Project Manager

We’re looking for a Senior Project Manager! Reach out if you’re interested and feel free to refer friends/colleagues!

Type of Employment: Contract
Title: Senior Project Manager
Term: 6-month Contract
Location: Remote for now – Markham
Job ID number: C1053

Brief description of duties:

• Manages and executes project set-up activities.
• Provides project administration (Issues log, change requests, decision log).
• Maintains records for project plans, document management, change, and problem tracking. Maintains and reports project status of actions, issues, risks.
• Manages projects of a medium to high priority.
• Responsible for meeting budget and time goals.
• Defines and develops project management best practices, processes, and policies to ensure alignment with corporate strategy and goals.
• Partners with multi-departmental leadership and other stakeholders to locate opportunities and develop and prioritize projects according to relevant criteria.
• Directs corrective actions in any area where performance falls below objectives.
• Arranges for the assignment of responsibility to other supporting facilities, business areas, functions and monitors their performance.
• Supervises activities of a high-sized multi-disciplinary team.

MUST haves:

• PM experience – Planning/Forecasting, Negotiating/Problem Solving, Time Management, Cost Management
• Wealth Management / Mutual Funds / Investment
• Need people who can drive the execution and completion of these activities with several stakeholders.
• Key is having someone who is owning vs coordinating, organized, on top of critical path milestones, and ensuring stakeholders are working through their accountabilities such that the products are launched
• Experience in investment management product launches is highly preferred.

Nice to haves:

• Experience in investment management product launches is highly preferred.