Senior Project Manager

What You’ll Be Doing

As a member of CIBC’s team, the Senior Project Manager will be a seasoned expert delivering highly complex projects from end to end including initiation, requirement gathering, design, construction, testing, implementation and closure. The role works with minimal direction on complex projects, providing expert level knowledge of project management principles, standards, and business consulting through considerable project delivery experience. The Senior Project Manager uses significant latitude to control projects, conduct status reviews, provide business guidance, identify any deviations to the project plan, and recommend corrective action to mitigate potential issues.

The role analyzes situations and data to prepare and deliver executive level presentations to keep management informed of project status, changes, and milestone achievements.

• Highly adept and confident with complex project management – Proactively identify risks to the project schedule and find ways to mitigate them. Monitor milestones; ensure they’re completed according to timelines and budgets. Execute a project plan that strikes the right balance between budget, time, and risk.
• Problem-solving – not only do you execute well on the tacticals of risk, plan and budget management, but you love the challenge of problem-solving and are proactive on this front.
• Collaboration and leadership – Help internal partners make informed decisions about the development of programs, products, and services. Coach and mentor your teams as you work toward a common goal. Negotiate deliverables and milestones whenever necessary. Matrix management will be a key skill that you possess given the myriad of stakeholders to engage and bring on board the journey.
• Relationship building and confidence influencing at a Senior level – Importantly, not only are you great at working with your peers and managing and coaching more junior staff, but you are also comfortable engaging senior leadership and can develop trusted working relationships with senior business stakeholders and technology partners.
• Communication and persuasion – Share ideas, build consensus, and write with impact. Chair and run effective meetings with impact and with clear outcomes and next steps.

• You can demonstrate up to 10 years’ experience in Project Management. You have a deep understanding of the practices, procedures, and principles required to successfully deliver large projects, from planning to implementation. Ability to analyze detailed concepts, quickly resolve project issues, and assess the advantages and disadvantages of solutions. It’s an asset if you have SAP delivery experience.
• You have a degree in a related field of study. It’s an asset if you have your PMP designation.
• You’re passionate about people. You find meaning in relationships and surround yourself with a diverse network of partners. You connect with others through respect and authenticity.
• You look beyond the moment. You make decisions and take actions that will make a difference today and tomorrow. You proactively seek new opportunities to define what’s possible.
• You’re driven by collective success. You know that collaboration can transform a good idea into a great one. You understand the power of an inclusive team that enjoys working together to bring a shared vision to life.
• You embrace and champion change. You’ll continuously evolve your thinking and the way you work in order to deliver your best.
• Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.

• We work to recognize you in meaningful, personalized ways including a competitive salary, incentive pay, banking benefits, a benefits program, a defined benefit pension plan, an employee share purchase plan, a vacation offering, wellbeing support, and Moment Makers, our social, points-based recognition program.
• Our spaces and technological toolkit will make it simple to bring together great minds to create innovative solutions that make a difference for our clients.
• We cultivate a culture where you can express your ambition through initiatives…