Senior Manager Project & Program Delivery

What is the Opportunity

GFT’s impact is far-reaching as we collaborate with partners from across the company to deliver innovative and transformative IT solutions. Our clients represent Risk, Finance, HR, CAO, Audit, Legal, Compliance, Financial Crime, Capital Markets, Personal and Commercial Banking and Wealth Management. We also lead the development of digital tools and platforms to enhance collaboration.

What will you do?

• Drive the project through the end-to-end SDLC in adherence to the Enterprise Project Management Framework, leveraging standard project management tools, processes and best practices
• Drive rigor and simplicity in project health routines, ensuring project status reports are up to date and accurate including financials, issues, risks and key decisions etc.
• Collaborate within the team to evolve standard project management tools, templates and practices / routines (i.e. project/portfolio reporting).
• Closely work with business stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements, report project status, solve problems and use critical thinking to navigate through ambiguity.
• Organizing and coordinating processes and procedures for all project teams to follow within the program.
• Managing all aspects of an organizational program to ensure all projects within the program are implemented, accepted and accomplished within a set deadline.

What do you need to succeed?

Must Have

• Minimum of 10 years as a Senior Project / Program Manager, planning and executing on high complexity, large scale technology projects / programs driven by regulatory compliance requirements (FED, OSFI)
• Highly proficient in project scheduling and risk-based planning, scope change management, budgeting and project costs management, relationship management, resource leveling, risk management, conflict resolution
• Lead KPI / success metric creation, tracking / reporting, trend analysis, issues resolution and escalation
• Excellent communication skills and ability to effectively deliver an impactful story that resonates and engages key stakeholders at all levels; excellent data visualization skills
• Excellent executive presence, with the ability to effectively communicate project / portfolio health and financial performance to senior leaders, surfacing risks/issues that require leadership attention / support to mitigate
• Experience working with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies
• Strong attention to detail and business acumen / organizational awareness, project governance and contract negotiation
• Advanced skills in standard project management tools: MIS, Planview SaaS, MS Project, JIRA, Confluence, Excel and PowerPoint

Nice to Have

• Project Management/Scrum Master certificate/training
• Previous experience in delivering large regulatory programs/initiatives

What’s in it for you?

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• A world-class training program in financial services
• Flexible work/life balance options
• Opportunities to do challenging work

Job Skills

Adaptability, Agile Project Delivery, Agile Scrum Project Management, Atlassian Confluence, Atlassian JIRA, Budgeting, Business Oriented, Capital Markets, Decision Making, Deliverables Management, Long Term Planning, Project Planning, Regulatory Reporting, Resource Management, Results-Oriented, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Team Management, Time Management, Waterfall Model

Additional Job Details

• Address: RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO
• City: Toronto
• Country: Canada
• Work hours/week: 37.5
• Employment Type: Full time
• Platform: TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS
• Job Type: Regular
• Pay Type: Salaried
• Posted Date: 2026-06-03
• Application Deadline: 2026-08-08
• Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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