Sr Project Manager

Canada Life; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career Development

Health & Wellness

Time Off

Financial Security

Rewards & Recognition

Community Focus

Job summary

Canada Life is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead end-to-end IT initiatives within the Corporate Technology portfolio. Reporting to the Delivery Manager, you will collaborate with business partners, vendors, and stakeholders to deliver on time and within budget.

The role requires strong project management, business relationship, and change management skills with at least 5 years of experience. Base salary ranges from CAD 80,400 to CAD 130,400 annually, with additional rewards.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of project management experience, including software implementations.
• Experience managing projects with integrations, data migration or complex technical landscapes.
• Strong leadership and coaching abilities with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Ensure end-to-end delivery of projects within IT frameworks.
• Set up projects with resources, budgets, schedules and risk flags.
• Lead meetings and document outcomes for executives and teams.
• Develop project plans, RAID logs, cutover plans, and financial summaries.
• Manage third-party vendors to meet deliverables on time and budget.
• Communicate project progress and risks to stakeholders clearly.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Change management

Leadership

Presentation skills

Tools

PM planning tools

SAP Cloud

Job description

Permanent Full Time

Reporting to the Delivery Manager, the Senior Project Manager plays a critical role in providing delivery excellence and leadership on projects within the Corporate Technology Portfolio. Working front line with our business partners, vendors, and other stakeholders, this role is highly visible and collaborative to deliver initiatives on time and within budget. This is a senior professional role that combines strong Project Management, Business Relationship and Change Management skills.

What You Will Do

• Accountable for ensuring the successful end to end delivery of projects within our internal IT application and project delivery frameworks.


• Sets up projects, resources, financials and schedule, proactively flagging variances that may jeopardise delivery.


• Works effectively with limited supervision across external parties, cross-organisation stakeholders and business partners to keep the project team on track, motivated and engaged.


• Develops detailed project plans, stakeholder matrix, RAID logs, cut over plans and financial summaries.


• Work with third party vendors to develop integrated project plans, ensuring vendors meet deliverables on schedule and budget.


• Proactively works to resolve issues and remove roadblocks across project teams, proactively identifies potential issues before negatively impacting the project.


• Confidently leads and facilitates project meetings/scrums ensuring a high degree of communication and documentation are provided; meeting materials, distribute meeting minutes, update programme scorecard.


• Develops presentations and dashboards for a variety of audiences (Executives, Operations, Core Teams, etc.) to show schedule, financials and resources consumption (e.g. Burn Rates, slippage, etc.)


• Conducts post implementation reviews.


• Efficiently communicates to stakeholders to manage expectations and project progress.


• Ensures project documentation is up to date for all Business and technology documents (kick off, Charters, change management, implementation/cut over plans, decommissioning activities etc.).


• Manages IT risk by ensuring consistency with company methodologies, IT cyber and risk controls, standards and financial reporting


• Working with internal security, risk and compliance to ensure the necessary assessments are created, reviewed, and monitored and proactively addressed in a timely fashion.


• Ensures projects are set up and tracked in our internal system monitoring resource usage against budget allocations.


• Develops initial project budget and ensures proper mechanisms are in place to manage project change and associated costs proactively.


• Identifies and documents scope changes for change request documentation and approval management.


• Proactively participates and attends internal community of practice events and sessions.


• Be adaptable to the change and be Change Champion!


• Maintains professional certifications.

What You Will Bring

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in project management, leading software implementations.


• Minimum of 5 years’ experience managing projects involving integrations, data migration, or complex technical landscapes.


• Minimum of 5 years’ experience managing project teams, providing coaching and /or feedback to resources.


• Superior ability to manage stakeholder relationships and provide excellent leaderships skills


• Strong presentation skills and meeting facilitation; displays confidence and poise in formal speaking situations; create effective and compelling presentations; keeps meetings clearly focused on the agenda.


• Ability to manage changing priorities/tight deadlines effectively in a fast-paced environment; ability to navigate ambiguity, overcome confusion, and simplify complex situations


• Excellent oral, written and interpersonal communications skills, with the ability to translate complex technical subject matter in business terms for executive audiences, succinctly and professionally.

Desired Qualifications

• PMP certified


• Experience with SAP cloud and on premise or business/transformation initiatives


• Experience with different PM planning tools

The base salary for this position is between $80,400 - $130,400 annually. This represents base salary only and does not represent other variable compensation components of our total compensation ( i.e. annual bonus, commission etc). If you are selected to move forward in our recruitment process, your recruiter will be able to discuss additional details of our total rewards program with you.

Career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting, closing dates will vary depending on the search activity. All applications received will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Grow with Canada Life

We’re united by a shared purpose: to improve the financial, physical and mental well‑being of Canadians. Our company is trusted by 1 in 3 Canadians and contributes to the strength of communities across the country.

We’re looking for people who live our values everyday: we step up, we do the right thing, and we deliver – for our customers, communities and each other. Are you someone who always strives to do the right thing, who steps up for themselves and others, and who delivers with impact? Then we want to hear from you!

What we offer

• Career Development: Opportunities for career advancement, access to industry-leading learning programs and up to$2,000 annually towards education reimbursement.


• Health & Wellness:Flexible health and dental benefits, plus a $5,000 mental health benefit to support your well‑being.


• Time Off:In addition to regular vacation and personal days, we support community involvement with a volunteer day.


• Financial Security:Company‑matching pension plan,share ownership program and additionalinvestment options.


• Rewards and Recognition: Employee recognition programs, service milestone celebrations, employee discounts and more!


• Emphasis on Community: We provide a workplace where employees feel connected and supported through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), mentorship programmes, social clubs and events.

Learn more about Canada Life.

We’re committed to removing barriers and ensuring equal access to employment. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation during the application process may contact [e-mail]. All information provided will be handled in accordance with applicable laws and Canada Life policies.

Canada Life would like to thank all applicants, however only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted.