Senior Program Manager

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Jobs by Category: People & Culture, Finance and Corporate Affairs

Job Function: Finance

Status: Full Time

Schedule: Regular

Description

Drive M&A Excellence: Where Strategic Integration Meets Measurable Returns

Join the M&A Returns Excellence team within Corporate Finance as a Senior Program Manager and play a pivotal role in shaping our mergers and acquisitions success. You'll lead Post-Acquisition and Integration (PAI) planning from initial deal evaluation through post-close integration, drive strategic decision-making, and deliver critical insights that optimize return on invested capital.

In this high-impact role, you'll collaborate across diverse M&A teams and stakeholder groups to champion our returns-focused approach. You'll maintain execution momentum, ensure end-to-end visibility of PAI strategy, and track outcomes that matter.

The ideal candidate brings solid M&A experience, exceptional emotional intelligence, and a proven ability to deliver excellence on multiple high-stakes projects simultaneously—even under tight timelines.

What You'll Do

Drive strategic alignment between acquisition strategies and detailed integration/separation plans across transaction teams, business units, and target organizations

Establish governance to ensure accountability, early risk identification, and performance tracking against key integration outcomes

Lead executive communications by synthesizing cross-functional inputs into strategic reports and presentations for the Steering Team

Facilitate high-impact meetings with stakeholders at all levels, managing end-to-end coordination and documentation

Build team capability by coaching junior resources and overseeing their deliverables

Champion continuous improvement through process optimization, automation, and lessons-learned documentation

Apply best practices from previous M&A projects to drive better outcomes

Qualifications

What You Bring

5-7 years of project management experience using established methodologies and best practices

M&A expertise with hands-on post-merger integration

Financial acumen with ability to analyze and leverage financial metrics

Technical proficiency in Google Suite; Looker Studio experience a plus

Executive presence with the ability to build credibility and influence stakeholders at all levels

Communication skills that translate complexity into clarity through written, verbal, and presentation formats

Agility and resilience to thrive in ambiguity, manage shifting priorities, and meet tight deadlines

Influence without authority by developing strategic approaches and building strong cross-functional relationships

Commitment to excellence with a track record of delivering on promises, taking accountability, and upholding integrity

Great to haves

Bachelor degree in Business Administration or other discipline

MBA, PMP or equivalent experience

Salary Range: $97,000-$145,000

Performance Bonus or Sales Incentive Plan: 15%

Actual total compensation will be determined based on factors such as knowledge, skills, performance and experience. In addition, TELUS offers rewarding benefits, which may vary per job function, such as:

- Comprehensive total rewards package highlighting competitive salary and bonus structures, minimum 3 weeks of vacation, and flexible benefits plan to meet the needs of you and your family
- Flexibility to work in-office, virtually or a combination of both
- Generous company matched pension and share purchase programs
- Opportunity to give back to communities in which we work, live and serve
- Career growth and learning & development opportunitiestodevelop your skills
- And much more …

A bit about us

We’re a people-focused, customer-first, purpose-driven team who works together every day to innovate and do good. We improve lives through our technology solutions and foster a culture of innovation that empowers team members to solve complex problems and create remarkable human outcomes in a digital world.

You’ll find our engaging, high-performance culture personally fulfilling, professionally challenging, and financially rewarding. We’re committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability. Your unique contributions and talents will be valued and respected here. When you join our team, you’re helping us make the future friendly.

Note for Quebec candidates: if knowledge of English is required for this position, it is because the team memberwill be asked, on a regular basis, to interact in English with external or internal parties or to use English applications or software as part of their tasks.

People & Culture, Finance and Corporate Affairs

Across People & Culture, Finance and Corporate Affairs, we are the diverse and talented team responsible for making sure TELUS is managed as a world-leading organization.

We are honoured to be recognized

150,000+ Team members worldwide

14 # of years voted One of Canada’s Best Corporate Citizens

Accessibility

TELUS is proud to foster an inclusive culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to fair employment practices and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

We offer accommodation for applicants with disabilities, as required, during the recruitment process.

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