Manager, PMO & Strategic InitiativesLocation: 5160 Yonge Street, North York, Ontario (hybrid) Type: Full-time Reports to: Director, Operational Effectiveness & Communications About Q Wealth PartnersQ Wealth Partners is one of Canada's largest independent Portfolio Management firms, with nearly $10 billion in assets and 30+ partner offices across the country. Independent advisory firms join Q Wealth as Partners, keep their own brands, and rely on our shared investment, operations and technology platform so they can spend their time with clients.

About the role
We're looking for a hands‑on Manager, PMO & Strategic Initiatives to run our most important projects and build the way Q Wealth delivers them. This is a builder role: you'll lead real work from day one while setting up a practical project office that helps us execute, not one that adds paperwork. You’ll report to the Director, Operational Effectiveness & Communications, and work closely with the COO, senior leaders and teams across Marketing, Engineering, Core Admin and Client Services, and PM Services. Our projects span technology modernization, operational efficiency, partner transitions, regulatory change, AI adoption and recent business. Lead our priority projects (about 60% of your time) Serve as project manager and delivery lead for the firm's highest-priority initiatives, across business transformation, technology modernization, operational efficiency, regulatory change, AI adoption and new business enablement Define scope, objectives and success criteria with project sponsors Build and manage project plans, timelines,



budgets, resources and dependencies Track risks, issues and action items, and elevate blockers early with a plan to fix them See projects through to completion and adoption Build a practical PMO (about 25%) Develop project management standards and templates teams will actually use Establish project intake and prioritization processes Put governance and status reporting in place that's sized to each project, not one heavy process for everything Standardize project documentation, so anyone can pick up a project and know where it stands Set up simple stage gates and project reviews for larger initiatives Coordinate resource planning across departments, and show leadership project demand against delivery capacity Prepare monthly executive project reports and deliver portfolio updates to senior leadership Build executive dashboards and project scorecards Track strategic initiative progress against corporate objectives Report on project health, budget,



risks and milestones Recommend corrective action when a project goes off track Strengthen project delivery habits across teams Introduce automation and workflow improvements where they make sense Mentor project managers and project coordinators as the PMO team grows Build project management skills across departments Set best practices for project planning and execution Shape a PMO that scales with the firm 7+ years of project or program management, leading complex initiatives across several teams A track record of delivering both business and technology projects Experience working with executives: you can give a clear update, push back with data and get a decision Comfort with ambiguity: you can bring structure to fuzzy problems, shifting priorities and a function that's still being built Strong planning and organization, and the follow-through to close things out Strength in project leadership, portfolio management, change management, stakeholder management and risk management Experience setting up or improving a PMO or project intake process PMP and/or an Agile certification Process improvement training such as Lean Six Sigma The chance to build: you'll shape how a growing firm runs its biggest work, with direct access to senior leader. Work that matters: our projects change how partner offices, advisors and clients experience Q Wealth. Compensation: competitive salary plus an annual bonus. Benefits and time off: a comprehensive health and wellness package, vacation days and global flex days. Working at our head office in North York, this position is eligible to work from home up to 3-4 days per week on a permanent basis with the aid of the best technology, cyber security, and cloud-based platforms. #

📌 Planning Manager, PMO (Winnipeg)
🏢 QWealth Partnership
📍 Winnipeg