Project Manager – IT & Cloud Delivery
- Toronto, ON, Canada
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Project Manager – IT & Cloud Delivery
Location: Montreal, QC – Remote OR Toronto, ON – Hybrid, 3 days onsite
Job Type: Contract
Experience: 7+ years
Language: French mandatory
Certification: PMP mandatory
Overview
Seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead IT and cloud projects throughout the delivery lifecycle. The role involves ownership of scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks and stakeholder communication to deliver projects on time and within budget.
Responsibilities
- Define project scope, objectives and success measures with senior management.
- Identify resource requirements and develop integrated delivery plans covering schedules, costs, dependencies, risks, quality, communications and vendor activities.
- Develop and maintain detailed project schedules, allocating resources effectively.
- Execute approved plans and manage changes to scope, budget and timelines through established governance processes.
- Monitor delivery progress, resolve issues and escalate risks when required.
- Maintain centrally stored, approved project documentation.
- Prepare project-status updates and steering-committee reports.
- Lead effort and cost re-estimation at project gates and obtain approval for revisions.
- Improve project-management lifecycle documentation, templates and processes to strengthen delivery efficiency and audit readiness.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 7 years of experience managing IT projects, including cloud implementations.
- Experience delivering projects above $2M, covering both business and IT phases.
- Good understanding of IT architecture and data platforms.
- Relevant university degree or equivalent project-management experience within financial services.
- Experience delivering within complex, fully matrixed organizations.
- Strong leadership, team management, interpersonal and negotiation skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Experience with SDLC, Iterative and Agile delivery methodologies.
- Strong stakeholder relationship-management skills.
- Prior experience working with regulators and external clients.
- PMP certification.
- French language capability.
Preferred Qualifications
- Google Suite and Workday experience.
- Delivery experience involving in-house development, third-party applications, on-premises systems and cloud platforms.
- Familiarity with data-transformation tools and CI/CD automation.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Lead IT and cloud projects through the delivery lifecycle, managing scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, vendors, and stakeholder communications. Monitor progress, resolve and escalate issues, maintain approved project documentation, report to steering committees, and improve delivery processes and audit readiness.
Requirements
Requires at least seven years of IT project-management experience, including cloud implementations and projects exceeding $2 million, plus PMP certification and French-language capability. Candidates should have experience in complex matrixed organizations, strong leadership and communication skills, knowledge of IT architecture and data platforms, and familiarity with SDLC, Agile, and iterative delivery.
Skills
- IT Project Management
- Cloud Implementations
- Project Planning
- Budget Management
- Resource Management
- Risk Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Vendor Management
- Project Governance
- IT Architecture
- Data Platforms
- SDLC
- Agile
- Iterative Delivery
- Leadership
- PMP
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Categories
- Technology
- Management & Leadership
- Software
- Data & Analytics
Keywords
- IT Project Management
- Cloud Implementations
- PMP
- French
- Project Scope
- Project Schedules
- Budget Management
- Resource Allocation
- Risk Management
- Project Governance
- Stakeholder Communication
- Vendor Management
- IT Architecture
- Data Platforms
- Financial Services
- SDLC
- Agile
- Iterative Delivery
- Google Suite
- Workday
- In-House Development
- Third-Party Applications
- On-Premises Systems
- Cloud Platforms
- Data Transformation Tools
- CI/CD Automation
- Audit Readiness
- Steering Committee Reporting