Senior Project Manager (12-month Contract)

At McCarthy Tétrault, we offer challenging and rewarding career opportunities and are delighted to have been selected for the elevenTth consecutive year in 2023 as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers and one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers. Our culture is built on professional excellence, collaboration, innovation, thought leadership and entrepreneurialism. We embrace inclusion in all its forms and we provide the tools and opportunities to help our people develop to their full potential.

This position is based out of Toronto. McCarthy Tétrault employees benefit from a hybrid work environment.

As a Senior Project Manager, you will be:

Managing Projects and Project teams

• Building and leading the project team.
• Providing direction as required to meet the project objectives and commitments.
• Creating and executing project work plans and revising as appropriate through McCarthy Tetrault (MT) PMO change control procedures.
• Gathering business and technical requirements for proposed projects and establishing appropriate project design through a full understanding of business requirements.
• Managing changing priorities to complete project delivery within defined constraints.
• Identifying resources needed and assigning individual responsibilities; supporting and utilization of McCarthy Tetrault project resource management processes and tools.
• Managing day-to-day operational aspects of projects and/or programs including scope and deliverables.
• Applying MT project management methodology effectively, utilizing MT project management processes and tools to enforce project standards and meet requirements for MT PMO reporting.
• Developing an appropriate risk management plan on all projects, ensuring timely response and escalation of issues that can lead to unexpected changes in time, quality, scope and budget.
• Ensuring project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.
  Working closely and maintaining strong work relationships with stakeholders and sponsors from all functional areas of business.
• Developing and maintaining key project documentation, including the project plan, periodic reports, schedule, issues, quality and risk documents.
• Providing formalized work direction and leadership to an assigned team that may include external consultants, vendors, firm associates and partners, if applicable.
• Conducting appropriate project meetings, including Project Kickoff, Team and Steering Committee meetings.
• Overseeing key project components including communication plans, change management plans, training plans, testing plans and roll-out plans.
• Ensuring sufficient communication is taking place, at an appropriate level of detail, to keep stakeholders appropriately aware of project statuses.
• May be assisting Business Analysts with identification of business requirements, integration needs, baseline metrics, feasibility studies and cost benefit analyses.
• Providing and maintaining accurate project forecasts for budget, resources and schedules.
• Documenting lessons learned and facilitating their translation into 'Best Practices'.

Project and Portfolio Management Practices and Capabilities

• Identifying and recommending enhancements to the project management methodology and toolset.
• Encouraging the use of appropriate and effective project management practices.

As our ideal candidate, you will distinguish yourself by the following profile:

• Strong project management experience (10+ years of experience in a hands on project management capacity is required) using project management methodology.
• Minimum bachelor's degree in information systems/technology, computer science, engineering, business administration, finance or other undergraduate program.
• Elevated project management leadership capability as demonstrated in leading more complex initiatives that may include: Significant financial investment, Multiple vendors,
• Geographically distributed project teams, Project team comprised of multiple or diverse skillsets. Senior stakeholder management. Experience with program or portfolio
• management and different types and sizes of projects
• Project Management Institute (PMI) project management professional (PMP) certification
• Experience guiding others through project processes, and influencing them without formal authority.
• Expertise in Organizational Change Management an asset :
  • Demonstrated effective time management skills by leading multiple projects concurrently
  • Demonstrated ability in carrying out complex work requirements while working autonomously to meet the needs of the project and timelines
  • Solid experience and understanding of technology initiatives
  • Consulting experience in a client-facing role - an asset

As a member of the McCarthy team, you will have access to:

• Outstanding benefits from day one, including insurance premiums paid by the Firm.
• Competitive compensation.
• A commitment to professional development and growth opportunities for our people at all levels, supported by a culture that fully embraces and encourages two-way feedback.
• Strong community involvement and a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.
• A collaborative, cohesive culture that connects lawyers and business teams through collective purpose.

How to Apply:

External candidates are encouraged to apply online. All Internal applicants must apply directly through our internal careers portal on Espresso.

We thank all applicants for their interest in McCarthy Tétrault; however, only chosen applicants will be contacted. We regret that we are unable to respond to individual inquiries about application status. McCarthy Tétrault is an equal opportunity employer that fosters an inclusive, equitable, and accessible environment. Please notify us if you require accommodation at any time during the recruitment process.