Agilus is recruiting for a Sr IT Project Manager in the Insuarance Domain in a hybrid work environment in Toronto, Ontario. The Project Manager will provide and apply high quality project management methodologies and techniques to manage a wide range of projects including a higher complexity and size at the program and/or project level. Using high-level understanding of business and IT processes and strategy, the Project Manager will be involved in projects to enhance current operations and/or to develop new business solutions deploying technology or with 3rd party vendors/partners. The Project Manager will play a significant role in relationship building with all stakeholders and continuous improvement. Responsibilities: • Plan, manage and successfully oversee the implementation of multiple complex and highly visible projects in parallel. • Manage project teams and stakeholders to ensure project completion is on time, on budget and within scope. This includes the development and management of detailed plans, work breakdown structures, schedule, and budget. • Conduct post-project reviews to certify project success criteria have been met. • Identify and assess risks, severity and impacts. Determine and implement risk strategies and communicate risks to client and stakeholders as appropriate. • Closely monitor project financials, follow-up on issues and provide regular status updates to management and stakeholders. • Monitor implementation efforts and transition issues to ensure that business risks are identified and solutions are recommended. • Lead and manage project teams to effectively utilize strengths of team members. • Manage stakeholder expectations, including understanding their points of views and needs while keeping Foresters strategic goals in mind and fostering a win/win relationship. • Leverage knowledge of business through understanding, and applying rapidly changing technology and business process delivery trends. • Apply influence and negotiation to gain support and achieve consensus. • Build relationships with various stakeholders to manage and mitigate risks for the organization. • Understand the business need for assigned project and make ongoing recommendation or suggestion; inform stakeholders on critical success factors with emphasis on what is best for the organization. • Coach other project managers with respect to PMO Methodology and project specific challenges. • Contribute to the advancement of the project management practices and application of project management principles. Successful candidates will have: • Minimum 5-10 years experience in a Project Management role with significant track record of successfully delivering various complex business and IT project sizes and types. • PMP certified, Agile/Scrum certified, or related experience. • Strong IT Infrastructure and or Application Development project experience. • Must have experienced implementing Life Insurance projects, products and IT systems and awareness of Life Insurance industry knowledge and systems features including New Business and In-Force administration. • Strong understanding of IT environments / technologies. • Experience with both Waterfall and Agile development methodologies. • Experience in managing multiple projects at one time. • Must be well versed in project management methodology and have proven ability to lead projects to appropriately guide project requirements, identify technology issues and risks and direct investigation and analysis of technical alternatives. • Ability to assess priority and severity of issues by understanding business objectives, technical costs and user needs as well as being able to weigh alternatives for resolution. • Able to work in a team environment. • Proven ability to influence, lead and obtain agreement from cross-functional team. • Understand and manage to the critical path of the project. • Provide day-to-day leadership and focus on the proper execution of actions necessary for delivery of projects on time and on budget. • Excellent ability to multitask, to respond to constantly changing needs and schedules and to organize and prioritize workload. • Proven ability to manage finance issues, budgeting and cost-benefit analysis. • Excellent planning and organization skills. Soft skills: • Strong interpersonal skills to interact with all levels of staff from CEO, SVP’s and VP’s to managers and other staff. • Sound judgment and decision-making skills to act effectively in resolving issues as they arise. • Excellent communication skills including strong presentation / communication / facilitation skills (verbal and written). • Excellent relationship management, interpersonal, conflict and negotiation skills. What's in it for you: A great job with a great company that looks after it's people