# Project Manager

**Company**: Aviva Canada
**Location**: Markham
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $110,000 to $145,000
**Category**: Insurance
**Industry**: Insurance

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## Description

We are seeking a highly motivated Project Manager to drive delivery in alignment with our organisation's mandate and goals. As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for leading and driving the entire project lifecycle to achieve the intended project outcome.

**Responsibilities:**

- Drive Results: Lead and drive the entire project lifecycle to achieve the intended project outcome.

- Stakeholder Management: Manage executive expectations, facilitate data-driven conversations, and champion strong relationships with clients, vendors, and team members.

- Project & Project Planning: Develop integrated project plans, including scope, timelines, budget, and resource allocation.

- Team Leadership: Lead project teams, including internal and external partners, to ensure alignment with project goals and objectives.

- Risk Management: Identify, document, and manage project risks, and develop mitigation plans to ensure successful project delivery.

- Communication: Maintain clear and open communication channels with project stakeholders, providing regular updates and reports.

- Scope Management: Work with Business and Technology Partners to baseline and monitor project scope, and activate change requests as needed.

- Financial Management: Manage project finances, including creating and maintaining cost models, identifying and reporting accruals, and ensuring accurate reconciliation of financials.

- Quality Assurance: Ensure project deliverables meet established quality standards and best practices.

- Governance: Ensure project adherence to the established Change Delivery Governance Framework and control environment.

- Critical thinking & Problem Solving: Proactively identify and resolve project risks, and lead efforts to mitigate and resolve issues.

**Requirements:**

- Background and experience with insurance and transformational projects

- Experience with Guidewire Suite and Cloud Technologies (nice to have)

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

- Project management certification (PMP) is a must

- At least 12 years of experience managing projects with large budgets (7MM+) and complex solutions

- Experience managing projects balancing Agile ways of working and governance requirements

- Excellent interpersonal skills and proficiency in working with executive stakeholders

- Experience operating under PMO governance

- Experience overseeing multiple projects within a project structure

- Critical thinking, problem-solving, and conflict resolution skills

- Financial proficiency and hands-on experience managing large-scale budgets

- Proficiency in MS Project, Microsoft Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), Teams, and SharePoint

- Proficiency in JIRA and Confluence

**What you'll get:**

- Salary band: $110,000 to $145,000

- Compelling rewards package, including base compensation, eligibility for annual bonus, retirement savings, share plan, health benefits, personal wellness, and volunteer opportunities

- Outstanding career development opportunities

- Professional development education support

- Competitive vacation package with the option to purchase 5 extra days off per year

- Employee-driven programs focused on diversity and inclusion

- Corporate wellness programs to support physical and mental health

- Employee discount on home and auto insurance

- Hybrid flexible work model

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## Skills

### Required
- Project Management
- Insurance
- Transformational Projects
- Guidewire Suite
- Cloud Technologies
- PMP
- Agile
- Governance
- Financial Management
- Risk Management
- Communication
- Scope Management
- Quality Assurance

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