Co-operators

Senior Project Manager

Co-operators • $91K — $141K *
Burlington, ON L7L 0A4In-Person
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Minimum seven years in Senior Project Management on multi-million dollar projects.
  • 2-3 years of experience preferred in insurance and financial services.
  • Post-secondary degree in Technology/Business or relevant field.
  • Proven track record of successful project and program execution.
  • Certifications such as PMP, CCMP, or Prosci are advantageous.
  • Demonstrated ability to build trusting relationships.
  • Strong leadership skills and experience fostering inclusive team environments.

Responsibilities

  • Lead planning and execution of technology infrastructure projects.
  • Chair project governance committees to align stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with senior stakeholders to establish business priorities.
  • Manage project budgets and provide status reports.
  • Support and motivate project team members to meet goals.
  • Ensure timely delivery of key project milestones and objectives.
  • Build strong relationships with cross-company stakeholders to understand needs.

Benefits

  • Training and development opportunities for career growth.
  • Flexible work options and paid time off for personal needs.
  • Comprehensive wellness programs, including physical and mental health support.
  • Paid volunteer days to contribute to community efforts.
  • Inclusive total rewards package with retirement savings plans and health benefits.
Full Job Description
Company: CGL
Department: IT - Ent Inf & Ops Serv
Employment Type: Regular Full-Time
Work Model: Hybrid (2 days in office)
Language: Bilingualism in English and French is an asset.

The Senior Project Manager, Technology Infrastructure Construction Delivery is responsible for leading the planning, execution, and successful delivery of technology infrastructure components within construction, renovation, relocation, and workplace transformation initiatives. This role serves as the primary liaison between Technology Infrastructure, Real Estate & Workplace Services (REWS), business stakeholders, vendors, architects, contractors, and technology service teams to ensure technology requirements are integrated into all phases of the construction lifecycle.

The Senior Project Manager provides leadership across complex, multi-disciplinary initiatives involving network infrastructure, audiovisual systems, workplace technologies, security systems, end-user services, telecommunications, data center requirements, and technology-enabled workplace solutions. The role ensures projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and aligned with business objectives, technology standards, and enterprise governance practices.

How you will create impact:

  • Actively manage project and program deliverables and activities (including facilitating scope development, managing and ensuring alignment to the project plan, building the business case, managing risks and issues and resolving conflicting priorities with stakeholders).
  • Chair committees (within the project/program governance structure), including the project execution team.
  • Collaborating with senior stakeholders to plan business priorities, develop resource and capacity plans, and secure resource commitments for completion of deliverables.
  • Building business case(s), managing large project and program budgets, managing expenditures, and reporting on program status.
  • Support and motivate project team members delivering on initiatives, ensuring alignment between business and team goals.
  • Ensure successful delivery of key deliverables and milestones, taking corrective action as required.
  • Work with executive and senior management to plan business priorities within the year as well as for forward year(s) planning.
  • Builds and maintains strong relationships with cross company stakeholders to understand needs and anticipate other initiatives that may impact or provide synergies with the program/ project.
  • Partner with the change management practitioners.


How you will succeed:

  • You have an innovative mindset to improve operational efficiencies and ability to influence change, with a primary focus on client needs.
  • You use critical thinking skills to recognize assumptions, evaluate arguments, draw conclusions and proactively propose solutions.
  • You have strong communication skills to clearly convey messages and explore diverse points of view.
  • You build trusting relationships and provide guidance to support the development of colleagues.


To join our team:

  • You have minimum seven years of experience in Senior Project Management (multi-million dollar projects with multiple workstreams) or Program Management using agile and hybrid methodologies.
  • At least 2-3 years of experience within the insurance and financial services preferred
  • You have a post-secondary degree in Technology/Business or a related discipline.
  • You have a track record for successful project and program execution
  • Having the Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Change Management Professional (CCMP), Prosci Change Management, or Change Management Institute (SMI) certification(s) is an asset.
  • Demonstrated ability to build trusting relationships
  • Ability to collaborate and extract unstated needs and requirements
  • Strong leadership skills and ability to foster an inclusive, productive team environment with several disparate teams being involved
  • Knowledge of, and practical experience in, change management
  • Ability to switch between initiatives and understand impacts is a key role in ensuring work progresses at pace in, what at times can be, an unstructured environment


What you need to know:

  • Detail oriented work that requires frequent mental concentration for extended periods of time.


What9s in it for you?

  • Training and development opportunities to grow your career.
  • Flexible work options and paid time off to support your personal and family needs.
  • A holistic approach to your well-being, with physical and mental health programs and a supportive workplace culture.
  • Paid volunteer days to give back to your community.
  • In addition to our competitive salary and incentive programs, eligible employees also benefit from a comprehensive total rewards package including group retirement savings plans, pension and benefits (e.g., health and wellness, dental, disability and life coverage), mental health support and an employee assistance program.


Expected salary range : $91,058 - $141,000+

The salary amount for the successful candidate is determined by Co-operators in its discretion and will vary depending on several criteria including but not limited to: local market conditions, geography and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualification, experience and education.

Employees may also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn additional compensation tied to individual and/or business performance, or other business metrics.

About Co-operators

Co-operators provides auto insurance, home insurance, life insurance, commercial insurance, farm insurance, and group insurance, as well as investment products and property development. They provide travel-related insurance products, hospital and medical coverage, accidental death and dismemberment, vehicle replacement, and hospital and medical coverage insurance.

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Join Co-operators' top-tier team to assist some of the most respected and well-known businesses in navigating their paths to growth and innovation. At Co-operators, the fusion of technology, industry expertise, and leadership in sustainability shapes a unique marketplace position. Engage with a diverse team of business and sustainability advisors to help clients through their transformative journeys. Collaborate with a robust group of professionals dedicated to pioneering change and promoting diversity and inclusion within the industry.

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