Job Title: Project Manager – Agile Delivery (Operations Portal & AI Agent Validation)

Location: Toronto, ON- In-person interview required

Job Type: Hybrid – 4 Days/Week Onsite

Role Overview

- We are seeking an experienced Project Manager / Agile Delivery Lead to lead a cross-functional Agile squad responsible for building and enhancing a next-generation Operations Portal used across multiple banking products and services.
- The platform will enable operations teams to collaborate with AI-powered agents, review AI-generated decisions, perform validations, manage exceptions, and drive operational efficiency while maintaining governance and compliance standards.
- The successful candidate will lead a team of 6 to 8 professionals, including Node.js Backend Developers and Quality Engineering (QE) resources, while partnering closely with Product Owners, Architecture, Operations, Data, and Business stakeholders.
- The role requires solid Agile delivery expertise, stakeholder management skills, and experience delivering enterprise-scale digital solutions within highly regulated environments. Responsibilities align with project leadership practices such as delivery governance, risk management, stakeholder communication, prioritization, and Agile execution.

Key Responsibilities

- Agile Delivery Leadership
- Lead and manage an Agile squad of 6 to 8 team members.
- Drive Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
- Ensure predictable delivery of business value while maintaining high quality and engineering standards.
- Track sprint velocity, team capacity, risks, dependencies, and release milestones.




- Remove delivery impediments and facilitate decision-making across teams.

Project & Stakeholder Management

- Serve as the primary point of contact between technology teams, operations stakeholders, and business leadership.
- Manage project schedules, milestones, risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.
- Provide regular status reporting, executive updates, and delivery metrics.
- Coordinate across multiple product teams contributing to the Operations Portal ecosystem.
- Escalate and resolve delivery challenges in a timely manner.

AI Operations Enablement

- Partner with business and technology teams to define workflows supporting human-in-the-loop AI validation.
- Ensure AI governance, auditability, and operational controls are incorporated into platform capabilities.
- Support rollout strategies, user adoption, and operational readiness activities.

Team Leadership

- Coach and mentor developers and QE resources on Agile best practices.
- Foster a collaborative, high-performing engineering culture.
- Support resource planning, onboarding, knowledge transfer, and delivery governance.
- Promote continuous improvement and automation opportunities across the SDLC.

Quality & Release Management





- Work closely with QE teams to ensure comprehensive testing strategies and release readiness.
- Coordinate releases across environments and stakeholder groups.
- Ensure delivery aligns with security, compliance, and banking technology standards.

Required Qualifications

- 7 years of Project Management, Agile Delivery, or Scrum Master experience.
- Proven experience delivering enterprise web applications and digital platforms.
- Robust understanding of Agile delivery frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, Protected).
- Experience managing cross-functional technology teams.
- Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
- Experience with Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar Agile tools.
- Strong risk, dependency, and release management experience.
- Experience working within banking, financial services, or other highly regulated industries.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience delivering AI-enabled, analytics, or intelligent automation solutions.
- Understanding of AI governance, human-in-the-loop workflows, and decision validation frameworks.
- Familiarity with Node.js-based application delivery environments.
- Experience working with cloud-native architectures and API-driven platforms.
- Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe Agilist, PMI-ACP, or PMP certification.

Technical Environment

- Node.js Backend Services
- REST APIs & Microservices
- Quality Engineering & Test Automation
- Jira / Confluence
- CI/CD Pipelines
- Cloud Platforms (AWS / Azure)
- AI Agent & Operational Workflow Platforms

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🏢 Lorven Technologies
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