Senior Manager, Project Control (Contract position)

Requisition ID: 228399

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The Role

This role reports to the Program Management Director supporting the Cloud Acceleration Program (CAP), one of Scotiabank’s top priorities. This program has enterprise-wide impact and requires effective communications, financial management, strategic planning, and project management and execution.

The Project Manager plays a critical role and has accountability for the management and oversight of a project throughout its lifecycle, taking an active role in all aspects of the process. They are responsible for ensuring the project stays on track regarding budgets and timelines, acts as a liaison to coordinate schedules and tasks for internal teams and gathers insights, approvals, and other stakeholder contributions. This role ensures business strategies, plans and initiatives are supported in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies, and procedures.

Is the role right for you?

• Assists the CAP, PM Director in developing project documents such as budgets, project schedules, scope statements, risks, and issues.
• Manages the risks, issues and actions and tracks them to meet expected outcomes and timelines, building mitigation plans as the program evolves.
• Monitors project progress and creates status reports for project managers and stakeholders.
• Manages, updates and tracks project change requests.
• Schedules stakeholder meetings and facilitates communication between the program manager and stakeholders throughout the project life cycle.
• Documents and follows up on important actions and decisions from meetings.
• Develops reports and reviews for key performance indicators, analysis of data/reports and investigation of any issues found.
• Collaborates with the project teams and stakeholders throughout the project life cycle.
• Helps project managers monitor project progress and team members’ performance and provide updates to project stakeholders.
• Contributes to change strategy design, documentation, and delivery by supporting, gathering and coordinating.
• Drives cross-team collaboration to help project team members complete project tasks and produce deliverables.
• Ensures projects adhere to frameworks and all documentation is maintained appropriately for each area.
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions
• Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of their respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, its Code of Conduct and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk.
• Champions a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.
  
  

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role?

• Bachelor’s degree in business or equivalent work experience.
• Exceptional project management skills and meticulous attention to detail.
• Experience managing technology projects.
• Excellent communication and coordination skills, with a proven track record in managing relationships with cross functional stakeholder and external vendors.
• Highly motivated individual driven to deliver in alignment with the organizations mandate and goals.
• Demonstrated problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to troubleshooting.
• Highly proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, JIRA & Confluence
  
  

What's in it for you?

• We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity and curiosity and celebrates success
• We provide you with the tools and technology needed to create meaningful customer experiences
• You'll get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology companies around the world
• We hire you for your talent — not just a job — so you can grow with us. We’ll equip you for success not only in your role, but also in your career as a whole
• Dress codes don't apply here: being comfortable does
• Access to thousands of online and in-person courses so you can hone your current skills, or learn new ones
• A competitive rewards package that includes a base salary, a performance bonus, company matching programs on pension and profit sharing, paid vacation, personal & sick days, medical, vision, and dental and much more
  
  

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, please click here. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.