Manager - Program Office

Intello Technologies Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 102,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Toronto is seeking a Senior Strategy and Programs Manager to drive transformational initiatives across various teams. The ideal candidate should possess extensive experience in telecommunications, strong project management skills, and the ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams. This full-time position offers a salary range of CAD 102,000–154,000, flexible benefits, and an inclusive work environment focused on innovation and community engagement.

Benefits

Comprehensive total rewards package

Minimum 3 weeks vacation

Flexible benefits plan

Career growth opportunities

Generous pension and share programs

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of experience in telecommunications or related industry.
• Strong project management, time management, and organizational skills.
• Experience managing others and serving as a consultant.

Responsibilities

• Plan and facilitate Senior Leadership forums.
• Develop strategic roadmaps and milestones.
• Lead collaboration to ensure delivery of strategic priorities.

Skills

Telecommunications experience

Project management

Leadership

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Undergraduate degree in business or related discipline

Tools

Project management software

Data analysis tools

Job description

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Status: Full Time

Schedule: Regular

Description

Join our team

The Strategy and Innovation team within Customer Solutions Delivery, is a dynamic and high performing team that is a key enabler of CSD's go-to-market strategy and strategic program execution. We bring cross-functional teams together to implement and support programs across our Field organization and make strategic decisions on how to execute across our National CSD team. As one of TELUS' leading sales channels, we are experiencing tremendous growth, and we want you to be a part of it!

In this role, you'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to prioritize and support strategic priorities. This includes leading senior leadership forums, developing strategic roadmaps, and ensuring delivery of strategic priorities through effective collaboration and interlock. You will also lead a team of highly motivated program managers who drive transformational initiatives across the organization. If you thrive in ambiguity and have a passion for transformation, you'll provide leadership with the expertise, critical thinking, and insights needed to support your recommendations.

Here’s the impact you’ll make and what we’ll accomplish together

As the leader of our Strategic Programs team, you will play a vital role in driving transformational initiatives that propel our business forward. Working across the entire CSD ecosystem, you will identify opportunities for improvement and optimize our processes and systems. Your knack for driving business results and change will be critical in this capacity.

With your transformative mindset, you will continually seek opportunities to enhance our business and deliver better outcomes for both our customers and team members. This is a career-shaping journey that will set you apart, as you help build and grow a world-class connected home and security business at TELUS. Are you up for the challenge?

Here’s how

Here are some of the key activities you will spearhead in driving our business forward:

• Plan, facilitate and govern Senior Leadership forums, developing and maintaining governance frameworks and standards to drive effective prioritization and strategic decision-making
• Develop strategic roadmaps and milestones, aligning key initiatives with organizational strategic objectives and ensuring clear pathways to execution
• Lead collaboration and interlock activities to ensure delivery of strategic priorities, connecting upstream stakeholders with Enablement and Operations leaders to work together to improve customer and business outcomes
• Lead and develop a team of highly motivated program managers, providing guidance and strategic oversight for major programs and initiatives, supporting projects end-to-end from ideation to execution
• Create and support executive-level business reviews that are presented to the leadership team
• Drive impactful business outcomes and spearhead change within a new evolving team
• Champion our TELUS values and culture with new TELUS team members
• Support VP scorecard to track objectives and organizational health, providing senior leadership with actionable insights that drive accountability and informed decision-making
• Foster a positive work environment and drive strong engagement outcomes, upholding CSD's culture while encouraging innovation, collaboration, and sharing of best practices
• Amplify CSD's story and journey through effective communication strategies, ensuring the team is informed, inspired, and connected to the team's vision and successes.

Qualifications

You're the missing piece of the puzzle

• 7-10 years of experience in telecommunications or related industry
• An undergraduate degree in business or related discipline
• Experience managing others and serving as a consultant to drive improvements in programs, processes and cross-functional relationships
• Strong project management, time management and organizational skills; ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize tasks and meet tight deadlines
• Proven ability to build relationships, influence others and foster ownership within cross-functional teams
• Confident tackling ambiguous problems, bringing structure and process to help shape solutions
• Experience leveraging data, insights and analytics to define problems and priorities
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including creating and delivering presentations
• Self-starter, proactive, takes initiative and ownership of issue/tasks to resolution
• Recognized as being highly collaborative and a strong communicator
• Noted for your curiosity, learning and continuous improvement mindset

Great-to-haves

• Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree
• PMP or similar certification
• Proficiency with relevant tools and technologies (e.g., project management software, data analysis tools)

Salary Range: $102,000-$154,000

Performance Bonus or Sales Incentive Plan: 20%

Actual total compensation will be determined based on factors such as knowledge, skills, performance and experience. In addition, TELUS offers rewarding benefits, which may vary per job function, such as:

• Comprehensive total rewards package highlighting competitive salary and bonus structures, minimum 3 weeks of vacation, and flexible benefits plan to meet the needs of you and your family
• Flexibility to work in-office, virtually or a combination of both
• Generous company matched pension and share purchase programs
• Opportunity to give back to communities in which we work, live and serve
• Career growth and learning & development opportunitiestodevelop your skills
• And much more …

Job Type: This is for a current vacancy

A bit about us

We’re a people-focused, customer-first, purpose-driven team who works together every day to innovate and do good. We improve lives through our technology solutions and foster a culture of innovation that empowers team members to solve complex problems and create remarkable human outcomes in a digital world.

You’ll find our engaging, high-performance culture personally fulfilling, professionally challenging, and financially rewarding. We’re committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability. Your unique contributions and talents will be valued and respected here. When you join our team, you’re helping us make the future friendly.

Note for Quebec candidates: if knowledge of English is required for this position, it is because the team memberwill be asked, on a regular basis, to interact in English with external or internal parties or to use English applications or software as part of their tasks.

Operations

We’re the ones that design, build, repair and maintain the billions of dollars’ worth of the infrastructure that keeps more than 15.2 million Canadians connected.

We are honoured to be recognized

1.4M
Days volunteered in our communities.

70%
Team members that work at home or are mobile.

15.2
Million customers that TELUS is serving across Canada.

Accessibility

TELUS is proud to foster an inclusive culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to fair employment practices and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

We offer accommodation for applicants with disabilities, as required, during the recruitment process.