Project Manager

Foresters Financial; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services organization is looking for a Project Manager in Toronto, Ontario. The successful candidate will manage multiple projects, ensuring timely delivery and optimal budget usage. The role requires 3-5 years of experience in project management, familiarity with IT requirements, and strong interpersonal skills. This position offers a hybrid work environment and values diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in Project Management.
• PMP or Agile/SCRUM certification preferred.
• Experience in IT Infrastructure or Application Development projects.
• Understanding of the Life Insurance industry and systems.

Responsibilities

• Oversee implementation of multiple projects.
• Manage project teams and budgets.
• Conduct post-project reviews and manage risks.
• Provide leadership to ensure project success.

Skills

Project Management

Risk Assessment

Stakeholder Management

Agile Methodologies

Problem Solving

Education

University degree

MBA

Tools

Microsoft Project

JIRA

Azure DevOps

Job description

Career Opportunity Role Title Project Manager Purpose of role The Project Manager will provide and apply high quality project management methodologies and techniques to manage a wide range of projects.

Using high-level understanding of business and IT processes and strategy, the Project Manager will be involved in projects to enhance current operations and/or to develop new business solutions deploying technology within Foresters Financial or with 3rd party vendors/partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, manage and successfully oversee the implementation of multiple projects in parallel
• Manage project teams and stakeholders to ensure project completion is on time, on budget and within scope. This includes the development and management of detailed plans, work breakdown structures, schedule, and budget
• Conduct post-project reviews to certify project success criteria have been met
• Identify and assess risks, severity and impacts. Determine and implement risk strategies and communicate risks to client and stakeholders as appropriate
• Closely monitor project financials, follow-up on issues and provide regular status updates to management and stakeholders
• Monitor implementation efforts and transition issues to ensure that business risks are identified, and solutions are recommended
• Lead and manage project teams to effectively utilize strengths of team members
• Manage stakeholder expectations, including understanding their points of views and needs while keeping Foresters strategic goals in mind and fostering a win/win relationship
• Leverage knowledge of business through understanding, and applying rapidly changing technology and business process delivery trends
• Influence and negotiate to gain support and achieve consensus

Key Qualifications

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in a Project Management role with proven track record of successfully delivering various business and IT project sizes and types
• PMP certified, Agile/SCRUM certified, or formal project management education is an asset
• University degree, an MBA would be an asset
• Strong IT Infrastructure and or Application Development project experience
• Experience implementing Life Insurance projects, products and IT systems and awareness of Life Insurance industry knowledge and systems features including New Business and In-Force administration would be an asset
• Strong understanding of IT environments / technologies
• Experience with both Waterfall and Agile development methodologies
• Experience in managing multiple projects at one time
• Must be well versed in project management methodology and have proven ability to lead projects to appropriately guide project requirements, identify technology issues and risks and direct investigation and analysis of technical alternatives
• Ability to assess priority and severity of issues by understanding business objectives, technical costs and user needs as well as being able to weigh alternatives for resolution
• Able to work in a team environment
• Proven ability to influence, lead and obtain agreement from cross-functional team
• Understand and manage to the critical path of the project
• Provide day-to-day leadership and focus on the proper execution of actions necessary for delivery of projects on time and on budget
• Excellent ability to multitask, to respond to constantly changing needs and schedules and to organize and prioritize workload
• Proven ability to manage finance issues, budgeting and cost-benefit analysis
• Excellent planning and organization skills
• Ability to provide solutions while managing tight deadlines and motivating in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a keen attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal skills to interact with all levels of staff from CEO, SVP’s and VP’s to managers and other staff
• Sound judgment and decision-making skills to act effectively in resolving issues as they arise
• Excellent communication skills including strong presentation / communication / facilitation skills (verbal and written)
• Excellent relationship management, interpersonal, conflict and negotiation skills
• Substantial experience and expertise with the use of Project Planning software, such as Microsoft Project, Visio, Azure DevOps/JIRA, and Office 365
• Strong systems implementation skills including requirements/process analysis, conceptual and detailed design, configuration, testing, training, change management, and support

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Equal Opportunity Employment and Inclusion – at Foresters Financial, we are committed to sustaining an equal opportunity environment for all job applicants. We embrace Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (IDE) as a core strategic objective for building strong, innovative teams in which all our employees can show up wholly and authentically as themselves.

Foresters Financial strives to provide an accessible candidate experience for prospective employees with different abilities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodations during the recruitment process, please email [e-mail] in advance of your appointment.

Thank you for choosing Foresters. Only those candidates who will be selected for further consideration will be contacted by our Talent Acquisition Team.