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    Senior Project Manager - Waterloo, ON, Canada - Securian Canada

    Securian Canada
    Securian Canada Waterloo, ON, Canada

    3 weeks ago

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    Description

    Senior Project Manager (12 months)

    Department: Executive/Strategy

    Employment Type: Fixed Term - Full Time

    Location: Waterloo, ON

    Description

    What we do every day to be our very best

    Every day at Securian Canada means a day spent helping Canadians and their families build secure tomorrows. We're agile and innovative, and we aren't afraid to challenge and create, or bring diverse perspectives to our work.

    Who we need The Senior Project Manager will be accountable for leading teams to deliver project(s) that span across one or more business units. You will manage resources, schedules, financials and adhere to stage gate quality and control guidelines throughout the full project development life cycle. This also includes management of issues, risks, and project change requests to ensure successful and on-time project delivery. You will contribute to process improvement initiatives as it relates to improving project delivery.

    What you will do

    • Ensure results are delivered in alignment with the service model and provide value to our partners;
    • Manage a portfolio of complex initiatives that span one or multiple lines of business;
    • Provide leadership for project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones;
    • Own full project life cycle: successful project delivery will include full implementation from initiation to deployment for one major or several minor initiatives simultaneously;
    • Manage all aspects of multiple related projects to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives;
    • Report on project success criteria results, metrics, test, and deployment management activities;
    • Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation, and excellence;
    • Participate in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools, and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for the organization;
    • Prepare estimates and detailed project plan for all phases of the project;
    • Procure adequate resources to achieve project objectives in planned timeframes;
    • Manage the day-to-day project activities and resources and chairs the project management team meetings;
    • Provide status reporting regarding project milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks, and issues, communicating across leadership;
    • Understand interdependencies between technology, operations, and business needs;
    • Demonstrate a functional acumen to support how solutions will address client goals while maintaining alignment with industry best practices;
    • Manage project scope and changes;
    • Act as an internal quality control check for the project;
    • Manage ongoing quality control and participate in quality issue resolution;
    • Develop and manage all aspects of project and/or program engagement from planning, external relationships, communications, resources, budget, change, risks, and issues;
    • Monitor, track, and control outcomes to resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies, and critical path deliverables;
    • Define success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project and program life cycle.

    What you will bring

    • The education. University degree in a related field, and a PMP Certification would be strong asset.
    • The experience. 10+ years of experience, including a significant demonstrated experience in Project management in process implementation, structure reorganization in Financial services, or Insurance industry. Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment, demonstrating teamwork, innovation, and excellence. Experience with/and understanding of full project, product or program lifecycle.
    • The skills. Excellent leadership, communication (written, verbal and presentation) and interpersonal skills. Ability to build and maintain relationships by engaging business leaders to establish credibility, solve problems, build consensus, and achieve objectives. Business (Lending and Insurance) analysis skills. Strong command and control on holding people accountable and driving results. Research best practices within and outside the organization to establish benchmark data and use continuous process improvement disciplines to achieve results. Advanced knowledge of productivity tools including MS Office.
    • The drive. Self-motivated, decisive, with the ability to adapt to change and competing demands. Self-starter, takes initiative, strong learner who supports continuous learning. Independent problem-solving initiative and approach towards task and time management.

    Why join?

    When you're a part of Securian Canada, you're a member of an agile and innovative, high-performing, bright-thinking, make-things-happen culture – so that together, we can discover the art of possible.

    At our company, we see your potential on day one and challenge you to grow your unique strengths as you create a career filled with opportunity, collaboration, and purpose.

    You'll also be part of a team that's committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and who values diverse perspectives, so that you can be the person you want to be – both in, and outside, work.

    If you have at least 70% of the qualifications we're looking for, want to work in a fast-growing, leading and progressive company, and feel driven to help Canadians and their families build secure futures – we want to hear from you

    Take the first step in building your future with Securian Canada. Apply now.

    Securian Canada is committed to providing a barrier-free work environment and equal access to employment for all qualified applicants. As such, upon request, Securian Canada will work with applicants that require reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process. Please contact for accommodation requests. All information shared during any accommodation request process will be stored and used only in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Securian Canada/Canadian Premier Life Insurance Company policies.

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