Senior Project Manager - Strategic Initiatives

CanDeal; Toronto; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

CanDeal Group is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead strategic initiatives from concept through delivery within our PMO. You will partner with business leaders to define objectives, scope, and governance while managing cross-functional teams across business, technology, and external vendors.

You will own end-to-end delivery, ensure plans meet timelines and budgets, and report concisely on progress. The role requires a track record delivering complex programs in financial services or similar

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• 10+ years Project Management experience across Waterfall, Agile or Hybrid environments.
• Experience delivering complex initiatives, preferably within financial services.
• Experience working with senior business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Business Leaders and Sponsors to shape ideas into clear objectives, scope, and delivery approach
• Support business discussions and materials for stakeholder alignment and funding
• Translate business needs into structured scope, outcomes, and deliverables
• Guide stakeholders on project structure and governance while maintaining momentum
• Own end-to-end delivery, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, and milestones
• Lead cross-functional teams across Business, Technology, and external vendors
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints
• Provide concise, decision-oriented status reporting
• Own change control processes, ensuring appropriate discipline and approvals
• Build strong relationships with business, technology, and vendor stakeholders
• Act as a bridge between business and delivery teams
• Influence stakeholders to adopt appropriate structure and delivery discipline

Skills

Project planning

Stakeholder management

Communication

Ambiguity handling

Influence & facilitation

Accountability

Attention to detail

Structure vs. flexibility

Trust & credibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field

Tools

MS Project

JIRA

Confluence

MS Office Suite

Job description

CanDeal Group is a leading provider of electronic marketplaces and data services for Canadian dollar fixed income securities and derivatives. CanDeal’s Markets Division, provides access to a deep pool of liquidity for Canadian government, agency, provincial and corporate bonds, as well as money market instruments and interest rate swaps. CanDeal Data & Analytics (DNA) delivers data and analytics products and other services that support business, trading and technology needs for participants in the Canadian capital markets.

CanDeal Group is a growing and entrepreneurial organization with a solid foundation in the Canadian fixed income markets and an ownership group which includes: BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc., National Bank Financial Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., TD Securities Inc. and TMX Group.

This is an exciting time to join a growing organization led by visionary leaders who are helping to shape their industry’s future.

Job Purpose

Reporting to the Head of PMO, the Senior Project Manager leads strategic initiatives from early concept through planning, execution, and delivery.

This role acts as a trusted partner to business leadership, helping shape initiatives and translating high-level concepts into structured, executable plans aligned with CanDeal’s delivery framework.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Business Partnering & Initiative Structuring

• Partner with Business Leaders and Sponsors to shape ideas into clear objectives, scope, and delivery approach
• Support business discussions and materials for stakeholder alignment and funding
• Translate business needs into structured scope, outcomes, and deliverables
• Guide stakeholders on project structure and governance while maintaining momentum

Project Delivery & Execution

• Own end-to-end delivery, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, and milestones
• Lead cross-functional teams across Business, Technology, and external vendors
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints
• Provide concise, decision-oriented status reporting
• Own change control processes, ensuring appropriate discipline and approvals

Stakeholder Management

• Build strong relationships with business, technology, and vendor stakeholders
• Act as a bridge between business and delivery teams
• Influence stakeholders to adopt appropriate structure and delivery discipline

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field
• 10+ years Project Management experience across Waterfall, Agile or Hybrid environments
• Experience delivering complex initiatives, preferably within financial services
• Experience working with senior business stakeholders

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong project planning and delivery capability
• Proficiency with MS Project, JIRA, Confluence, and MS Office Suite
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to structure ambiguous problems into clear, actionable plans
• Ability to influence and facilitate discussions at all levels

Key Qualities for Success

• Strong sense of ownership and accountability
• High attention to detail and quality
• Ability to balance structure with flexibility
• Builds trust and credibility with stakeholders

DECISION MAKING

• Formulate project plans for projects.
• Prioritize own workload in order to delivery quality results and meet timelines.
• Make recommendations to Head of PMO for process improvements / efficiencies.