Co-operators

Senior Project Manager

Co-operators$91K — $141K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Minimum seven years of experience in Senior Project Management or Program Management with multi-million dollar projects.
  • 2-3 years of experience in the insurance and financial services sector preferred.
  • Post-secondary degree in Technology/Business or a related discipline.
  • Proven track record for successful project and program execution.
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) or similar certifications are an asset.
  • Demonstrated ability to build trusting relationships and collaborate effectively.
  • Strong leadership skills and experience fostering inclusive team environments.

Responsibilities

  • Actively manage project deliverables and activities, aligning with project plans and resolving conflicts.
  • Chair committees within the project's governance structure to ensure effective execution.
  • Collaborate with senior stakeholders to plan business priorities and secure resource commitments.
  • Build and manage large project budgets while reporting on status and expenditures.
  • Support and motivate project team members to align goals and drive initiatives forward.
  • Ensure successful delivery of key milestones, taking corrective actions as necessary.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with cross-company stakeholders to anticipate needs.

Benefits

  • Training and development opportunities for career growth.
  • Flexible work options and paid time off for personal and family needs.
  • Holistic wellness programs with support for physical and mental health.
  • Paid volunteer days for community engagement.
  • Comprehensive total rewards package including retirement savings plans and health benefits.
Full Job Description
Company: CGL
Department: Enterprise Transformation Office
Employment Type: Regular Full-Time
Work Model: Hybrid (2 days in office)
Language: English is required, French is an asset.
Additional Information: This/these role(s) is/are currently vacant

As the Senior Project Manager, you will manage and implement major initiatives by providing strategic leadership and direction on day-to-day activities. You will proactively develop solutions to enable our strategy and build strong partnerships with stakeholders to deliver program benefits, meet business objectives, and exceed client expectations.

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.
  • You will be subject to a Background check as a condition of employment, in the event you are the successful candidate.


What's 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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