| Job Description |
A bank in Downtown Toronto is seeking a Delivery/Project Manager for a 7 month contract renewable. The Platform Modernization is seeking a Project Manager to manage a specific PLATO Market Segment within the bank. The Product Segment Manager will require strong leadership, organization and communication skills.
Candidate Value Proposition
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to transition into a Full-time Employee and will have the chance to gain hands on experience with the newest technology regarding Cloud technologies, Data Analytics Management and Financial Services Technology.
Typical Day in Role
• Provide consulting and guidance on project initiatives including business case preparation and developing creative/alternative approaches to problem resolution. The focus is to be kept on overall business solutions, not on specific packages or technologies.
• The solution must be formally documented and costed as the General Design Document and internally represented on the project management tool (i.e. Microsoft Project). Definition of development activities at sufficient detail levels (not to exceed 10 work day increments and not to detail less than 4 hours)
• Identify and confirm project leads from all required stakeholders and Scotia intek groups to ensure responsibilities and deliverables are understood by each.
• Define project governance, identify senior stakeholders & sponsors to form a steering committee (should it be necessary). Work with Project Sponsor to prepare appropriate information for dissemination to the Steering Committee.
• Manage project participants and relationships ensuring project teams are cohesive ad operating to common objectives and priorities.
• Work with Project Sponsor to establish the scope of the project and then managed to the established scope. Ensure Project Change Notifications are raised where necessary and approved. If the scope changes identify impacts to the Sponsor. And/or Steering Committee.
• Hold meetings and work sessions as necessary to ensure that project management deliverables are met i.e. project planning, risk management, issue management, status meetings
• Provide support to Client including business case preparation and developing creative/alternative approaches to problem resolution. The focus is to be kept on overall business solutions, not on specific packages or technologies.
• Motivating the Project Team and maintaining the momentum of the Project against background of changing and occasionally conflicting priorities
• Ongoing communication of project status, completing the monthly Project Status Reports and escalating issues to the Operations Sponsor, the SVP and the EVP, as required.
• Ensure the documentation and archiving of project activities, deliverables, tools and findings and for use in future projects.
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