We are seeking a highly experienced and results-oriented Senior Business Project Manager to join the Global Project Management Office (PMO). In this critical role, you will be instrumental in managing the planning, organization, and implementation of complex, high-uncertainty projects, ensuring all goals are accomplished within approved scope, budget, and timeline. If you thrive on building strong governance, managing executive-level communications, and navigating organizational change, we encourage you to apply.
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Advantages
●Impactful Role: Join a group that provides a coordinated, enterprise-wide view to deliver valuable advice and intelligence that protects and enables one of Canada's leading financial institutions.
●High Complexity: Opportunity to plan and execute projects with a high level of complexity and uncertainty, significantly boosting your profile and expertise.
●Influence & Leadership: You will set up appropriate governance, manage key stakeholder relationships across platform teams, and have direct oversight of project operating procedures and team performance.
●Advanced Tools: Work with advanced project management methodologies and essential tools like Jira, Confluence, and MS Project daily.
Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be responsible for the full project lifecycle, including:
●Project Leadership & Execution: Plan and execute highly complex and uncertain projects, overseeing operating procedures and monitoring the productivity and performance of the project team.
●Scope & Requirement Management: Actively manage project scope by assessing all requirements changes, determining, and conveying the direct impact on timelines, budget, and resourcing.
●Scheduling & Goal Attainment: Develop, manage, and ensure strict adherence to project schedules and the successful completion of established project goals.
●Risk & Issue Resolution: Proactively raise and track risks, issues, and conflicts; actively remove barriers; resolve minor project risks/issues and escalate them appropriately to leadership.
●Communication & Reporting: Manage all project communications, including preparing and delivering detailed status reports to executives, stakeholders, business partners, and vendors. Maintain and effectively manage project management repositories.
●Change & Governance: Facilitate Project Sponsor awareness of changes, appropriately manage organizational change management, and set up appropriate governance and oversight to ensure adherence to established Project Management standards.
●Stakeholder Management: Establish and maintain strong working relationships across platform teams to build influence and impact with key business partners.
Qualifications
Must-Have (Dealbreakers)
●Experience: 5+ years’ progressive business project-related experience.
●Project Knowledge: Advanced project management knowledge, including:
○Project plan development and scheduling capabilities.
○Project metrics gathering, analyzing, and reporting.
○Risk and issue management and cost/benefit analysis.
●Technical Proficiency: Intermediate or higher proficiency in:
○MS Suites, including Excel and MS Project.
○Jira and Confluence
Nice-to-Have
●Industry Experience: Internal Audit and Regulatory Compliance experience is an asset.
●Methodology Experience: Experience with Iterative Waterfall, Agile, and Kanban methodologies.
Summary
This is an exceptional opportunity for a seasoned Project Manager ready to tackle complex, enterprise-level initiatives within a strategically important group at a major financial institution. If your background includes advanced PM knowledge, proven success managing high-uncertainty projects, and expertise in Jira/Confluence, we want to hear from you
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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We are seeking a highly experienced and results-oriented Senior Business Project Manager to join the Global Project Management Office (PMO). In this critical role, you will be instrumental in managing the planning, organization, and implementation of complex, high-uncertainty projects, ensuring all goals are accomplished within approved scope, budget, and timeline. If you thrive on building strong governance, managing executive-level communications, and navigating organizational change, we encourage you to apply.
Advantages
●Impactful Role: Join a group that provides a coordinated, enterprise-wide view to deliver valuable advice and intelligence that protects and enables one of Canada's leading financial institutions.
●High Complexity: Opportunity to plan and execute projects with a high level of complexity and uncertainty, significantly boosting your profile and expertise.
●Influence & Leadership: You will set up appropriate governance, manage key stakeholder relationships across platform teams, and have direct oversight of project operating procedures and team performance.
●Advanced Tools: Work with advanced project management methodologies and essential tools like Jira, Confluence, and MS Project daily.
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Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be responsible for the full project lifecycle, including:
●Project Leadership & Execution: Plan and execute highly complex and uncertain projects, overseeing operating procedures and monitoring the productivity and performance of the project team.
●Scope & Requirement Management: Actively manage project scope by assessing all requirements changes, determining, and conveying the direct impact on timelines, budget, and resourcing.
●Scheduling & Goal Attainment: Develop, manage, and ensure strict adherence to project schedules and the successful completion of established project goals.
●Risk & Issue Resolution: Proactively raise and track risks, issues, and conflicts; actively remove barriers; resolve minor project risks/issues and escalate them appropriately to leadership.
●Communication & Reporting: Manage all project communications, including preparing and delivering detailed status reports to executives, stakeholders, business partners, and vendors. Maintain and effectively manage project management repositories.
●Change & Governance: Facilitate Project Sponsor awareness of changes, appropriately manage organizational change management, and set up appropriate governance and oversight to ensure adherence to established Project Management standards.
●Stakeholder Management: Establish and maintain strong working relationships across platform teams to build influence and impact with key business partners.
Qualifications
Must-Have (Dealbreakers)
●Experience: 5+ years’ progressive business project-related experience.
●Project Knowledge: Advanced project management knowledge, including:
○Project plan development and scheduling capabilities.
○Project metrics gathering, analyzing, and reporting.
○Risk and issue management and cost/benefit analysis.
●Technical Proficiency: Intermediate or higher proficiency in:
○MS Suites, including Excel and MS Project.
○Jira and Confluence
Nice-to-Have
●Industry Experience: Internal Audit and Regulatory Compliance experience is an asset.
●Methodology Experience: Experience with Iterative Waterfall, Agile, and Kanban methodologies.
Summary
This is an exceptional opportunity for a seasoned Project Manager ready to tackle complex, enterprise-level initiatives within a strategically important group at a major financial institution. If your background includes advanced PM knowledge, proven success managing high-uncertainty projects, and expertise in Jira/Confluence, we want to hear from you
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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