Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager with 5+ years of project management experience in the Banking and Capital Markets domain. The ideal candidate will lead complex business and technology initiatives, manage cross-functional teams, and ensure successful delivery of projects that support strategic business objectives, regulatory compliance, operational efficiency, and digital transformation across capital markets and banking operations.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead end-to-end project delivery for banking and capital markets initiatives, ensuring projects are completed on time, within scope, and within budget.
- Manage project planning, scheduling, budgeting, resource allocation, risk management, and stakeholder communications.
- Collaborate with business leaders, product owners, technology teams, operations, compliance, risk management, and external vendors.
- Drive requirements gathering, business analysis, solution design, and implementation activities.
- Develop and maintain project governance frameworks, status reporting, and executive-level presentations.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, issues, dependencies, and change requests.
- Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements, audit standards, and internal governance policies.
- Coordinate testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), deployment, and post-implementation support activities.
- Facilitate steering committee meetings, project reviews, and stakeholder workshops.
- Monitor project performance using key metrics and implement corrective actions when necessary.
- Support Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies depending on project requirements.
- Mentor junior project managers and contribute to project management best practices.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 5+ years of project management experience within Banking and Capital Markets.




- Proven experience managing medium to large-scale business and technology transformation projects.
- Solid understanding of capital markets products and processes, including:
- Equities
- Fixed Income
- Derivatives
- Foreign Exchange (FX)
- Trade Lifecycle Management
- Securities Processing
- Asset Management
- Investment Banking Operations
- Experience working with front-office, middle-office, and back-office functions.
- Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, including Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, and Hybrid approaches.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience with project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

- PMP, PRINCE2, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe, or equivalent certification.
- Experience with regulatory initiatives such as:
- Dodd-Frank
- MiFID II
- Basel III
- EMIR
- SEC/FINRA regulations
- Experience leading digital transformation, cloud migration, data modernization, or automation initiatives.
- Knowledge of risk management, compliance, and operational controls within financial institutions.
- Familiarity with data governance, reporting, and analytics platforms.

Key Skills

- Project & Program Management
- Banking & Capital Markets Expertise
- Stakeholder Management
- Risk & Issue Management
- Budget & Resource Management
- Business Analysis
- Regulatory Compliance
- Agile & Waterfall Methodologies
- Vendor Management
- Change Management
- Strategic Planning
- Executive Communication
- Leadership & Team Management

Success Factors

- Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects in a fast-paced financial services environment.
- Strong leadership and influencing skills across business and technology teams.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver complex initiatives with measurable business outcomes.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage stakeholders at all organizational levels, including senior executives.
- Proactive, results-oriented mindset with strong attention to detail and execution excellence.

📌 Senior Project Manager (Toronto)
🏢 Calculated Hire
📍 Toronto