Project Manager

Brainhunter is currently seeking "Project Manager" to work for our valued Financial Service Client. The position requires the successful consultant to be on-site 3 days a week in office in office in either Toronto/Winnipeg/London location

Qualifications and Competencies:

• 7+ years as a Project Manager in a technology delivery environment. • Ideal candidate has experience working with insurance policy administration system, Ingenium, and a strong knowledge of insurance products or in wealth. • Experience with delivery of technology projects and strategy/governance initiatives. • Advanced knowledge and experience in managing multiple large and complex projects and teams. • Ability to rapidly acquire new knowledge and skills and apply creative thinking to solve problems while understanding the organization's vision, purpose, and values. • Demonstrated management of full project lifecycle for multiple initiatives or workstreams varying in complexity and stakeholders, ensuring the effective execution of large or complex projects to deliver a product or solution that satisfies stakeholder expectations and achieves project success criteria (schedule, budget, team cohesion, regulatory, etc.). • Demonstrated ability to work in an ambiguous environment and to adapt to changes quickly. • Demonstrated ability to analyze information and make good decisions or recommendations in ambiguous or difficult situations. • Possess strong entrepreneurial skills with a bias to delivering business outcomes, forging strong business partnerships, effectively managing risk, managing scope change as an opportunity to deliver greater value and making value-oriented decisions. • Strong oral, written and interpersonal communications skills.

Role profile description:

The Portfolio Management and Governance team within Individual Wealth, Technology is seeking a Senior Project Manager to help us deliver projects supporting our Individual Customer line of business, covering Wealth, Insurance, Advisory Network and Operations teams . This role is a match for you if you are passionate about leading a team to deliver high quality software in a fast-paced PDLC environment.
In this role you will work closely with other members of the business and technology teams, including senior technical specialists, developers, testers, project managers and other project partners in the delivery of working software, using standardized development processes based on industry best practices. Continuous learning, knowledge transfer and processes is extremely important to the success of this team.
? The Senior Project Manager applies their advanced knowledge and experience in managing large and complex projects and teams in the Individual Customer Technology Division. Some of the highlights of expectations include, budgeting and forecasting, developing project artefacts (e.g. project charter, project management plan, schedule, resourcing) and reporting. Knowledge of Clarity along with SharePoint, MS Office suite and JIRA and Confluence is important for success.
? At our company, the customer is at the centre of what we do. The Technology team is looking for innovative, collaborative, fun-loving candidates that exemplify this and can demonstrate it in their work. We care about the financial, physical, and mental well-being of our customers and our staff.

Accountabilities:

• Responsible for leading large and high risk/complex projects, working with business unit and technology leaders, cross functional teams, project team members and external parties to ensure projects are well-defined, planned and delivered. • Demonstrates business and technical acumen to ensure deliverables and expected outcomes align with the Business Case. • Provides coaching and mentorship on Project Management and project delivery methodologies and practices to less experienced Project Managers. • Works closely with the project sponsor and delivery leader to develop the project charter, including defining the project scope, objectives, approach, measures of success, stakeholder engagement and communication plan. • Develops integrated project plans demonstrating strong financial and project acumen (including cost estimates, budget, resourcing requirements), applying appropriate estimation models, and refine and manage performance against them, customizing project planning methods to suit the project. • Manages project budgets and costs, and provides estimates and forecasts, including competent analysis of capitalization, amortization, and expense management. • Engages & collaborates with governance stakeholders to ensure compliance of product towards corporate risk profile and standards and organizational governance processes. • Performs risk planning and analysis (qualitative & quantitative), including risk identification and risk response planning. • Executes, tracks and monitors progress to plan and communicates the appropriate project information to all relevant project team members and stakeholders. • Contributes to and adapts to organizational change, best practice and improvements across teams, including the effective implementation and adherence to changes in processes and practices. • Looks for and implements opportunities to improve team efficiencies.

How to Apply: Please email your resume to Reema Kaur at reema.kaur@brainhunter.com

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those candidates selected for Interviews will be contacted.