Project Manager

**Posting #:25-12**

**Location: Kitchener (Corporate Office)**

**Reports to: CISO & VP, IT Operations**

**Job Type: Regular, Full Time**

Are you a community-minded person that’s passionate about investing locally and giving back to your community? Do you like working with other awesome and like-minded people toward a common goal?

Here at Your Neighbourhood Credit Union (YNCU), we are all about putting our money where our mouth is and keeping our dollars local and investing back into our members, staff, and community; and we are looking for people like you to join our team.

Take a look at this job posting, and if it’s a good fit, we encourage you to apply. If it’s not for you but you know someone that may be better suited for it, we welcome you to share it with them Thanks for checking us out

**The Role**

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Work closely and collaborate with business partners to define strategies for solutions, determine requirements, and develop functional designs based on the analysis of line of business needs, objectives, and systems infrastructure.
- Facilitate Scrum ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to ensure consistent delivery of project goals.
- Lead Agile project management activities, including backlog grooming, sprint tracking, and Agile performance reporting.
- Responsible for project management-related activities, including pre-defined solutions, continuing to shape them, and partnering with various stakeholders to pilot and implement these initiatives against program timelines.
- Create and manage project deliverables and prevailing decisions, including charters, scope definition, detailed project plans with milestones and deliverables, resource plans, and Agile artifacts.
- Responsible for establishing and delivering project and portfolio level reporting
- Ensure effective change management occurs throughout the course of the project.
- Communicate project status to all stakeholders on a regular basis throughout the lifecycle of the project.
- Ensure all project deliverables and defined business requirements are met or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations.
- Identify and allocate resources, both people and materials, as necessary for successful implementation.
- Ensure proper governance is followed to meet project objectives and mitigate risks and issues.
- Utilize confidence and experience in a deadline-driven environment.
- Focus on value-based outcomes both quantitatively and qualitatively.
- Abide by YNCU policies, procedures, standards, guidelines, and practices.
- Work safely in accordance with YNCU’s Health & Safety Policy, procedures, and the Occupational Health and Safety Act as amended from time to time.
- Other duties as assigned.

Why work at YNCU?

YNCU employees get to be a part of the growing credit union movement and help us get the word out on why banking locally is so important. We’re your friendly, helpful, and financially savvy neighbour who provides tailored financial services to our members, supports small businesses, creates local jobs, and gives back to causes that matter. Through our Good Neighbours Employee Volunteer Program and Monthly Staff Donation Draws, we even let you choose the causes we donate to and support. YNCU is recognized for the following:

- Certified Ontario Living Wage Employer
- B Corp Certified
- Flexible work arrangements once fully oriented
- Competitive Compensation, Incentive Programs and Benefits
- Remote/working from home hybrid option once fully oriented
- 37.5-hour work week
- 7% matching pension
- Benefits are 100% paid for by YNCU
- Employer under The Career Directory (2023): Canada’s Best Employers for Recent Graduates
- 2024 Canada's Healthy Workplace Month Great Employer Award
- Wellness Initiatives including our Employee and Family Assistance Program, premium membership for Calm, Consult+, and LIFT Virtual Fitness
- Training and Development Opportunities
- Community Sponsored Events Employee and paid Volunteer opportunities
- Opportunities to get involved with fun and meaningful committees
- Free banking account
- Discounted Employee Rates

**What we are looking for**:

- Bachelor’s degree with a focus on Business, Information Technology, Digital and/or Project/Program Management.
- Tangible experience leading Agile projects and teams, with a strong emphasis on Scrum practices.
- Experience within the financial services industry is an asset.
- Availability to work outside of normal business hours as required to support scheduled implementations.
- A wide range of technology projects could be included in the project portfolio; experience in managing a diverse portfolio with the ability to understand and articulate the technology is necessary.
- Leadership experience on projects regarding managing business sponsorship, budget, customer expectations, assessment of risk, escalation and resolution of issues, and project plans through execution.
- PMP or PR