IT Project Manager / Scrum Master – Platform Transformation

Job Description

IT Project Manager / Scrum Master

Platform Transformation

Make an impact on a major transformation initiative in the insurance sector for our client.

This opportunity offers the chance to contribute to the modernization of a wealth management platform, collaborate with teams across the organization, and support an exciting transition to a new cloud-based environment.

What is in it for you:

• Salaried: $60-70 per hour.

• Incorporated Business Rate: $70-80 per hour.

• 12-month contract.

• Hybrid schedule, 37.5 hours per week.

Responsibilities:

• Support the end-to-end technology delivery of the replatform transformation by translating project priorities into executable plans, milestones, dependencies, and measurable outcomes.

• Coordinate the platform transformation and overall project delivery.

• Organize and facilitate Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, Scrum calls, and project meetings.

• Partner with the Product Owner, business stakeholders, technology teams, architects, vendors, and other delivery partners to coordinate priorities and maintain delivery alignment.

• Understand business requirements and translate them into actionable IT deliverables.

• Manage project scope, schedules, resources, dependencies, risks, issues, assumptions, and deliverables.

• Maintain project plans, Agile and Scrum artifacts, Jira, dashboards, RAID items, status reporting, and governance materials to provide transparency into overall project health.

• Facilitate project governance and stakeholder discussions to support timely decision-making, issue resolution, and escalation.

• Coordinate and monitor vendor and partner deliverables, including commitments associated with contracts and statements of work.

• Support the conversion of wealth-management products, implementation of the new platform, and eventual decommissioning of the existing platforms.

• Promote Agile principles, continuous improvement, delivery discipline, accountability, and collaboration across the project team.

• Support project closeout, lessons learned, operational readiness, and knowledge-transfer activities.

What you will need to succeed:

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 5-7+ years of experience.

• Demonstrated project or program management experience delivering large-scale technology or transformation initiatives within complex enterprise environments.

• Experience coordinating cross-functional and distributed teams with multiple business and technology stakeholder groups.

• Experience managing technology delivery using Agile and Scrum, including backlog coordination, sprint execution, delivery tracking, and continuous improvement.

• Experience managing vendors, partner deliverables, dependencies, risks, financial commitments, and statements of work.

• Experience managing project deliverables, timelines, dependencies, and risks.

• Strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum, hybrid delivery methodologies, project governance, risk management, and enterprise technology delivery.

• Good understanding of end-to-end project management, business processes, and workflows.

• Hands-on experience with Jira and Agile project-management tools.

• Strong understanding of Agile metrics and analytics, including Scrum artifacts such as burndown charts.

• Ability to develop and maintain integrated delivery plans, milestones, project reporting, and dashboards.

• Ability to proactively identify and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and delivery trade-offs.

Preferred qualifications

• Scrum certification such as Certified ScrumMaster or SAFe.

• PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, or equivalent project-management certification.

• Experience in financial services or another highly regulated industry.

• Experience with Canadian investment management or wealth-management organizations.

• Experience with banking, financial services, or investment platform transformation projects.

• Experience with enterprise platform migrations or vendor implementations.

• Experience with Confluence, Microsoft Project, Planner, and Power BI.

Required soft skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills.

• Strong negotiation and conflict-resolution skills.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

• Ability to influence and coordinate cross-functional teams.

• Strong collaboration and accountability.

• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage competing priorities.

• Ability to work effectively in a complex and changing environment.

• Continuous-improvement mindset.

Why Recruit Action?

Recruit Action (agency permit: AP-2504511) provides recruitment services through quality support and a personalized approach. As part of the screening process, some applications may be reviewed using artificial intelligence tools. Only candidates who meet the hiring criteria will be contacted.

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