Project Leader

Project Leader

Department: Member Experience and Pension Operations

Type: 12-Month Contract

Location: Toronto (Hybrid)

Posting Date: November 18th 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 fast-paced 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 purpose-driven 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 world-class defined benefit pension plan.

• A dedicated inclusion diversity and equity strategy with meaningful opportunities to participate including our employee-led resource groups.

About the role

The position works closely with the Manager and Senior Project Leader to support the successful execution of projects within Member Experience and Pension Operations. The successful candidate will collaborate with Senior Project Leader and business stakeholders to deliver project outcomes. Responsibilities include preparing comprehensive project artifacts the administration and organization of all project activities like scheduling risk management change management while maintaining client engagement and ensuring evolving needs are met. The Project Leader will also lead small to mid-size projects.

What youll do

Coordination & Communication

• Leads small to mid-size projects or components of larger initiatives

• Prepare and maintain project artifacts such as project plan communication plans risk plans and training plans

• Liaises with the business to identify and define requirements scope objectives and deliverables

• Effectively manage project scope resource and timelines

• Provides business and technical expertise in all aspects of project management methodologies which are aligned with PMI principles

• Works with the business to analyze risk and opportunities ensuring needs are met as projects evolve

• Works with business to prepare and monitor project budgets project progress and escalate issues

• Prepares presentations project status reports and other project documents as required

• Tracks and reports project status reports to stakeholders

• Coordinates day-to-day project activities and follow up and assist project team members as needed to ensure project milestones are successfully met

• Prioritizes tasks for project plan work packages

• Develops and executes project control activities

• Provides support with the corporate annual planning and budget process for identifying business development initiatives and the ongoing process throughout the year

• Participate in the continuous refreshing of OPTrusts project management methodology as required and communicate changes to senior project leaders project managers and / or others as required

Change Management & Process Enhancement

• Supports change adoption by preparing change management and communication plans

• Provides guidance and training plan to help teams adapt to new process or systems

• Track the implementation of changes and escalate issues if changes introduce delays or risks

What you bring

• Work experience as a project leader or in a similar role

• 1-3 years work experience as a project leader or similar role

• Project Management Professional (PMP)

• Familiarity with risk management and quality assurance control

• Experience working with Microsoft Project or similar tool is an asset

• Experience in change management methodology

• Post Secondary education in business or related field

• CSM and/or DASM certification is a strong asset

• Excellent oral and written communication skills; ability to communicate effectively at all levels

• Demonstrated analytical skills and problem-solving skills

• Solid organizational skills including multitasking and time-management and ability to remain calm under pressure

• Strong ability to work independently and or in a team environment

• Ability to prepare and interpret flowcharts schedules and step-by-step action plans

• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools

• Exemplify OPTrusts values: collaboration and teamwork integrity respect flexibility excellence and continuous improvement

Please submit your application via Workday by December 2nd 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 employee-led 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.