Senior Program & Portfolio Coordinator

Alquemy; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Alquemy is seeking an experienced Senior Program & Portfolio Coordinator to drive technology initiatives across Platform Engineering, AI, Advanced Analytics, and enterprise tech. This hybrid role (4 days a week) focuses on demand intake, portfolio planning, governance, stakeholder engagement, and delivery execution in a dynamic Toronto-area environment.

You will coordinate roadmaps, align priorities, manage multiple workstreams, translate business demands into actionable plans, and support

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years in program management, project management, portfolio coordination, or technology delivery.
• Experience coordinating multiple initiatives, stakeholders, competing priorities, and delivery dependencies in a complex environment.
• Strong knowledge of Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in related field.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate demand intake, roadmap alignment, prioritization, and delivery planning across business and technology teams.
• Manage multiple initiatives and workstreams, ensuring priorities, timelines, dependencies, and outcomes are aligned.
• Translate business demands into actionable priorities, execution plans, and delivery pathways.
• Facilitate stakeholder communication, planning sessions, Agile ceremonies, and decision-making.
• Track risks, issues, dependencies, milestones, resources, and delivery progress.
• Support Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery approaches using Azure DevOps and related tools.
• Maintain backlogs, delivery documentation, governance materials, executive updates, and management reports.
• Support resource planning, capacity management, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Facilitation

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related discipline

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

Senior Program & Portfolio Coordinator Hybrid (4 days a week) Full-Time

We are seeking an experienced Program & Portfolio Coordinator to support technology initiatives across Platform Engineering, AI, Advanced Analytics, and enterprise technology. This role will focus on demand intake, portfolio planning, prioritization, governance, stakeholder engagement, and delivery execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate demand intake, roadmap alignment, prioritization, and delivery planning across business and technology teams.
• Manage multiple initiatives and workstreams, ensuring priorities, timelines, dependencies, and outcomes are aligned.
• Translate business demands into actionable priorities, execution plans, and delivery pathways.
• Facilitate stakeholder communication, planning sessions, Agile ceremonies, and decision-making.
• Track risks, issues, dependencies, milestones, resources, and delivery progress.
• Support Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery approaches using Azure DevOps and related tools.
• Maintain backlogs, delivery documentation, governance materials, executive updates, and management reports.
• Support resource planning, capacity management, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Required Experience

• 5–8+ years of experience in program management, project management, portfolio coordination, or technology delivery.
• Proven ability to manage multiple initiatives, stakeholders, competing priorities, and delivery dependencies in a complex environment.
• Strong knowledge of Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Experience with portfolio planning, governance, roadmap development, delivery monitoring, and status reporting.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, facilitation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Working knowledge of Azure DevOps and Agile workflow management tools.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.

Nice to Have

• PMP, Scrum Master or Agile certifications
• financial services or investment management experience
• familiarity with enterprise architecture, technology governance, AI, data analytics, or platform engineering initiatives
• CFA designation or progress toward one