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What You’ll Be Doing

As a Technology Project Manager, you’ll lead and manage the schedule, scope, and budget for technology projects. This role involves coordination between development efforts, cross-functional teams and change management processes to ensure successful completion of project goals. You’ll be part of US Risk Technology, a new team with the mandate to improve CIBC’s risk management capabilities through data, tools, and processes – enabling our bank’s continued growth.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. You’ll have the flexibility to manage your work activities within a hybrid work arrangement where you’ll spend two days per week on-site at our 70 W Madison Street office in Chicago, with the option to work remotely on the other days.

How You’ll Succeed

• Project Management – Execute a project plan that strikes the right balance between budget, time, and risk. Monitor milestones; ensure they’re completed on schedule. Proactively identify risks to the project and define mitigation plans. Assess and document lessons learned; apply findings to continuously improve project delivery.

• Financial Management – Track project spending, including vendor invoices and intercompany charges. Manage costs to budget.

• Cloud Skills – Apply your knowledge of cloud computing in Microsoft Azure to ask the right technical questions.

• Change Management – Coordinate technology changes using ServiceNow, following Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) principles and CIBC change management standards.

• Communication and Persuasion – Share ideas, build consensus, and write with impact. Chair meetings. Report status to the program.

• Vendor Management – Hold third parties accountable for their project commitments. Actively manage risk by escalating contractual concerns and potential breaches of service level agreements.

• Collaboration – Help internal partners make informed decisions about the development of programs, products, and services. Negotiate deliverables and milestones.

• Relationships – Develop trusted working relationships with business stakeholders and technology partners.

Who You Are

• You can demonstrate at least five years of experience in project management within the financial services or technology industries. You have managed cross-portfolio projects in a matrix environment. You are experienced with waterfall and agile methodologies in the context of the Software Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC). You have experience with project management and issue management tools like Microsoft suite (including MS Project, Teams), Planview, ServiceNow, and JIRA.

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