Technical Project Delivery Lead

Dawn InfoTek; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A technology consulting firm in Toronto is seeking a mid-senior level Project Manager to drive technical solutions in the financial services sector. The role involves collaborating with developers and product teams, addressing technical challenges, and leading modernization initiatives. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and 3-5 years of relevant banking or project management experience, alongside skills in software development and tools like JIRA. This contract position offers opportunities for technical leadership and team mentoring.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience as Delivery Lead or Project/Program Manager.
• Hands-on experience in modernizing legacy systems.
• Strong technical knowledge in programming and software design patterns.

Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional teams to understand requirements.
• Address technical issues and engage clients proactively.
• Participate in design discussions for customer experience.

Skills

Banking/financial industry experience

Development background or software engineering

Experience with JIRA/Confluence

Technical background in software design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

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Responsibilities

• Working within a cross-functional team of Developers, Business and Product Owners, and technical experts to understand requirements that drive the design and implementation of technical solutions
• Work with architecture groups on design proposals, development, and maintenance of applications
• Address technical issues on projects; pro-actively engaging project team and clients with concerns
• Ability to quickly ramp up on and apply new technologies and processes
• Primarily focused on strategy, problem solving and challenging our solution engineers to build amazing products and services.
• Ensuring products are well maintained by identifying and eliminating technical debt.
• Ability to showcase progress in projects/initiatives/programs, holding people accountable to their commitments and making sure we are on track for successful delivery.
• Participating in design discussions focused on building the best customer experience,
• Design and implementation of best practices/processes.
• Assisting in architectural solution designs, roadmaps and related strategies that are aligned to Enterprise Standards in the effort to modernization software applications.
• Present and leverage technical information and solutions in a way that establishes trust relationships, persuades stakeholders and achieves understanding and consensus at all levels.
• Assess and analyze business strategy & requirements, the current technical environment and technology options to evaluate solution alternatives that meet business needs and bank strategy.
• Participating in planning and review sessions.
• Partner with multiple teams across the bank to collaborate on strategy and direction.
• Assisting senior management to enforce standards and methodology; ensuring solutions are in line with the technology roadmap and mentoring the technical team members on a project to project basis.

Candidate Requirements / Nice To Have Skills

• 3-5 years of banking/financial industry experience as an overall Delivery Lead or Project/Program Manager is an asset.
• Previous development background or software engineering (full stack) experience with object oriented programming & scripting languages.
• Hands‑on technical working experience in modernizing legacy systems or similar transformational initiatives is a strong preference.
• Strong technical background, ability to read code, provide feedback, knowledge of software design patterns.
• JIRA / Confluence experience.
• Previous banking or financial industries experience, retail banking preferred.

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor (equivalent or higher) degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

• Project Management
• Industries: Financial Services and Banking