Project Manager - Contract

Educators Financial Group

$95K — $116K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • University degree or College Diploma in Business, Finance, Technology, Operations, or a related field
  • PMP certification is strongly preferred
  • Minimum of 8 years project management experience in financial services or wealth management
  • Strong understanding of advisor operations and Canadian financial services regulations
  • Proven success delivering complex, cross-functional programs/projects

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end delivery of enterprise-wide transformation initiatives
  • Regularly communicate with stakeholders through structured reporting and meetings
  • Manage work teams to ensure accountability to scope, timing, and budget
  • Build organizational capability in project governance and communication
  • Identify and resolve project risks and issues
  • Act as primary contact between Educators and vendor implementation teams
  • Ensure all project deliverables meet quality standards and business objectives

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangements within 50km of Head Office
  • Remote work options for candidates living farther away
  • Discretionary bonus upon successful project completion
  • Opportunity to lead significant transformation efforts in wealth management
  • Involvement in high-level communication with Executive Leadership Team
Full Job Description
This is a full-time 1-year contract position offering an hourly rate of $46 - $56 (commensurate with the candidate's relevant experience, qualifications and skills). A discretionary bonus may be awarded upon the successful completion of the project.

We offer hybrid work arrangements for those who live within 50km of our Head Office. Remote arrangements can be made for those living farther away, with some exceptions.

About the Role

Reporting to the VP, Business Technology (BT), the Project Manager will lead the end-to-end delivery of Educator's enterprise-wide transformation initiative. This role is accountable for planning, executing, governing, and delivering all aspects of the migration, including business process redesign, operational readiness, data conversion, vendor coordination, key partner engagement, testing, training, post-implementation stabilization and collaboration regarding change management.

This position requires a leader experienced in digital transformation with strong knowledge of wealth management operations and a proven track record delivering large-scale platform migrations involving dealer systems, back-office platforms, advisor servicing models, client reporting, regulatory compliance processes, and operational change.

This posting is to fill a newly created temporary position within Educators.

Key Responsibilities

As a Project Manager, you will be accountable for leading the full lifecycle of strategic transformation project within wealth management operations by:
  • Regularly communicating with internal and external parties, including the Executive Leadership Team, working team, employees, external partners through structured reporting, meetings, and steering committee updates. Coordinating activities with internal business teams, consultants, integration partners, and third-party vendors.
  • Managing work teams by holding people accountable to scope, timing and budget on assigned tasks.
  • Building capability within the organization to manage project governance, communication, scope, timing and budget by providing processes, training, tools, and coaching.
  • Driving accountability across sales, operations, compliance, finance, business technology, client service, and external vendor teams.
  • Identifying and resolving project risks, issues, constraints, and conflicting priorities.
  • Acting as the primary point of contact between Educators Financial Group and vendor implementation teams. Monitoring vendor deliverables, commitments, risks, dependencies, and issue resolution.
  • Ensuring all project deliverables meet agreed scope, quality standards, timelines, and business objectives.

Qualifications
  • University degree or College Diploma in Business, Finance, Technology, Operations, or a related field
  • PMP certification is strongly preferred
  • Change Management certification (Prosci or equivalent) is considered an asset
  • Minimum of 8 years project management experience in leading complex business, technology, transformation initiatives such as end-to-end platform migration or system implementation projects within financial services or wealth management industry
  • Knowledge of wealth management services and processes spanning all departments
  • A clear and effective communicator with the ability to present project status reports and key issues in lay terms to all levels of the organization in an articulate and professional manner
  • Experience managing external implementation partners and technology vendors
  • Strong understanding of advisor operations, Canadian financial services regulatory requirements/compliance and operational controls, client servicing, account administration, and investment operations
  • Proven success delivering complex, cross-functional programs/projects involving multiple key interested parties
  • Demonstrated ability to lead organizational change, user adaption and business readiness activities

Selection Process

Following receipt of your application, our Human Resources team will conduct a review typically lasting 5 to 7 business days. This process may be slightly longer depending on the number of applicants. Only pre-screened applicants will then be contacted to coordinate the following:
  1. Interview with our Human Resources Team (up to 1 hour)
  2. Interview with our Hiring Team - VP, BT and CFO (1 hour)
  3. Final meeting with our CEO

Application deadline: July 31, 2026

AI in Recruitment

Educators Financial Group leverages artificial intelligence (AI) technology to enhance our recruitment process. This may include drafting of preliminary job descriptions, application screening, generation of initial interview kit questions, taking interview notes and other administrative tasks. We are committed to the responsible use of AI in our hiring practices, prioritizing both an improved candidate experience and operational efficiency. Our hiring practices remain focused on reducing biases, with all key hiring decisions made solely by our team. We are also committed to continuously reviewing and enhancing our recruitment processes to ensure alignment with industry standards and evolving regulatory requirements.

Department Business Technology Locations Toronto Work Arrangement Hybrid

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