IT Project Manager

Job Details

Role: IT Project Manager

Location:

Toronto, ON (Hybrid onsite- 3 days per week)
Duration: 03/16/2026 to 07/31/2026 (Possible extension)

Schedule:

Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (37.5 hours/week)

Job Description
Business group:
Canadian Banking Engineering
Project:
Paperless statements project and Investment/wealth Projects
Reason:
New Project. Additional support.

Candidate Value Proposition
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to join a purpose-driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

• Tracking projects through each phase of project lifecycle
• Work with all the dependent teams and prepare execution plan
• Working with various teams to achieve end-to-end project delivery
• Ensure milestones are met and project has gone through all approval gates
• Document project status & assist team in maintaining information repositories
• Maintain project risk tracker and communicate project risks to management
• Prepare work back schedules, roadmap and capacity planning at a project level
• Ensure a balance between team capacity and workload is kept in order to achieve a successful project delivery
• Support app releases & rollout related activities

• Keep all stakeholders up to date on project status and roadblocks
• Ability to set expectations with all stakeholders, execute and communicate accordingly
• Identification of risks and issues that require DF leadership attention
• Ability to articulate and clearly communicate complex problems and Solutions in a simple and logical manner following stakeholder field of expertise
• Ability to work effectively with engineering Sr Managers when needed to remediate risk around project delivery.
• Engage stakeholders (e.g. risk, legal, audit) as needed for consultation throughout the course of the project.

• Contribute to the productivity and happiness of the scrum team
• Supporting project team members in challenging situations (resource / release challenges, cross-team communication)
• Introducing agile engineering best practices
• Scheduling add-hoc meetings to solve for disagreements or ambiguities in order to reduce risk of jeopardizing milestones and artifacts
• Ease conversations and promote constructive attitude
• Facilitate and ensure healthy communication between project team members
• Scheduling and chairing scrum ceremonies.
• Accountable for conducting regular retros and addressing team’s feedback
• Monitor scrum team progress by preparing reports/charts
• Understanding team strengths and weaknesses in order to improve each phase of the project lifecycle
• Lead by example

• Providing feedback to help improve processes and tools
• Working on aligning best practices across delivery team
• Continuous improvement and learning from other delivery team members
• Take active role on application audit related activities
• Be able to adjust, learn and iterate frequently

• 10 years of experience as a IT Project Manager
• Demonstrates strong knowledge of Agile methodology while delivering IT projects. Ideally has Certified Scrum master certification (CSM / PSM)
• Expert knowledge and understanding of project management practices, disciplines, tools, and methodologies.
• Strong problem solving, critical thinking and analytical skills to rapidly assess problem situations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to communicate on a broad spectrum (from deep technical discussions to high level executive vision)
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and relationships management skills
• Must have Agile tools hands on – JIRA, confluence

• PMP certified
• Previous recent experience supporting Top 5 banks
• Prior experience with Web and mobile development
• Prior experience with API development

• Very strong communication skills, ability to work with all levels of stakeholders including executive levels.
• Solid stakeholder management skills
• Highly motivated and result oriented
• Strong collaboration skills with facilitating and coordination skills is critical
• Detail-oriented
• Proven ability with problem solving skills.

• Bachelor’s Degree level or above education, ideally in business, financial or technology

The ideal candidate will be a strong Project manager with recent experience with top 5 banks, self-motivated and have problem solving skills. Someone who is detail oriented and able to roll up the sleeve to remove any blockers and impediments during project execution.