Must Have Skills:

1. 5-7 years of experience as a Project Manager, managing large complex projects that have significant IT and operational components, preferably in the financial services industry
   • Prior experience working on digital enhancement, upgrade, or refresh projects. 
2. Excellent track record managing projects of high/medium complexity, high/medium risk and budgets (up to $10 Million+) dealing with multiple stakeholders
3. PMP certification or working towards
4. Knowledge of project management tools and techniques (e.g., CA PPM, MS Projects, JIRA, Visio, Agile/Scrum, Waterfall etc.)

Nice to Have Skills:

1. Experience with Salesforce Implementations 

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Business, or related discipline

Interview Process:

• 1 round video interview