Project Manager #109753

Project Manager #109753

Request: 109753-1
Target Start Date: 11/20/2026 to October 30, 2027
Work Location: Downtown Toronto, near TTC and GO
Job Title: Business - Project Manager

Position Title: Senior Project Manager - Business
Line of Business: Chief Security Office - CTPR
Target Rate Range: $90-98hr B2B

Target Start Date: ASAP.
Duration: end October 30, 2027
Potential for this contract to be extended or converted to FTE? Extension Possible / FTE: May be possible

Hybrid. 1-2 days per week. In-office day Tuesday, as well as 4th Friday of every month. *Subject to change according to business needs.
Work Schedule (hours per week, start time): 37.5 Hours/week, 9-5 Monday to Friday
Potential for OT? OT not likely.

Reason the role is open? New project requiring PM support, team is currently at capacity
What project will this contractor be working on? Data security project
Highlights of the role; why would someone choose this role over another?: Possibility of extension and conversion to FTE

Who Will the Candidate Be Working with on a Daily Basis?: Business & technology teams
What is the % of time the CW will spend working with stakeholders?: 80%

How many years of experience?: 8+ years

Job Description:
What You’ll Be Doing
The Cybersecurity, Third-Party and Operational Resilience (CTPR) team aims to protect the bank and its customers by enhancing governance and oversight across the bank’s global regions, defining and enhancing cyber security capabilities, threat detection, and building resilience to operations and third party eco-systems. We take a risk-based approach to our activities and initiatives, maximizing impact in risk reduction, mitigation and resiliency. We operate within a proactive, agile and resilient security culture enabling CIBC to be the leader in client relationships. Our priorities help bring action to deliver with productivity, maintain trust of all stakeholders and leverage technology to seize growth opportunities.
In this role you will join CIBC's Project Management Office to lead and manage a variety of strategic initiatives, including cybersecurity, IAM and regulatory projects to protect our data and applications, as well as modernization of security monitoring and response. You will work closely with peers from areas to ensure that CIBC continues to align with industry best practice and regulatory compliance. You will lead teams of stakeholders and business partners to ensure projects of all sizes are completed in line with the team’s scope, budget and timeline.

How You’ll Succeed
- Project and Stakeholder Management: You will work closely with business and technology stakeholders to create detailed integrated project plans, financial plans and estimating models as required. You will define clear deliverables, roles and responsibilities and ensuring all project team members are working towards established milestones. You bring extensive practical experience and knowledge with techniques for planning, organizing, and monitoring multiple projects simultaneously. You can understand interconnection and dependencies across multiple projects and priorities in order to effectively mitigate project risks.
- Communications Management: You will act as a focal point of contact for the project to proactively identify and resolve project risks and issues. Through collaboration and persuasion, you lead and direct stakeholders towards meeting the objectives and realizing benefits of the program. You will be following governance guidance for all communications, financial and change management, and use established project status reporting tools. You will also create high quality professional written communications and presentations to the team, stakeholders and to executive leadership on a regular basis.
- Financial Management: You will identify and manage overall project costs and budgets, including monitoring resource requirements for people, hardware, software, and change requests, the creation of project forecasts, reporting monthly actuals and variances, within the financial risk appetite of the project. You will be using the financial tools to meet monthly financial reporting requirements.

Who You Are
- You can demonstrate experience. You have 8-10 years of professional Project Management experience ideally handling Cybersecurity, IT and Infrastructure projects. Have a proven track record of managing project scheduling, project spent and forecasting, risks and issues, planning and reporting.
- You understand various lines of businesses, products, services, delivery channels and new technologies in the financial services sectors.
- Nice to haves include a PMP or related certification. Bachelors or equivalent degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. It’s an asset if you have experience with Agile methodologies, Operational Resilience, Business Continuity Project Management.
- You're driven to succeed. You are motivated by accomplishing your goals and delivering your best to make an impact.
- You embrace and champion change. You’ll continuously evolve your thinking and the way you work in order to deliver your best.
- Your influence makes an impact. You know that relationships and networks are essential to success. You inspire outcomes by making yourself heard.
- You're driven by collective success. You know that collaboration can transform a good idea into a great one. You understand the power of an inclusive team that enjoys working together to bring a shared vision to life.
- You understand that success is in the details. You notice things that others don't. Your critical thinking skills help to inform your decision making.
Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values – trust, teamwork and accountability.

What CIBC Offers
At CIBC, our people are our greatest asset. You’ll become part of a diverse community that acknowledges everyone’s unique talents, and empowers teams to do what’s right for the client, and to do it well. As part of our team, you will:
Thrive: Benefit from an open and approachable culture that provides the flexibility and support you need to integrate your life at work and at home
Connect: Work in a place where the right technology and infrastructure fosters innovation, collaboration and creativity
Develop: Grow your skills and career through our best-in-class onboarding experience, ongoing learning opportunities, individual development planning and comprehensive product training
Prosper: Share in our collective success with a competitive salary, incentive pay, banking benefits, health benefits program, and employee share purchase plan

Must Have Requirements:
- Communication and problem solving with stakeholders
- Asking the right questions/working in ambiguity
- 8+ years of PM experience (understanding dependencies/risk/issues and not just record them, but to foresee problems, how to define dependency and track work accordingly - blend of both business and technology PM experience/a PM with only technology experience is okay as well)
- 8+ stakeholder management experience
(Top performer: People who are willing to understand the problem and solve it prior to jumping on a call. Someone who had good executive presence and presents well in front of different advisory and executive committees.)

Nice to Have:
- Previous CIBC experience
- Cybersecurity experience (they won't be implementing the change, the technical PM would, this hire is the Business side PM who drives the change/figures out the roadmap)
- PMP or related certification.
- Bachelors or equivalent degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- Agile methodologies
- Operational Resilience
- Business Continuity Project Management

Soft Skills:
•Attention to detail
• Problem solving skills
• Communication skills
• Work under pressure
• Project planning



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