Program Manager Tech Risk

3 weeks ago


Winnipeg, Canada Canada Life Assurance Company Full time

**Job Description**:
The Program Manager will be reporting into the Director, Technology Delivery and is responsible for leading Cyber Security & IT Risk programs for the Technology Risk & Security division. The Program Manager works closely and effectively with various I.T. and business leaders, along with project managers and their respective project team members and external parties, to ensure the programs and projects are correctly defined, planned and delivered. The Program Manager is accountable to the Executive and Project Sponsor in the oversight and management of project delivery governance including scope, budget, schedule, and quality in order to deliver the expected business outcomes that meets leadership and client expectations.

**What you will do**
- Champions and conducts strategic program planning based on business goals
- Leads and orchestrates the program, ensuring it is aligned with the business goals and that the underlying projects are being managed and executed according to established plans, project standards and controls
- Leads and supports the development of a Program and project level business cases to ensure work is well understood and defined
- Works cooperatively with IS Financial Management and BU Financial Reporting to determine the appropriate financial treatment of capital investments (i.e. expense or capitalize) and ensure accuracy in financial reporting
- Provides overall program leadership to the project/program team members
- Manages the execution of the Program work in partnership with senior business and technology management, assigned resources, to deliver a program that satisfies stakeholder expectations and the overall goals
- Defines the governance structure and ensures work is completed with an appropriate level of detail and quality, optimizing resource usage
- Oversees and manages the relationship with senior stakeholders, partnering with management in the development of strategic and operational plans
- Develops and manages an effective delivery network across project managers and other leaders
- Aligns program efforts with the business unit/organizational strategies
- Ensures program plans consider impacts on people, processes, systems and other dependent work
- Monitors benefits realization of program components to ensure they remain strategically aligned to the business unit goals
- Communicates with and reports to stakeholders to provide an integrated perspective on all program activities
- Proactively resolves scope, cost, schedule, resource, quality and risk issues within a shared governance structure across program and projects
- Provides technical thought leadership, knowledge transition and oversight of training, analysis strategies and implementation
- Ability to identify, manage and resolve conflicts across the program, including multiple, complex, competing tasks, while meeting deadlines and stakeholder satisfaction
- Demonstrated understanding of and adherence to control standards, audit practices, compliance etc.
- Oversees the management of resourcing over a large body of work crossing multiple projects or initiatives.
- Oversee project planning within the program, providing expert knowledge towards ambiguous situations, identifying and resolving problems across
- Defines and leads implementation of project management practices, processes, tools and methodologies
- Provides leadership to team towards the achievement of strategic objectives, including providing feedback to people leaders on performance, development, resource assignment, etc.
- Oversees the coaching and mentorship, lifecycle and development of resources, providing guidance on complex issues.
- Provides training and guidance to various cross-discipline resources on strategies, methods, processes, tools, approaches & methodologies.
- Is a trusted advisor and leader to senior management both within and outside of the business unit, focused on initiatives facing senior stakeholders with a major impact
- Champions practice and tooling improvements across teams
- Actively promotes and influences the need for continuous improvement
- Champions organizational change and ensures change management strategies align with business priorities
- Acts in a leadership capacity to represent teams in project/program/portfolio planning and roadmap development promoting collaboration
- Collaborates to verify overall quality of systems, and plan for quality improvements
- Collaborates to oversee change management strategies
- Rapidly acquires new knowledge, learns new skills, and applies original thinking to produce new ideas and innovative products while understanding the organization’s vision and values
- Influences others and fosters a culture of adaptability
- Thrives working in ambiguous situations
- Designs and champions practices to manage and simplify work, and use resources efficiently

**What you will bring**
- Minimum 10+ years as a Project Manager in an I.T. environment (Cyber Security,



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