Project Manager

**Position**:Project Manager

**Location**:Montreal, Canada

**About Us**

The Maples Group is a global leader in financial services, trusted by many of the world’s largest hedge fund managers, private equity firms, and international corporations.

Our side-by-side financial and legal teams consistently deliver award-winning services to a global client base, offering unrivalled learning and career opportunities to our 2,500 colleagues worldwide.

**What’s it like to work here?**

We are driven to excel, and collaboration is key to our continued success. We can go further for our clients because we go further for each other too. Our inclusive culture creates an environment where people can be themselves at work while doing their best work. No matter where you work in the Maples Group, you will be part of a global team.

**The Opportunity**

We are looking for an accomplished Project Managerto join our team as part of our financial services business in Montreal.

As a key member of the Programme Management Office, the Project Manager is involved with the execution of global initiatives to drive operational efficiencies, enable business growth, mitigate operational risks and provide new sources of competitive advantage for our fund and fiduciary businesses. The Project Manager effectively coordinates project teams and collaborates with stakeholders to solve challenges. This role also focus on people and organizational impacts and applies change management concepts to ensure project success.

Consistently recognised as one of Montreal’s Top Employers, the Maples Group established our operations in the central downtown area in 2009. Our Montreal office exemplifies our culturally rich and entrepreneurial organisation, with over 300 colleagues from 50 countries collaborating to deliver best-in-class solutions to clients worldwide. As part of our team, your responsibilities will include:
Project Management:

- Persuasively articulates project proposals in concert with business stakeholders.
- Drives the definition of project plans and the execution of activities under their remit.
- Drafts project charters for new workstreams - including objectives, deliverables, risks, assumptions, resource requirements and a work-plan - for review by project sponsors.
- Tactical Management and Status Tracking - Management of activities / action items necessary to achieve project milestones and provision of regular updates on project status.
- Issue Management - Anticipates or surfaces potential issues, tracks and prioritizes items, and drives problem resolution.
- Stakeholder Management - Establishment of good relationships and communication with project stakeholders to ensure alignment of expectations.
- Process Analysis and Re-engineering - Mapping current state processes, performing a gap analysis, and defining an improved future state. As applicable, also assisting with system requirements definition, implementation and rollout.
- Knowledge Management. Maintaining a repository of project documents and transition of knowledge to business managers upon project completion.

Change Management:

- Collaborates with the Vice President - Change Management to develop change management strategies that will drive successful outcome of projects under their remit.
- Executes change management strategies, obtain insights on risks and impacts and communicates those insights clearly and succinctly.
- Impact Assessment - Anticipates and identifies people and organizational impacts of projects and works with the relevant stakeholders to manage these impacts and ensure cohesive tactical execution and delivery on project requirements.
- Training Material - Assists with the development of training and end-user support materials, including classroom materials, online support materials, job aids, and quick reference guides.
- Communication - Drafts project-related communications for various audiences within the organization.

**What You Bring**
- A minimum of 3 years working for a management consulting / advisory firm (Big-4 or MBB preferred). Relevant experience will include process analysis and re-engineering / improvement, business strategy, people and change, change management, and/or organizational development projects.
- An Undergraduate or Graduate Degree in Business or Industrial Engineering is preferred
- Superior analytical and problem-resolution skills - ability to gather and analyse relevant data, formulate and evaluate alternatives and recommend solutions;
- Strong presentation skills, and the ability to quickly assemble structured and succinct slide decks (strong proficiency with PowerPoint required);
- A strong work ethic and sense of ownership;
- Great time management skills, including the ability to prioritize tasks and optimize efficiency;
- Strong team player and interpersonal skills;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
- Excellent interpersonal skills;
- Sound business judgment; and
- Detail-orientation (