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

Solid attention to detail

Proven coordination and facilitation skills

Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced environment

Strong 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

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