Project Manager

Job Description
Project Manager
About Toyota Financial Services
Toyota Financial Services (TFS) provides retail, leasing and wholesale financial services to Toyota and Lexus dealerships and customers across Canada. TFS is a member of Toyota Financial Services Corporation (TFSC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan with the Canadian operation headquarters in Markham, Ontario

What Sets Us Apart?
At Toyota Financial Services (TFS), you will help create best in class customer experiences in an innovative, collaborative and team focused environment. TFS is an important part of the Toyota family, an award-winning global company, recognized worldwide for our technological leadership and superior standards of quality, continuous improvement and environmental responsibility.

TFS currently has an exciting opportunity as an IT Project Manager reporting to the CIO. We have implemented our hybrid work model, and this role will reside in our Markham Head Office.

What You'll Be Doing
As Project Manager, you will assume the overall leadership TFS's Initiatives and projects.

• Establish and prioritize business requirements
• Evaluate target solutions (new products and services)
• Develop iterative plan
• Design, develop, test and deploy solutions; and,
• Mitigating risks

Your overall responsibility is to ensure the project meets its goals, delivered within established timeline and budget. You will work closely with all internal and external teams, engage key stakeholders in defining, planning, tracking, and managing all aspects of the project, including identifying key resources, providing the direction required to meet project objectives and commitments and ensuring appropriate management, customer, and supplier involvement.

Key Accountabilities

• Manage project delivery: Manage the planning, analysis, design, development, implementation and satisfaction of project requirements. Provide oversight on all project phases from discovery through delivery, implementation and post implementation review. Ensure project is delivered on time, within budget and meet business goals.
• Manage communication: Ensure easy and transparent communication of status, risks, financials etc. with all stakeholders, including Executive Sponsors and Executive Steering Committee.
• Manage delivery partners: Collaborate with both internal and external delivery partners to ensure key dependencies are surfaced, managed; risks are mitigated to ensure successful delivery of the project.
• Manage financials: Develop, maintain, and report budget and operating plan for the project. Where required, develop budget proposals, and seek approval to guarantee uninterrupted delivery of the project.
• Manage changes: Implement and manage changes and interventions to ensure project goals are achieved.
• Manage transition: Ensure all aspects of the transition from project to operational support are considered and executed.

What You'll Bring

• University Degree in Computer Science/Business Administration or related discipline
• PMP, PMI Certification preferred
• 7+ years of Project experience / Project Management (full life-cycle)
• Proven experience successfully delivering digital, compliance, process improvement (Lean methodology) project across cross-functional teams including vendor management
• Expert in using MS Suite including Microsoft Project
• Experience in implementing and maintaining due Project Governance
• Experience in delivering projects using iterative Waterfall and/or Agile methodologies
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to develop solutions that can quickly bring alignment and resolution to issues across multiple stakeholder groups
• Strong skills in vendor management, project management and stakeholder management
• Hands-on experience in successfully managing remote teams/projects including technical infrastructure, information security resources and third-party resources
• Results oriented mindset
• Ability to demonstrate initiative, good judgment and effective decision-making including industry best practices and standards
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

What You Should Know
Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace diverse perspectives and value unique human experiences. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates the diversity of the communities where we live and do business. Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, or any other characteristics protected by law.