Project Manager

Company Overview

BMO is an organization driven by a shared Purpose: Boldly Grow the Good in business and life. It calls on members of its team, to create lasting, positive change for its customers, its communities, and its people. By working together, innovating, and pushing boundaries, BMO transforms lives and businesses, and powers economic growth around the world.

As a contract worker on the BMO team, you are valued, respected, and heard, and you have more ways to grow and make an impact. BMO strives to help you make an impact from day one – for yourself and BMO's customers.

Job Description

BMO is currently sourcing for a Project Manager on a 12 - month contract.

Accountable party for defining, planning, orchestrating, and delivering assigned IT projects.

Here are some of the key requirements and responsibilities included in this role:

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE (but are not limited to):

• Manages all aspects of the project lifecycle and works with business and IT partners to oversee all phases of the project, and to ensure that related project processes are completed
• Within the context of the assigned project, responsible for building and sustaining the day-to-day relationships and communications (including project briefings) with stakeholders at various levels of the organization, including executive level, as well as other internal and external resources.
• Chairs regular core team and key governance forums (e.g. Steering Committees, Operating Committees, Decision Forums) to review progress with key constituents.
• Represents the interests of the project or program in various project governance and inter-department forums.
• Ensures the mechanisms of change management (plans , processes, tools) are in place and effectively executed.
• Ensures project issues and risks are identified, quantified, managed and tracked.
• Develops strategies to appropriately mitigate risks.
• Ensures risks, assumptions and constraints are appropriately communicated and escalated when necessary.
• Rigorously manages scope / schedule / cost to ensure commitments are achieved within agreed on time, cost, and quality parameters.
• Defines and tracks project milestones while developing, maintaining, and reporting on an overall integrated delivery plan.
• Develops project artifacts including charter, integrated plan, resource plan, contingency plan, and related PM artifacts, while complying with applicable enterprise standards(e.g. Risk, Audit, Compliance).
• Monitors and controls the project.
• Proposes recommendations and adjustments to the overall project manager (or Accountable Executive, as applicable) and publishes periodic project status reports.

Qualifications

IT Project Management: 5 years (Required)Agile/Waterfall, SDLC: 5 years (Required)Banking/Financial Industry: 5 years (Required)MS Project: 5 years (Required)

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