Senior IT Project Manager

Location: Toronto, ON

Hybrid — 1 day/week in office (Tuesdays)

• Position Type: Contract
• Contract Duration: 13 months (with potential for extension and conversion to FTE)
• Pay Rate: C$90.00–C$95.00 / Hour (CAD)
• Shift / Schedule: Standard 9–5, 37.5 hours/week

The Cybersecurity, Third-Party and Operational Resilience (CTPR) team aims to protect the bank and its customers by enhancing governance and oversight across the bank's global regions, defining and enhancing cyber security capabilities, threat detection, and building resilience to operations and third party eco-systems. The team takes a risk-based approach to activities and initiatives, maximizing impact in risk reduction, mitigation and resiliency, and operates within a proactive, agile and resilient security culture. In this role you will join the Project Management Office to lead and manage a variety of strategic initiatives, including cybersecurity, IAM and regulatory projects to protect data and applications, as well as modernization of security monitoring and response. You will work closely with peers from various areas to ensure continued alignment with industry best practice and regulatory compliance. You will lead teams of stakeholders and business partners to ensure projects of all sizes are completed in line with the team's scope, budget and timeline.

Project and Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with business and technology stakeholders to create detailed integrated project plans, financial plans and estimating models as required.
• Define clear deliverables, roles and responsibilities and ensure all project team members are working towards established milestones.
• Bring extensive practical experience and knowledge with techniques for planning, organizing, and monitoring multiple projects simultaneously.
• Understand interconnection and dependencies across multiple projects and priorities in order to effectively mitigate project risks.

Communications Management

• Act as a focal point of contact for the project to proactively identify and resolve project risks and issues.
• Through collaboration and persuasion, lead and direct stakeholders towards meeting the objectives and realizing benefits of the program.
• Follow governance guidance for all communications, financial and change management, and use established project status reporting tools.
• Create high quality professional written communications and presentations to the team, stakeholders and to executive leadership on a regular basis.

Financial Management

• Identify and manage overall project costs and budgets, including monitoring resource requirements for people, hardware, software, and change requests.
• Create project forecasts, report monthly actuals and variances, within the financial risk appetite of the project.
• Use financial tools to meet monthly financial reporting requirements.

• Communication and problem solving with stakeholders
• Asking the right questions/working in ambiguity
• 8 years of PM experience (understanding dependencies/risk/issues and not just record them, but to foresee problems, how to define dependency and track work accordingly - blend of both business and technology PM experience/a PM with only technology experience is okay as well)
• 8 stakeholder management experience

• Previous CIBC experience
• Cybersecurity experience (they won't be implementing the change, the technical PM would, this hire is the Business PM who drives the change/figures out the roadmap)

• Ability to understand various lines of businesses, products, services, delivery channels and new technologies in the financial services sectors
• Proven track record of managing project scheduling, project spend and forecasting, risks and issues, planning and reporting
• Attention to detail
• Problem solving skills
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Project planning
• Motivated by accomplishing goals and delivering best work to make an impact
• Ability to continuously evolve thinking and ways of working in order to deliver best results
• Strong relationship and networking skills; ability to inspire outcomes by making yourself heard
• Collaborative mindset; understands the power of an inclusive team working together to bring a shared vision to life
• Critical thinking skills to inform decision making; notices things that others don't

• Experience with Agile methodologies
• Experience with Operational Resilience
• Experience with Business Continuity Project Management

• Bachelor's or equivalent degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (asset)
• PMP or related certification (nice to have)

• 8–10 years of professional Project Management experience, ideally handling Cybersecurity, IT and Infrastructure projects

• Interview process: 2 rounds — Microsoft Teams first, then in-person for the final round; interviews are 30–60 minutes; panels include the Hiring Manager, a peer PM, and possibly the Senior Director
• Candidate may start while employment history and regulatory credentials are being verified by the supplier

This client is a leading financial services and banking institution operating across global regions, with a strong emphasis on cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, and enterprise-level technology governance. The organization employs tens of thousands of professionals across functions including project management, cybersecurity, IT infrastructure, business analysis, and enterprise programs, collaborating across cross-functional business and technology teams to deliver strategic initiatives at scale.

GTT is an NMSDC-certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. GTT is a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, an Alaska-based company and one of the largest Alaska Native-owned corporations. An Inc. 5000 honoree and one of SIA's Best Staffing Firms to Work For, GTT connects professionals with Fortune 500 organizations across IT, engineering, construction, utilities, life sciences, financial services, and healthcare throughout the U.S. and Canada. We're committed to diverse, inclusive workplaces and to placing people in roles where they can do their best work.

Job Number: 26-19002