Term 12 months (November 23, 2026 to November 30, 2027) Assigned Recruiter(s) Farah Ulla Job Opening ID 11780 City Montreal Country Canada Number of Positions 1 Work Experience 7-10 Years Job Description

Mandate Overview:

The client is looking for a project manager who owns theentire delivery: project plan, deliverables, budget, schedule, risks anddeliverable approval. The role places the person at the centre of a broadecosystem (sponsor, managers, contribution leads, external integrator) andgives them authority over resource change requests. Reporting goes directly tothe sponsor and the steering committee, which requires a level of politicalacumen explicitly named in the mandate. What sets this mandate apart from a genericproject manager role is the note on financial knowledge: derivatives,accounting and financial risk, at a basic level, combined with a softwareintegration and platform change project. PMP, MGP or ACP certification islisted among the required knowledge, with no mention of it being an asset.

Target candidate:

a certified project manager withmore than 6 years of large-scale cross-functional projects, who has already leda platform replacement or integration in a financial institution or riskcontext. The person must be able to speak the language of finance (derivatives,accounting, risk) with business teams, without being a domain specialist.

Requirements





Required:

More than 6 years in project management in large-scalecontexts

PMP / MGP / ACP certifications

Experience in a risk management context and/or in afinancial institution

Experience in the financial sector

Basic knowledge of finance: financial derivatives,accounting, financial risk management

Experience in a software integration and platform changeproject

Management skills: complex contexts, communication,political acumen, team-oriented culture, planning and coordinating, leadershipand initiative

Asset:

Master's or graduate degree in project management

Profiles to Exclude:

Profile mentioning project management without demonstratedaccountability for budget, schedule and steering committee reporting.

Profile whose projects described in the resume aresmall-scale or limited to a single team, with no cross-functional,multi-department project.

Profile with no software integration, platform replacementor platform change project listed in the resume.

Profile with no demonstrated exposure in the resume toderivatives, accounting or financial risk.

PCO, project office advisor or Scrum Master profilepresented as a project manager.

Profile with no PMP, MGP or PMI-ACP certification listed inthe resume (pending the client's answer).

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