IT Project Manager - 4

Story Behind the Need

Business group : Design and Digital Product, Commerce and Communications - any type of digital initiatives will be run from the department;

driving technological innovations; focusing on service component to provide top customer service experience

Project : New Branding related e-commerce project incumbent will be updating the brand palettes, colour usages across the bank, brand images, anything involving design aspects of the brand starting with public web platforms, next year and so on implementing online brand, app etc.

in beginning stages of project

The Project Manager oversees Commerce projects and coordinates the end-to-end execution while reporting to all stakeholders consistently on the latest progress of those project initiatives.

This role requires an excellent ability to work closely with the project team, business line leaders, senior management, and diverse stakeholders to safeguard a flawless delivery experience.

Candidate Value Proposition :

The successful candidate will be working with internal partners and could get to know more about the eCommerce industry.

There is also a high possibility for an extension. This role has potential for great visibility across the bank; will be working on a high impact project from the get go so potential to convert to FTE as well and lead the project through the next phases in the upcoming fiscal year.

Typical Day in Role :

• Project Delivery Primarily responsible for planning and executing project WBS along with all coordination activities such as organizing requirement gathering discussions, kick-off, and daily / weekly project team meetings.
• Progress Reporting Manage overall reporting to ensure stakeholder visibility and transparency on the progress, risk, and action items.

Track and provide forecasts to actual budget reports as required to the program manager and / or project sponsors.

• Launch Coordination Establish a solid launch plan and schedule for each project release including activity timetables, sign-off date / confirmation, emergency contact information, and backup scenarios.
• Stakeholder Management Actively build relationships with internal and external partners, ensuring a proper level of stakeholder engagement to drive value into project delivery accountabilities while deepening client relationships and leveraging broader bank relationships, systems, processes, and knowledge.
• Continuous Improvement - Observes processes and proposes and executes improvements to continually improve PMO efficiency and effectiveness within Scotia Digital and Scotiabank.

Candidate Requirements / Must Have Skills :

1) 8+ years of experience as an IT Project Manager with cross-functional teams

2) Communication and reporting management experience, preferably with a marketing focus (to be able to speak to the branding piece of the project)

3) 3+ years’ experience delivering technology and business application solutions on a large scale at the program level

4) Experience with at least one of these PM tools : Workfront; PMIS tools JIRA, confluence, MS suite MS Project, Visio, PPT, Microsoft please list which

Nice-To-Have Skills :

1) Experience with website-build projects a strong asset

2) Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) intermediate or above level of expertise a strong asset

3) PMP / PMI / Agile / CSM / CAPM certification (either or please list which)

4) PM experience from financial institutions

Soft Skills Required :

• Exceptional presentation and written communication skills
• Ability to deliver results in a fast-paced, challenging, and dynamic business environment
• Results-focused, but understand that achieving results requires collaboration from business partners
• Self-motivated; works both independently and collaboratively with multi-functional teams, as both a leader and team member
• Superior critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Takes pride in being highly organized and staying on top of it’

Education :

Bachelor's degree in business / commerce, or technical fields such as computer science, computer engineering, or related field

PMP / PMI / Agile / CSM / CAPM certification (either or please list which)

Best VS. Average Candidate :

Need a strong communicator, not just having good technical skills but is able to manage stakeholder relationships and speak to the branding and marketing pieces, strong reporting experience;

experience with website build projects would allow them to hit the ground running; if have AEM experience would set them apart from the rest

Candidate Review & Selection

1 video interview MS Teams technical / PM questions along with behavioral and cultural fit - 30 to 45 minutes HM & Team member

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