Job Title: Senior Project Manager – Legal
Duration: 6 months (Possibility of extension)
Location: Toronto, ON
Weekly hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm EST
Note: Open to remote candidates who can work on EST; however, the preference is for a candidate who can follow a hybrid model and come to the office during the week as needed. The team currently goes into the office 3 days a week.
 
Role Mandate:
We are looking for a Project Manager to join the bank’s External Legal Counsel program to support an initiative focused on a program and panel refresh. RFPs are expected to be distributed to a number of firms, and a skilled PM who can navigate Change Management and direct various levels of leadership and groups is requested to keep the project on track.
 
Role Responsibilities:

• Leads assigned projects from project initiation to implementation to achieve desired business results. 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 other project managers, business and technology resources, user groups, internal and external consultants and contractors, as well as vendors and external regulatory organizations.
• Fosters a culture aligned to bank's purpose, values, and strategy and role models bank values and behaviours in all that they do.
• Ensures alignment between values and behaviour that fosters diversity and inclusion.
• Regularly connects work to bank's purpose, sets inspirational goals, defines clear expected outcomes, and ensures clear accountability for follow-through.
• Provides strategic input into business decisions as a trusted advisor.
• 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 strategic issues.
• Acts as the prime subject matter expert for internal/external stakeholders.
• Breaks down strategic problems and analyses data and information to provide insights and recommendations.
• Monitors and tracks 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.
• Directs complex initiatives typically involving multiple business units.
• Exercises direct accountability for projects with up to 50 team members
• Negotiates complex contracts with external vendors (in consultation with Strategic Sourcing) to ensure receipt of specific resources and materials.
• Takes ownership of the project from cradle to grave and ensures all project artifacts are completed.
• 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.
• Ensures change management plans are developed, socialized, and consistently measured to deliver the expected project benefits and adoption.
• Executes project requirements in governance frameworks focused on risk appetite, regulatory, and compliance standards.
• 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 communication 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.
• Operates at a group/enterprise-wide level and serves as a specialist resource to senior leaders and stakeholders.
• 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.
• Broader work or accountabilities may be assigned as needed.

 
Soft Skills Required:

• Excellent communication skills
• Ambitious, able to set the course
• Consultative
• Motivated by differentiation, able to work at junior through senior levels
• Able to direct senior leaders
• Committed to success
• Curious, inquisitive, asks thoughtful questions
• Able to navigate the unknown
• Savvy, sharp
• People person
• Confident, a natural
• Open-minded
• Influential

 
Must Have:

• Project management experience – 6 to 8 years (grounded in PM organization, meetings, minutes, sequence activities, problem solving).
• Background must reflect experience working with client Legal teams, external legal counsel.
• Change Management experience is preferred.
• Banking and Procurement experience are nice to have.
• Valid PMP designation from the Project Management Institute (PMI) is an asset.
• Entrepreneurial skills, able to navigate change – In-depth.
• Judgement skills – In-depth.
• Learning agility – In-depth.
• Stakeholder management – Expert.
• Able to navigate challenging situations effectively.
• Able to apply project management methodologies or approaches.
• Able to manage project and business risks, including project interdependencies.
• Able to resolve project issues effectively.
• Seasoned professional with a combination of education, experience, and industry knowledge.
• Verbal & written communication skills - In-depth / Expert.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills - In-depth / Expert.

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 83.44/hr.