Project Coordinator Job Toronto area,Ontario Canada,Business

Location:

This posting is for an existing vacancy in Wellington-Altus’s Toronto office.

Our organization: Founded in 2017, Wellington-Altus Financial Inc. (Wellington-Altus) is one of Canada’s Top Growing Companies
* and the parent company to Wellington-Altus Private Counsel Inc., Wellington-Altus USA Inc., Wellington-Altus Insurance Inc., Wellington-Altus Group Solutions Inc., Independent Advisor Solutions Inc., and Wellington-Altus Private Wealth Inc.—the top-rated
** investment dealer in Canada. With more than $50 billion in assets under administration and offices across the country, Wellington-Altus identifies with successful, entrepreneurial advisors and portfolio managers, and their high-net-worth clients.

 
* Report on Business 2025 rankings.

 
** Investment Executive 2026 Brokerage Report Card.

The opportunity: The Project Coordinator supports the planning, coordination, and delivery of projects within the Digital & Data team.

Working alongside business users, vendors, and technology teams, this role helps translate organizational needs into structured project activities that deliver measurable value.

The Project Coordinator will manage a portfolio of concurrent initiatives, bringing clarity and structure to each workstream while acting as a collaborative partner to both business stakeholders and the digital & data team. This is a hands-on coordination role with a focus on execution, communication, and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities include:

Project Delivery & Coordination

Supporting end-to-end delivery of digital and data initiatives, tracking progress through each phase of the project lifecycle.

Preparing and maintaining project documentation including work-back schedules, roadmaps, status reports, and capacity plans.

Proactively identifying, logging, and communicating project risks, issues, and dependencies to the appropriate stakeholders.

Coordinating operational readiness activities across teams (security, infrastructure, network, etc.) to support smooth releases and rollouts.

Scheduling and facilitating scrum ceremonies, retrospectives, and ad-hoc meetings to resolve ambiguities and reduce delivery risk.

Stakeholder & Demand Management

Coordinating with business users, product owners, and vendors to manage expectations transparently and realistically.

Supporting the Demand Framework, including SLA monitoring and collaboration with Data Governance and Data Exploitation teams.

Keeping all stakeholders informed on project status, milestones, and blockers through clear and timely communication

Engaging relevant stakeholders (Compliance, Legal, Operations) at appropriate stages of each initiative.

Team Enablement

Supporting team members through resource and release challenges, cross-team communication, and day-to-day coordination.

Monitoring team capacity versus workload to flag imbalances and support timely delivery.

Facilitating healthy communication and a constructive attitude across project team members.

Contributing to the continuous improvement of team processes and productivity.

The ideal candidate will possess:

Bachelor’s degree in business, Computer Science, Information Management, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

CSM, CAPM, PMP, or equivalent project management certification, considered an asset.

3 to 5 years of experience in a project coordination or junior project management role, preferably within a technology or data-focused environment.

Experience supporting digital and/or data projects across multiple concurrent workstreams.

Exposure to the Financial Services industry is considered an asset.

Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook).

Familiarity with project tracking tools (e.g., Jira, Azure Dev Ops,…