IT Project Manager

Delpath

Toronto

On-site

CAD 100,000 - 130,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

A prominent financial services provider in Toronto is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to drive projects in the Business Banking division. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of project management experience, particularly in Agile environments, and a strong technical background. Responsibilities include collaborating with various teams and ensuring alignment with strategic goals. This contract role offers the opportunity to greatly impact developing financial products and modernizing processes in a dynamic banking environment.

Qualifications

10+ years of experience as an IT Project Manager.
3+ years of recent experience in an Agile environment.
Strong technical background (ability to read code, provide feedback).

Responsibilities

Work within cross-functional teams to understand requirements.
Collaborate with architecture groups on design proposals.
Manage technical issues and engage project teams proactively.

Skills

IT Project Management

Agile methodologies

Technical feedback and software design patterns

Delivery Lead experience

JIRA and Confluence

Building scalable financial products

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

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Contract Duration: 6 months with extension

Business group: Business Banking

Project: Business Banking Modernization project and BB Client Product onboarding.

Reason: New Project.

Looking for someone who will interact with numerous dynamic teams across the Bank (from mobile developers in the Digital Factory to cloud infrastructure teams and integration with various systems). All this in an effort to ensure we are building a cohesive, future forward bank that leverages enterprise technology assets and best practices surrounding the use of modern software development. Clear, professional communication with peers, detail oriented and supporting team representatives is an important part of this job. As we build new and improve existing features for the future you will get to feel first‑hand the impact of your work across the bank.

Typical Day in Role

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.

Must have skills

10+ years of experience as an IT Project Manager
3+ years of recent experience in an Agile environment.
Have a strong technical background (i.e. ability to read code, provide feedback, knowledge of software design patterns).
3-5 years of banking/financial industry experience as an overall Delivery Lead or Project/Program Manager
3-5 years of experience with JIRA and Confluence.
Working experience in building globally scalable financial products
Working experience in defining current and future state for products and the associated roadmaps.

Nice to have

3+ years of software engineering (full stack) experience with object‑oriented programming & scripting languages.
Must have technical working knowledge of User Experience best practices.
Hands‑on technical working experience in modernizing legacy systems or similar transformational initiatives is a strong preference.
Experience in banking

Education

Bachelor (equivalent or higher) degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline.
PMP Certification is nice to have

The ideal candidate will be an experienced IT Project manager with recent experience with banks/financial institutes. Hands‑on technical working experience in modernizing legacy systems or similar transformational initiatives is a strong preference.

Interview Process

2 rounds back‑to‑back on the same day.