Sr Project Manager

Job Title: Sr Project Manager

Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)

Estimated Duration: 9 Months

Project Manager

We're seeking a strategic and hands-on Project Manager to lead the delivery of complex business and technology initiatives, with emphasis on AI-driven capabilities. This hands-on leadership role requires deep experience in managing cross-functional teams, navigating both Agile and Waterfall environments, and delivering high-impact solutions across mobile, web, backend services, APIs, infrastructure and cloudification, which are in alignment with the Enterprise Technology Roadmap. Familiarity with banking products and services is an asset. The PM ensures key metrics provide the basis for teams to deliver quality customer experiences, in a timely manner building and fostering a culture of transparency focused on the ability to inspect and adapt as needed. The project manager collaborates with product, engineering, design and our business partners ensuring that software delivery is on time, on budget and in a way that meets the business expectations. The Project Manager is responsible for the delivery of all project artifacts, risk assessments and will conduct projects in accordance with delivery standards and follow Project Management methodology.

This role is accountable to manage the hygiene of the business/technology portfolio they are assigned to deliver projects for and provide oversight to support for end-to-end delivery.

• Own the end-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of business and projects aligned with enterprise strategy
• Lead multidisciplinary teams across engineering, design, product, and business functions to ensure timely and high-quality delivery
• Drive AI-related initiatives, including CRM enhancements, intelligent automation, and data-driven decisioning
• Facilitate portfolio delivery strategy and product roadmap discussions. Enable stakeholders to arrive at a delivery schedule, prioritization and resource planning to deliver the product roadmap
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, and risk mitigation strategies
• Ensure compliance with SDLC and internal delivery frameworks, producing all required project artifacts
• Communicate project status, risks, and outcomes clearly to stakeholders at all levels
• Foster a culture of transparency, adaptability, and continuous improvement
• Collaborate with external partners including vendors, regulators, and teams
• Build strong relationships with IT and business stakeholders to ensure alignment and support
• Education/Experience
• University or College Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a relevant discipline

• Experience delivering technology and infrastructure products is a must have
• Professional Certification
  • Project Management certification (PMP) or equivalent PM certification is considered an asset
• Technical Skills
  • Experience and familiarity with waterfall & Agile delivery methodologies is a must
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively use MS Office Suite (MS Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Working knowledge of delivery tools for effective workflow visualization and management (Jira, Confluence, Service Now etc.)
• Abilities
  • Proven ability to lead project teams consisting of a variety of resources; business and technology, local, remote, internal and third party
  • Demonstrated experience utilizing software development and project management methodologies
  • Proven ability to independently manage small and medium size business and technology projects
• Attributes
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills both written and oral