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Project Manager III

Motion Recruitment
Vancouver, CAN
Contract
Mid-Senior
Hybrid
Discovered 6 days ago
Project managementProject governanceRisk managementChange managementAgileWaterfall

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Role overview

A leading Canadian wealth management and financial services organization is seeking a Senior Project Manager for its Project Management Office.

The role leads complex enterprise-wide initiatives in a regulated environment.

Initiatives may span business transformation, enterprise applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, regulatory work, and operational improvement.

Responsibilities

  • Lead delivery of enterprise-wide projects from initiation through execution, implementation, and post-project review.
  • Manage plans, budgets, timelines, resources, and quality assurance.
  • Lead executive stakeholder engagement, governance committees, and cross-functional teams.
  • Establish project governance and manage risks, issues, change control, and compliance.
  • Manage vendor relationships, contractual obligations, and service levels.
  • Support organizational change, stakeholder adoption, communications, training, and readiness.
  • Use Agile and Waterfall methods to deliver measurable business outcomes.

Required skills and experience

  • 10+ years of progressive project management experience leading large-scale, cross-functional enterprise initiatives.
  • Experience delivering business transformation, enterprise modernization, enterprise applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, regulatory, or operational improvement programs.
  • Experience with project plans, budgets, timelines, resource strategies, and quality assurance.
  • Experience leading executive stakeholders, governance committees, and cross-functional teams.
  • Experience in governance, risk and issue management, change control, compliance, vendor management, and organizational change activities.
  • Demonstrated experience using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
  • Experience with JIRA, Confluence, enterprise project management tools, and ITIL-based environments.
  • Strong communication, leadership, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
  • PMP certification is required. PMI-ACP, SAFe, PRINCE2, Prosci, or ACMP certifications are strong assets.

Desired experience

  • Wealth management, banking, capital markets, or financial services project experience is desired.
  • Experience with platform modernization, wealth management technology, or enterprise transformation is desired.
  • Exposure to advisor platforms, client servicing technologies, digital enablement, or operational transformation is desired.
  • Experience across multiple business units, geographic regions, or technology platforms is desired.
  • An advanced degree in Business, Technology, or a related field is an asset.

Contract

  • Contract duration is 12 months.

Work model

  • Hybrid work model with 2–3 days on-site in Vancouver.

Compensation

  • The posting describes a competitive hourly rate but does not state an amount.

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