Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

At Interac, we design and deliver products and solutions that give Canadians control over their money so they can get more out of life. But that’s not all. Whether we’re leading real-time money movement, driving innovative commerce solutions like open payments for transit systems, or making advancements in new areas like verification and open banking, we are playing a key role in shaping the future of the digital economy in Canada.

Want to make a lasting impact amongst a community of creative thinkers, problem solvers, technical gurus and high-performance application developers? We want to hear from you.

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Project Manager to oversee the successful execution and delivery of complex workstreams/initiatives/projects/capabilities within our organization.

You'll be responsible for:

• Hands-on planning and delivery of product (business) and technology initiatives that span the domains of product development, software development, infrastructure and security.

• Lead and manage squads, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment

• Leading the development of integrated delivery plans and driving the successful orchestration of dependencies and prioritization with delivery squads.

• Actively engaging with Product Owners, Service Owners, domain leads, executive leaders, and external partners to enable effective and impactful decisions, facilitate coordination and alignment across various stakeholders, and to facilitate prioritization of initiatives, epics, and stories within the corresponding backlogs.

• Partnering with key leaders, the Enterprise Project Management Office, the Agile Practice, and working teams across the organization to provide insights and visibility into delivery progress, risks, issues, and metrics.

• Proactively identify risks, designing and executing mitigation strategies to avoid issues, and effectively escalating as needed.

• Enabling achievement of initiatives within and across working teams through effective change management practices (scope, timeline, financials), clearly communicating objectives and coordinating milestone check-ins.

• Using personal influence and encouraging the use of Agile and delivery mindset practices and tools to accelerate change.

• Identifying opportunities to streamline efforts and refine processes.

You bring:

• Delivery Leadership: Contribute to the planning of initiatives, and responsible for driving the planning and execution of epics and stories, ensuring alignment with delivery frameworks.

• Dependency Management: Accountable for proactively identifying, tracking, and resolving internal and external dependencies and risks to delivery. This includes managing cross-team dependencies (between various squads or various Product Owners), vendor relationships, regulatory requirements, identifying and communicating resource constraints.

• Delivery Management: Responsible for overseeing the delivery of epics and stories, facilitating the prioritization and sequencing of work with contributing squads and teams.

• Product Alignment: Engage with Product Owners and Service Owners to align sprint, quarterly, and annual plans with identified dependencies and delivery activities.

• Stakeholder Management: Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, providing regular updates and managing expectations. This includes proactively communicating dependency impacts and negotiating solutions across squads/products as appropriate

• Team Collaboration: Facilitate cross-functional collaboration between teams, resolving dependencies and impediments to ensure seamless delivery.

• Deep understanding of Agile principles and practices.

• Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and negotiation skills.

• Experience with dependency management tools and techniques.

• Experience with project management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence).

• Relevant certifications (e.g., PMI-ACP, SAFe Agilist, PMP) are a plus.

• Eligibility to work for Interac Corp. in Canada in a full-time capacity.

Interac requires employees to complete a background check that is completed by one of our service providers.  We use this service to complete the following checks:

• Canadian criminal record check;
• Public safety verification;
• Canadian ID cross-check;
• 5-year employment verification;
• Education verification; and
• If applicable, Credit Inquiry and Social Media Check

How we work
We know that exceptional people have great ideas and are passionate about their work.  Our culture encourages excellence and actively rewards contributions with:
Connection: You’re surrounded by talented people every day who are driven by their passion of a common goal.
Core Values:  They define us. Living them helps us be the best at what we do.
Compensation & Benefits: Pay is driven by individual and corporate performance and we provide a multitude of benefits and perks.
Education: To ensure you are the best at what you do we invest in you

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Please note that under no circumstances shall Interac Corp. be held liable or responsible for any claims, losses, damages, expenses, or other inconveniences resulting from or in any way connected to the actions of individuals performing such fraud. Further, such fraudulent communication shall not be treated as any kind of offer or representation by Interac Corp. or its subsidiaries and affiliates.