ApTask Hiring for Senior Project Manager at Toronto, ON

Leads projects from initiation to implementation within the Financial Crimes Cyber Security Group. Achieve desired business results of protecting our customers and the bank through project delivery within a number of Cyber domains:
• Cloud Security
• Data Loss Prevention
• Identity and Access Management
• Network Security
• Privileged Access Management
• Application Security
Ensures that a successful business outcome is the prime measure of project success including delivering projects on time, within budget, within quality standards and to the satisfaction of the project sponsor. Drives to mitigate execution risk to achieve the desired business outcomes. Understands the business/group and facilitates communication with other program/project managers and stakeholders efficiently and effectively. Directs, manages, and coordinates team members including business and technology resources, user groups, internal and external consultants and contractors, as well as vendors and external regulatory organizations.
Influences and negotiates to achieve business objectives.
Identifies emerging issues and trends to inform decision-making.
Helps determine business priorities and best sequence for execution of business/group strategy.
Conducts independent analysis and assessment to resolve issues.
Manages/validates financial forecasts and conducts ongoing reconciliation.
Monitors and tracks projects performance, and addresses any issues.
Designs and produces regular and ad-hoc reports, and dashboards.
Socializes change management plans with stakeholders and consistently measures project effectiveness and adoption.
Exercises direct accountability for projects with up to 50 team members
Manages overall project budget.
Provides guidance to the project sponsor on the implementation and sustainment of projects, resulting in successful project outcomes.
Manages all aspects of the project lifecycle, including business, operational and technology deliverables. Ensures all project processes are completed.
Develops all related project management artifacts, while complying with applicable enterprise standards
Monitors and controls project deliverables. Makes recommendations and adjustments to the overall project plan to achieve deliverables,
Understands project interdependencies and demonstrates critical thinking that proactively identifies project risks and establishes effective risk mitigation from the outset.
Demonstrates stakeholder partnership that involves effective communicating with the project sponsor; gains and builds trust and rapport.
Demonstrates ownership and commitment by holding themselves accountable for the identification and resolution of project problems.
Leads and/or represents the project in project team meetings, governance forums and inter-department forums.
Adheres to Bank risk, regulatory and compliance controls.
Applies expertise and thinks creatively to address unique or ambiguous situations and to find solutions to problems that can be complex and non-routine.
Implements changes in response to shifting trends.
Working knowledge of several project execution approaches, such as waterfall, rapid application development, feature driven development and agile.