Project Delivery Lead

OMERS; Toronto; On-site; CAD 86,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pension plan in Canada is seeking a passionate Project Delivery Lead for a 12-month contract. The role involves managing major pension transformation initiatives, ensuring effective communication and stakeholder engagement, and driving project delivery results. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience in project delivery, strong organizational skills, and hands-on experience with project management tools like JIRA and Confluence. This position offers a competitive salary and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Annual Incentive Award

Group benefits and retirement plans

Qualifications

• 3+ years of project delivery experience supporting multiple projects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Hands-on experience with project management tools.

Responsibilities

• Support the creation and execution of project delivery materials.
• Lead cross-functional discussions and ensure clarity of decisions.
• Identify risks and develop mitigation strategies.

Skills

Delivery-focused problem solver

Strong communication skills

Project management methodologies

Organizational skills

Stakeholder engagement

Problem-solving skills

Education

University/college degree in management or operations

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

MS Project

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

Choose a workplace that empowers your impact.

Join a global workplace where employees thrive. One that embraces diversity of thought, expertise and experience. A place where you can personalize your employee journey to be — and deliver — your best.

We are a purpose-driven, dynamic and sustainable pension plan. An industry leading global investor with teams in Toronto to London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe. We embody the values of our 640,000 members, placing their best interests at the heart of everything we do.

Join us to accelerate your growth & development, prioritize wellness, build connections, and support the communities where we live and work.

Don’t just work anywhere — come build tomorrow together with us.

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Role

The Pensions Project Delivery team is looking for a 12-month contract Project Delivery Lead who is passionate about enabling change that matters for our members. Reporting to the Manager of Pension Project Delivery, you will be a key contributor to major pension transformation initiatives, supporting alignment, readiness and successful delivery across business and technology partners.

This role requires a proactive connector, someone who sees the big picture, navigates complexity, builds trusted relationships, and confidently facilitates cross-functional work. You will play an important role in driving execution, uncovering risks early, and ensuring our teams stay coordinated and accountable.

What will you do

• Drive delivery results: support the creation and execution of kickoff materials, schedules, resource coordination, and delivery milestones.

• Facilitate effectively: lead cross-functional discussions, plan and run meetings, ensure clarity of decisions, next steps and owners.

• Bridge the big picture with the details: connect the dots across workstreams, dependencies, timelines, risks and decision points.

• Champion risk and issue management: proactively identify risks and barriers, develop mitigation options, and escalate effectively when needed.

• Communicate with purpose: translate complex information into clear, concise updates for delivery teams, sponsors, and executives.

• Model strong stakeholder engagement: build relationships based on trust, credibility and responsiveness.

• Own governance quality and improvements: support project delivery structure and consistency, recommend improvements that enhance coordination, efficiency and cross-team alignment.

• Ensure accountability: surface gaps, follow up on pending tasks and ensure deliverables stay on track.

Who you are

• Delivery-focused problem solver who is curious and asks the right questions to uncover needs and challenge assumptions.

• Listens actively and plays back what is heard to align teams and clarify understanding.

• Can influence without authority, leading cross-functional stakeholders toward shared solutions.

• Thrives in ambiguous environments and knows how to create structure from complexity.

• Communicates with confidence: written, verbal and in facilitation settings.

• Is detail-oriented and able to zoom out to keep the strategic view clear.

To succeed in this role, you have

• A university/college degree with a focus in management, operations, or equivalent practical experience

• 3+ years of project delivery experience with an ability to support multiple projects and changing priorities under tight deadlines with multiple stakeholders

• Willingness to learn and take on new opportunities

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

• Knowledge of project management methodologies, tools, and techniques

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

• Hands on experience with JIRA, Confluence, MS Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project and other project management tools

• Ability to easily build rapport with others, including team members, peers, and executives

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think creatively

• Knowledge of pension plans, systems and processes is an asset

• Project Management Professional (PMP)/Certified Scrum Master (CSM) is an asset

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

The expected salary range for this position is $86,000.00 - $130,000.00 per year, prorated based on the term of the contract.

You may also be eligible to receive an annual Incentive Award pursuant to our Short-term Incentive plan and our Long-Term Incentive plan (if applicable), and to participate in our group benefits and retirement plans – details on these elements of compensation are included within OMERS & Oxford offer letters.

As one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the members we proudly serve.

From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.

Note: OMERS uses artificial intelligence tools to assist in the recruitment process.