Senior IT Project Manager

Global Technical Talent, Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 124,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Technical Talent, Inc. is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager in Toronto to drive large cybersecurity, IAM and regulatory projects. You will lead a PMO team, manage budgets, schedules and risks, while aligning stakeholders across business and technology for timely, compliant delivery.

The role is a 13-month contract with hybrid work (1 day/week on-site) and potential conversion to FTE. Strong governance, communication and financial oversight are essential.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of professional Project Management experience in cybersecurity/IT/infrastructure.
• Experience managing project scheduling, spend, forecasting, risks, and reporting.
• Understanding of multiple lines of business and financial services delivery channels.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management under pressure.
• PMP or related certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create detailed integrated project plans, financial plans and estimating models with stakeholders.
• Define deliverables, roles and responsibilities and align teams to milestones.
• Mitigate project risks by understanding dependencies across projects.
• Lead governance and communications, producing executive status reports.
• Oversee project costs, budgets, resource needs, and change control.
• Forecast monthly actuals and variances and report them to leadership.

Skills

Project planning

Stakeholder management

Communication

Risk management

Budget forecasting

Agile methodologies

Cybersecurity awareness

Financial services domain

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

• Contract Duration: 13 months (with potential for extension and conversion to FTE)
• Pay Rate: C$90.00–C$95.00 / Hour (CAD)
• Shift / Schedule: Standard 9–5, 37.5 hours/week

Senior IT Project Manager

Location: Toronto, ON

Onsite Flexibility

Hybrid — 1 day/week on-site (Tuesdays)

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 13 months (with potential for extension and conversion to FTE)
• Pay Rate: C$90.00–C$95.00 / Hour (CAD)
• Shift / Schedule: Standard 9–5, 37.5 hours/week

Job Summary

The Cybersecurity, Third-Party and Operational Resilience (CTPR) team aims to protect the bank and its customers by enhancing governance and oversight across the bank's global regions, defining and enhancing cyber security capabilities, threat detection, and building resilience to operations and third party eco-systems. The team takes a risk-based approach to activities and initiatives, maximizing impact in risk reduction, mitigation and resiliency, operating within a proactive, agile and resilient security culture. In this role you will join the Project Management Office to lead and manage a variety of strategic initiatives, including cybersecurity, IAM and regulatory projects to protect data and applications, as well as modernization of security monitoring and response. You will work closely with peers from across areas to ensure continued alignment with industry best practice and regulatory compliance. You will lead teams of stakeholders and business partners to ensure projects of all sizes are completed in line with the team's scope, budget and timeline.

Key Responsibilities

Project and Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with business and technology stakeholders to create detailed integrated project plans, financial plans and estimating models as required
• Define clear deliverables, roles and responsibilities and ensuring all project team members are working towards established milestones
• Bring extensive practical experience and knowledge with techniques for planning, organizing, and monitoring multiple projects simultaneously
• Understand interconnection and dependencies across multiple projects and priorities in order to effectively mitigate project risks

Communications Management

• Act as a focal point of contact for the project to proactively identify and resolve project risks and issues
• Through collaboration and persuasion, lead and direct stakeholders towards meeting the objectives and realizing benefits of the program
• Follow governance guidance for all communications, financial and change management, and use established project status reporting tools
• Create high quality professional written communications and presentations to the team, stakeholders and to executive leadership on a regular basis

Financial Management

• Identify and manage overall project costs and budgets, including monitoring resource requirements for people, hardware, software, and change requests
• Create project forecasts, report monthly actuals and variances, within the financial risk appetite of the project
• Use the financial tools to meet monthly financial reporting requirements

Must-Have Requirements

• Communication and problem solving with stakeholders
• Asking the right questions/working in ambiguity
• 8 years of PM experience (understanding dependencies/risk/issues and not just record them, but to foresee problems, how to define dependency and track work accordingly - blend of both business and technology PM experience/a PM with only technology experience is okay as well)
• 8 stakeholder management experience

Nice-to-Have Requirements

• Previous CIBC experience
• Cybersecurity experience (they won't be implementing the change, the technical PM would, this hire is the Business PM who drives the change/figures out the roadmap)

Required Skills

• 8–10 years of professional Project Management experience ideally handling Cybersecurity, IT and Infrastructure projects
• Proven track record of managing project scheduling, project spend and forecasting, risks and issues, planning and reporting
• Understanding of various lines of businesses, products, services, delivery channels and new technologies in the financial services sectors
• Attention to detail
• Problem solving skills
• Communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Project planning

Preferred Skills

• PMP or related certification
• Experience with Agile methodologies
• Experience with Operational Resilience
• Experience with Business Continuity Project Management
• Data security or data project experience

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (asset)

Required Experience

• 8–10 years of professional Project Management experience, ideally handling Cybersecurity, IT and Infrastructure projects
• Experience managing project scheduling, project spend and forecasting, risks and issues, planning and reporting

Nice-to-Have Experience

• Previous experience at a major Canadian financial institution
• Cybersecurity or data security project experience
• Experience as a blend of both Business and Technical PM

Important Notes

• Interview process: 2 rounds — first round via Microsoft Teams, second (final) round in person
• Interviews will be conducted with the Hiring Manager, a peer PM, and possibly the Senior Director
• Interview duration: 30–60 minutes per round
• Candidate may start while employment history and regulatory credentials are being verified by the supplier

About the Client

This client is a leading Canadian financial services institution operating across global regions, with one of the largest banking networks in North America. The organization employs tens of thousands of professionals including project managers, cybersecurity specialists, business analysts, IT engineers, and financial services experts who collaborate across enterprise-level programs spanning digital transformation, regulatory compliance, and operational resilience initiatives.

Job Number: 26-19002

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