It Project Manager - 5

Location Address: Hybrid (1-2x a week)

Contract Duration: ASAP to 10/31/2023

*Please note this is a long term project and the candidate will be extended just before end of fiscal year (Oct 31st) for at least another year

Extension: Highly likely to full tenure

FTE: Possible

Number of Positions: 1

Schedule Hours: 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday

Story Behind the Need

• Business group: Project Delivery & Support who oversees the delivery of large scale IT projects for a variety of teams across Client**. Responsible for ensuring the projects have the proper team to complete effectively

• Project: This project is a large scale data migration initiative and the PM will act as a bridge between the business and technical teams. It would be ideal if the candidate had a strong familiarity with Agile.

• Reason for request: Additional support required on this project

Candidate Value Proposition

• The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on a high visibility to project. The candidate will gain valuable experience working with bank executives across multiple business lines

Typical Day in Role

• Develop, track and manage project budget, project plans, timelines and scope

• Manage project resources including procuring project staff, developing, motivating, coaching and advising

• Partner closely with other members of functional teams to define business requirements

• Lead teams of developers in the delivery of high-quality software solutions that meet business needs

• Define test plans and ensure that products are defect free before User Acceptance Testing

• Facilitate the User Acceptance Testing process, developing rollout plans and procedures

• Prepare and present cost-benefit analyses

• Ensure appropriate systems development and project management processes are being utilized

• Make presentations to steering committees or project sponsors

• Communicating with project team and vendors

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:

• 10+ years of experience as a Project Manager – managing Scope of budgets over $10 million

• Prior Experience with Tech Delivery of Application

• Application Project Development

• People Management Project Scope of at least 30 people.

• Proven ability to learn business processes quickly and to work well with business partners at different levels within the organization

• Strong ability to assess risk and apply management principles to technology applications/products and business functions

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Previous ***Bank*Experience an asset

• Prior TSYS

• Prior AML experience

• 5-6+ years of experience managing projects for large organizations within the Financial Industry (ideally within big 5 banks)

Soft Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to be flexible/ adaptable in exercising judgment in a changing environment and to manage competing priorities

• Great communication skills are required, as they will regularly be communicating internally and externally

Best vs Average: Successful candidate would have great communication skills especially at the exc. Level and work to bridge the gap between business and technology. The ideal candidate would also be familiar with Data Migration and Cloud based Projects.

Degrees or certifications:

• PMP Certified

• Bachelor's degree in a related field required (Technical fields preferred, although experience is more important)

Candidate Review & Selection

• Structure and Format: Two rounds (screening interview with HM + interview with project sponsors)