An Initial AI Screening will be conducted for this role
Contract Duration: 12 months
Typical Day in Role:
The Project Manager will act as the primary coordination point between Scotiabank, Bell, business stakeholders, and branch teams to ensure successful delivery of migration activities.
Key responsibilities include:
Managing end-to-end planning and execution of branch network migrations
Applying project management methodologies, governance, and best practices throughout delivery
Acting as the primary liaison for the Data Workstream between Scotiabank and Bell
Managing and refining migration schedules within a rolling 3-month planning horizon
Working closely with Bell to finalize migration plans for upcoming 4–6 week deployment periods
Ensuring migration communications are accurate, timely, and distributed to appropriate business stakeholders
Monitoring migration readiness, deployment risks, equipment availability, and site dependencies
Tracking progress against migration targets and delivery objectives
Facilitating migration and cutover calls during evening deployment windows
Escalating and resolving issues that may impact branch deployment schedules
Coordinating remediation activities when site-specific issues arise
Managing requests for accelerated or reprioritized branch migrations
Collaborating with business lines that communicate migration impacts to individual branches
Maintaining stakeholder alignment across technology, business, operations, and vendor teams
Ensuring vendor adherence to service commitments, processes, and contractual SLAs
Delivery Environment
Current migration target: 64 branch migrations per month
Stretch target: 72+ migrations per month
Bell operates within a rolling 3-month deployment schedule
Migration schedules may be impacted by equipment delays, site readiness concerns, remediation requirements, or changing business priorities
Core infrastructure preparation, testing,



data center readiness, equipment ordering, and lab validation activities have already been completed, and the program is currently focused on large-scale migration execution
Must Have Skills:
10+ years as an IT Project Manager leading complex technology projects
Migration project experience on a longer-term project, including: Demonstrated experience managing infrastructure, network, or technology migration programs over an extended project lifecycle
Experience coordinating deployment schedules, cutovers, and implementation activities
Strong experience managing external vendors and delivery partners
Experience working with telecommunications providers (Bell, Rogers, Telus, etc.) is considered a strong asset

Managed service provider project experience: Experience working within managed service delivery environments
Ability to manage vendor commitments, performance metrics, and service-level obligations

Network technology project experience involving MPLS and/or SD-WAN technologies
Nice-To-Have Skills:
Testing management or test coordination experience
Financial services or banking industry experience
Experience supporting branch transformation or branch migration programs
Experience supporting geographically distributed deployments across multiple sites
Soft Skills Required:
Ability to communicate effectively with technical infrastructure teams and understand migration impacts
Exceptional stakeholder management capabilities
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Excellent organizational and planning abilities
Strong attention to detail
Proven coordination and facilitation skills
Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
Solid problem-solving and issue management capabilities
Ability to influence and drive alignment across technical, business, and vendor stakeholders
Professional presence and confidence when leading executive and operational discussions

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📌 IT Project Manager - Network Migration (Ontario)
🏢 FP
📍 Ontario