Senior Project Leader
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Job Description
Senior Project Leader
Department: Member Experience and Pension Operations
Type: Contract 12 months
Location: Toronto (Hybrid)
Posting Date: May 8th 2025
At OPTrust paying pensions today preserving pensions for tomorrow is our mission and business.
When you choose OPTrust you join a team of smart talented people who fuel our success and have a passion for pensions. Everyone at OPTrust in Toronto London and Sydney makes a meaningful impact. Our culture is driven by team members with different backgrounds and perspectives creating an inclusive and fulfilling place to work for everyone. We work in a fastpaced environment but we find time to have fun and give back to the community.
What OPTrust offers you
Unique culture rooted in our core values collaboration and teamwork integrity respect flexibility excellence and continuous improvement.
A purposedriven environment where we all work towards the common goal of paying pensions today and preserving pensions for tomorrow.
A flexible hybrid work model.
Benefits package after six months of consecutive employment.
Optional membership in our worldclass defined benefit pension plan.
A dedicated inclusion diversity and equity strategy with meaningful opportunities to participate including our employeeled resource groups.
About the role
The successful candidate is a seasoned project management professional with critical thinking skills with experience leading the successful project delivery of both large scope multidivisional projects and small divisional projects. This includes the ability to understand the project objectives and business needs anticipate and resolve issues as they arise create and monitor change management initiatives for projects. The position also requires building and maintaining excellent relations with all Business Partners.
What youll do
Advise and engage interdivisional and multilevel project team members to drive and achieve project objectives.
Understand the business needs and ensure solutions effectively align with business goals and objectives and improve business processes.
Accountable for project delivery through the effective management of the projects scope budget and timelines by following prescribed governance processes.
Develop detailed project plans including but not limited to project integration plans test plans communication plans risk plans training plans and promotion plans to ensure solutions are thorough and effective.
Provide business and technical expertise in all aspects of project management methodologies which are aligned with PMI principles.
Accountable for Business Partner Relationships across the organization on behalf of Member Experience & Pension Operations.
Track and report on project milestones and provide status reports to stakeholders.
Balance competing constraints such as scope quality schedule budget resources and risk.
Provide support with yearend activities and other business initiatives.
What you bring
Undergraduate degree/diploma in business or a related field.
Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent experience.
CSM and/or DASM certification is a strong asset.
Three (3) to five (5) years of recent handson experience in leading large scope multidivisional projects.
Demonstrated leadership skills with proven ability to manage influence and motivate teams.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
Experience working in a team oriented collaborative environment.
Expert knowledge on Excel and Microsoft Project or another project management tool.
Experience working in Smartsheet is an asset.
Experience in pension plan administration finance or investment areas is a strong asset.
Strong time management prioritization organization skills and ability to remain calm under pressure.
Excellent negotiation and interpersonal skills.
Experience with change management is an asset.
Detailed oriented and analytical mindset.
Exemplify OPTrusts values: collaboration and teamwork integrity respect flexibility excellence and continuous improvement
Please submit your application via Workday by May 22nd 2025.
Serving a membership as diverse as ours and investing in a global market means cultivating an environment that embraces inclusion diversity and equity in everything we do. OPTrust is an organization engaged in building on our unique and diverse strengths. We know a diversity of backgrounds cultures gender identities and perspectives are critical to achieving our shared goals.
If you require accommodation at any time during the recruitment process please send a message to or discuss your needs with the Talent Acquisition Consultant during the telephone screening. We will do our best to work with you and provide appropriate accommodation.
As an organization were seeking ways to respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canadas Call to Action 92. We are working with the Canadian Council for Indigenous Business to build bridges with Indigenous communities and partners and we have created an employeeled Reconciliation Working Group that will work with Indigenous experts to identify a path to reconciliation for our organization.
We thank all interested applicants however only those under consideration will be contacted.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
