Job Description IT Project Manager / Scrum Master Platform Transformation Make an impact on a major transformation initiative in the insurance sector for our client.

This opportunity offers the chance to contribute to the modernization of a wealth management platform, collaborate with teams across the organization, and support an exciting transition to a new cloud-based environment.

What is in it for you: • Salaried: $60-70 per hour. • Incorporated Business Rate: $70-80 per hour. • 12-month contract. • Hybrid schedule, 37.5 hours per week.

Responsibilities: • Support the end-to-end technology delivery of the replatform transformation by translating project priorities into executable plans, milestones, dependencies, and measurable outcomes. • Coordinate the platform transformation and overall project delivery. • Organize and facilitate Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, Retrospectives, Scrum calls, and project meetings. • Partner with the Product Owner, business stakeholders, technology teams, architects, vendors, and other delivery partners to coordinate priorities and maintain delivery alignment. • Understand business requirements and translate them into actionable IT deliverables. • Manage project scope, schedules, resources, dependencies, risks, issues, assumptions, and deliverables. • Maintain project plans, Agile and Scrum artifacts, Jira, dashboards, RAID items, status reporting, and governance materials to provide transparency into overall project health. • Facilitate project governance and stakeholder discussions to support timely decision-making, issue resolution, and escalation. • Coordinate and monitor vendor and partner deliverables, including commitments associated with contracts and statements of work. • Support the conversion of wealth-management products, implementation of the new platform,



and eventual decommissioning of the existing platforms. • Promote Agile principles, continuous improvement, delivery discipline, accountability, and collaboration across the project team. • Support project closeout, lessons learned, operational readiness, and knowledge-transfer activities.

What you will need to succeed: Required qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. • 5-7+ years of experience. • Demonstrated project or program management experience delivering large-scale technology or transformation initiatives within complex enterprise environments. • Experience coordinating cross-functional and distributed teams with multiple business and technology stakeholder groups. • Experience managing technology delivery using Agile and Scrum, including backlog coordination, sprint execution, delivery tracking, and continuous improvement. • Experience managing vendors, partner deliverables, dependencies, risks, financial commitments, and statements of work. • Experience managing project deliverables, timelines, dependencies, and risks. • Solid knowledge of Agile, Scrum, hybrid delivery methodologies, project governance, risk management, and enterprise technology delivery. • Good understanding of end-to-end project management, business processes, and workflows. • Hands-on experience with Jira and Agile project-management tools.



• Solid understanding of Agile metrics and analytics, including Scrum artifacts such as burndown charts. • Ability to develop and maintain integrated delivery plans, milestones, project reporting, and dashboards. • Ability to proactively identify and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and delivery trade-offs.

Preferred qualifications • Scrum certification such as Certified Scrum

Master or SAFe. • PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, or equivalent project-management certification. • Experience in financial services or another highly regulated industry. • Experience with Canadian investment management or wealth-management organizations. • Experience with banking, financial services, or investment platform transformation projects. • Experience with enterprise platform migrations or vendor implementations. • Experience with Confluence, Microsoft Project, Planner, and Power BI.

Required soft skills • Excellent written and verbal communication skills. • Strong facilitation and stakeholder management skills. • Strong negotiation and conflict-resolution skills. • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. • Ability to influence and coordinate cross-functional teams. • Strong collaboration and accountability. • Strong organizational skills and ability to manage competing priorities. • Ability to work effectively in a complex and changing environment. • Continuous-improvement mindset.

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📌 IT Project Manager / Scrum Master – Platform Transformation (Waterloo)
🏢 Recrute Action
📍 Waterloo