It Project Management

Description:

As Director, Payments Modernization, within CIBC’s Commercial Banking and Payments Technology team you are responsible for the Payments Modernization Program that serve the CIBC Commercial Banking business and Enterprise Payments. The Program is a multi-year $250 Million industry initiative that involves major Financial Institutions in Canada, Payments Canada and Interac. This entails leading a team of Project Managers across multiple LOBs to effect change across CIBC systems in Commercial Banking, Retail Banking, and Corporate Center Technology for projects such as Real Time Rail, ISO Repository, and Payments Tracking. You’ll be responsible for managing a team of 5 to 10 Project Managers and Project Coordinators and Interacting with Multiple Business LOBs.

How you’ll succeed

• Strategic development & execution - Manage the day to day project or Program activities of highly complicated project(s), in an inter-related strategic program following Technology’s project performance standards. Perform high tactical business planning and return on investment outcomes. Initiate, plan, execute, control and close out the program or project with an emphasis on project inter-dependency management. Establish department policies and procedures. Must ensure that all necessary risk assessments and risk assessment processes are carried out at the appropriate time. Must ensure projects for which they are responsible meet the requirements of CIBC’s standards, policies, and procedures.

• Relationship management - Maintain relationships with business management to identify technology needs and align application services to support those needs. Establish and maintain stakeholder, client and senior management relationships. Mentor sponsors and senior management.

• Strong leadership - Be a daring and authentic leader who is passionate about developing and coaching to bring out the best in people. Direct, motivate, develop and manage performance of the management team and key staff.

Who you are

• You can demonstrate experience in: end to end project delivery and project management as an IT Director, or in a similar role (8-10 years). You deliver results in a matrix environment where they may not have direct influence on project resources. You must have previous experience establishing and maintaining stakeholder and sponsor relationships and you have experience in integration projects and keen interest in architecture and high level design.

• Your influence makes a difference. You know that relationships and networks are essential to success. You inspire outcomes by sharing your expertise.

• You embrace and advocate for change. You continuously evolve your thinking and the way you work in order to deliver your best.

• You're inspired by collective success. You know that teamwork can transform a good idea into a great one. You know that an inclusive team that enjoys working together can bring a vision to life.

• You act like an owner. You thrive when you're empowered to take initiative, go above and beyond, and deliver results.

• You look beyond the moment. You make choices and take actions that will make a difference today and tomorrow. You proactively seek new opportunities to define what's possible.

• Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.