Sun Life - Project Manager - Project Management Office

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Position Summary:

We are seeking a strategic and results-driven Project Manager with a strong background in Project Management Office (PMO) leadership and a proven track record of delivering complex finance-related projects. This role will be instrumental in driving Canada Finance-wide initiatives, ensuring alignment with business goals, and enhancing project governance and delivery excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead finance transformation projects by aligning cross-functional teams across multiple locations, managing risks, and driving measurable outcomes.

- Define project goals, success criteria, and requirements in collaboration with stakeholders, and prioritize initiatives accordingly.

- Establish and maintain PMO governance frameworks, methodologies, and tools to ensure consistent execution.

- Develop and manage project plans, budgets and resource allocations.

- Facilitate current- and future-state workshops to identify opportunities and design solutions leveraging enterprise technology.

- Monitor project health and drive change management and stakeholder engagement through clear, actionable recommendations and progress updates.

- Mentor project managers, lean consultants, and team members/colleagues to foster continuous improvement and a strong team culture.

Qualifications:

- MBA or Post Qualification degree is required

- PMP certification or equivalent project management certification

- 12+ years of project management experience, with at least 4 years in a PMO leadership role.

- Demonstrated success in managing finance-related projects (e.g., ERP implementations, financial reporting automation, accounting process optimization).

- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and change in leadership skills, with a talent for using storytelling to drive alignment.

- Proficiency in project management tools (e.g. MS Project, Jira, or similar).

Preferred Experience:

- Experience working in a matrixed or global organization.

- Experience in Agile and hybrid project delivery environments.

- Strong understanding of finance functions (e.g. financial planning and analysis (FP&A), accounting operations).

- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills; with a strong attention to detail while maintaining a "big picture" view in a complex environment

- Ability to manage con- icts and competing priorities, with a strong ability to influence without authority to navigate a decentralized organization and drive change across functional groups to achieve desired outcomes

- Strong verbal and written communication skills to present results and recommendations to target audience in a clear and concise manner

- Ability to manage changing priorities

- Self-starter, with a proven track record to lead projects and deliver tangible results

- Ability to work independently and effectively in a cross-cultural environment.

- Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage time-sensitive deliverables.

The role may evolve over a period of time and depending upon the business need the candidate should be flexible for projects in other functional areas such as Technology, Operations, Knowledge Services, Support & Enablement etc.

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