Project Manager

TMX Group; Montreal; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Join TMX Group as a Project Manager, where you will lead and manage various projects for financial institutions. This role involves ensuring the successful delivery of projects while maintaining strong relationships with clients and stakeholders. You'll apply your extensive project management experience in a dynamic environment, surrounded by a team committed to innovation and excellence.

Benefits

Generous time-off and leaves

Flexible work culture

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in business-driven initiatives for Financial Institutions.
• Experience delivering projects using SDLC, Agile methodologies.
• Fluency in French and English is required.

Responsibilities

• Plan, deliver, and execute projects ensuring they are on time and on budget.
• Support Portfolio and Project Management Office operations.
• Prepare presentations for Portfolio Management Committee.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation skills

Communication

Relationship building

Education

University/undergraduate degree in related discipline

Job description

Venture outside the ordinary - TMX Careers

The TMX group of companies includes leading global exchanges such as the Toronto Stock Exchange, Montreal Exchange, and numerous innovative organizations enhancing capital markets. United as a global team, we’re connecting cross-functionally, traversing industries and geographies, moving opportunity into action, advancing global economic growth, and propelling progress. Through a rich exchange of ideas, meaningful collaboration, and a nimble operating model, we're powering some of the nation's most critical systems, fueling capital formation and innovation, bringing increased opportunity to business visionaries, product ingenuity to consumers, and career exploration to our team.

Ready to be part of the action?

Department Overview

The CDCC PPMO governs the project and portfolio management practice within an environment that executes multiple projects across a diverse set of portfolios (SDLC, Infrastructure and integration of 3rd party products). We achieve excellence and quality in delivery to our customers by standardizing our project management services and consolidating project oversight for project performance metrics. The CDCC PPMO endeavors to improve project performance via establishing standards of practice and lowering project costs by minimizing project overhead, reducing process redundancies and by leveraging our specialized project management skills and expertise. CDCC PPMO educates our PMs on TMX PM practices and ensures that they fully understand and execute upon the expectations of the role.

Role Summary

The Project Manager is entrusted with the following key responsibilities

Project Management: Planning, delivery and execution of projects for the entire delivery life cycle, applying established TMX standards and best practices. The PM plays a leadership role to ensure projects are successfully delivered on time, on budget, with good quality while making certain clients are put first and the goals of the program are met.

Portfolio Management: Ensure smooth operations of the Portfolio and Project Management Office while recommending and implementing continuous improvement of tools, standards, and process.

Periodic reporting of all Regulatory initiatives.

Key Accountabilities:

The Project Manager leads and executes approved projects using TMX standard processes and tools, encompassing the following key activities:

Project Planning and Execution:

• Collaborate with the product lead to define project scope and identify key success metrics.

• Determine resource requirements (time, budget, equipment, etc.) in conjunction with relevant teams.

• Develop, implement, and monitor a comprehensive project plan detailing scope, schedule, costs, communications, resources, dependencies, and risks/issues.

• Closely track project budget, scope, and timelines.

  • Manage variances, including re-estimating project efforts and costs at appropriate stages.

  • Obtain timely approvals for revisions using standard project change request processes.

• Ensure all project information is properly documented, approved, and centrally stored.

• Provide regular project status and steering committee reporting according to TMX standards.

Portfolio Management Support:

• Prepare draft presentations for the Portfolio Management Committee.

• Ensure dashboard accuracy.

• Maintain the resource capacity plan.

• Actively contribute to the development of Project and Portfolio Management tools, standards, and processes.

• Enforce adherence to established tools, standards, and processes by Project Managers.

• Recommend continuous improvements to tools, standards, and processes.

Must haves:

• Minimum 10 years of experience delivering on business driven initiatives for Financial Institutions

• University/undergraduate degree in related discipline or equivalent PM work experience within the financial services industry

• Ability to successfully navigate and deliver within a fully matrixed environment that is complex and somewhat ambiguous.

• Demonstrated leadership, with the ability to motivate and effectively manage teams

• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills

• Excellent written and verbal communications

• Background delivering projects using SDLC, Iterative and Agile methodologies

• Experience with end to end project delivery (includes managing both the business and IT phases of a project) of projects for small as well as large projects.

• Excellent relationship building abilities and understanding that partnership is key to successful delivery

• Prior experience working with regulators and external clients

• Fluency in both French and English (written and spoken) is required, as this role involves regular interaction with partners and stakeholders in both languages

Nice to haves:

• PMP certification or Masters in in Project Management

• Prior experience working with Bank of Canada

• Prior experience using Workday as a PPM

• Experience with projects involving various solutions including in-house development, third party applications, on premise and cloud platforms

In the market for…

Excitement - Explore emerging technology and innovation, as well as ventures and digital finance that shape the future of global markets! Experience the movement of the market while grounded in the stability of close to 200 years of success.

Connection - With site hubs in some of the world’s most multicultural cities, we leverage our size and structure to create rich connections and belonging while experiencing powerful global impact through our work.

Impact - More than a platform, we use our talents to power mission-critical systems that drive global economic advancement, innovation, and growth. As well, our employee-led Team Impact spreads social good via our giving strategy.

Wellness - From empathetic leadership to a culture of flexibility and balance, we believe wellness at work creates the maximum yield and a stronger “we”. Plus, with a cloud-first and hybrid workstyle, as well as generous time-off and leaves, we support a life well lived!

Growth - From a growth mindset in our work, to expansion in our business, TMX is home to action-takers energized by the achievement of ambitious growth.

Ready to enrich your career with impactful work, leaders who truly care, and the flexibility and programs to help you thrive as part of #TeamTMX ? Apply now.

TMX is committed to creating and sustaining a collegial work environment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect and one which reflects the diversity of the community in which we operate. We provide accommodations for applicants and employees who require it.