Delivery Manager - Jobs in North York, ON

Job Description

You are as unique as your background, experience and point of view. Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered and challenged to be your best self. Youll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, youll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families and communities around the world.This role will be a member of the Data & Analytics team and will be accountable to initiate, plan, mobilize project teams, and govern them through to execution. She/he is accountable to remove barriers and facilitate solutions to address business partners needs. The successful candidate is expected to have a passion for data analytics solutions and will need to be able to pick up and understand a wide range of analytics tools and solutions.What will you do

• Owns end-to-end solution delivery. Accountable for project intake, estimation and resource planning to ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget and with required quality.
• Work closely with the Architect, Technical Leaders, and the Portfolio Director during the concept phase of project to define project delivery approach, methodology.
• Accountable for the technical leadership from project initiation to implementation. Ensures that a sound and future proof architecture is planned and its implementation meets the technical quality standards.
• Ensures that appropriate organization, governance, decision making, and delivery structures are in place to drive outcomes articulated in the business case, CBA, business requirements, and program/project charter.
• Ensures that standards and best practice for project and program management processes are applied to plan, and execute initiatives with high complexity and risk.
• Contribute ideas for best practice improvements, process improvement, and innovative solutions. Become a member of the Data & Analytics thought leadership team, recommending solutions and products to our business partners aligned to the D&A strategy and roadmap.
• Establish project structure and reporting relationships, ensure that everybody understands the project goals and his/her role and responsibilities, encourage good working relationships among all project team members, motivate and resolve conflicts between individual team members.
• Manage resource supply and demand, and associated budgets, reporting, tools and processes

What do you need to succeed

• University level degree in computer science, data science or related technology degree/diploma. Equivalent experience is also acceptable.
• 4+ years of experience as delivery manager in data-related projects or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience executing projects following the data science life cycle.

• Ability to describe and put into action complex concepts.
• Ability to lead small, medium and large project teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Ability to liaison between different business units and tech teams in order to plan and deliver complex projects with multiple moving pieces.
• Ability to facilitate business prioritization and decisions.
• Passion for data and analytics as a career and a willingness to constantly educate herself/himself to stay relevant and keep track of trends in the data space.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience working in banking, insurance or healthcare industries
• Experience working in Lean / Agile / Scrum methodologies for enterprise IT delivery.
• Understanding of Cloud Infrastructure, AWS (Amazon Web Services) products and services, Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS).
• Understanding of Data & Analytics, Big Data, Machine Learning, Hadoop and analytics technologies
• Understanding of technologies used for web development, ETL (Extract, Transform and Load), and report development.
• Understanding of middleware technologies on Cloud platforms
• Understanding of database concepts such as data mapping, logical and physical data modeling.
• Experience managing projects/ initiatives using work management solutions such as Jira Cloud & Jira On Prem

Whats in it for you

• Great Place to Work® Certified in Canada and the US - 2022
• Great Place to Work® award for Best Workplaces for #HybridWork - 2022
• Named “Best Places to Work” by Glassdoor - 2021
• Canada Award for Excellence for Mental Health at Work - 2021
• Flex hours and Flexible hybrid work model including in-country work-from-home if you prefer. #LI-Hybrid
• Competitive salary and bonus structure influenced by market range data
• Pension, stock and savings programs to help build and enhance your future financial security
• A friendly, collaborative, and inclusive culture
• Be part of our continuous improvement journey in developing the next greatest digital enterprise experience.
• Work and professional development that is united by our Purpose: to help Clients and Employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives
• A common sense dress code, where you decide how you dress based on your day
• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential

The Base Pay range is for the primary location for which the job is posted. It may vary depending on the work location of the successful candidate or other factors. In addition to Base Pay, eligible Sun Life employees participate in various incentive plans, payment under which is discretionary and subject to individual and company performance. Certain sales focused roles have sales incentive plans based on individual or group sales results.Diversity and inclusion have always been at the core of our values at Sun Life. A diverse workforce with wide perspectives and creative ideas benefits our clients, the communities where we operate and all of us as colleagues. We welcome applications from qualified individuals from all backgrounds.Persons with disabilities who need accommodation in the application process or those needing job postings in an alternative format may e-mail a request to thebrightside@sunlife.com.At Sun Life we strive to create a flexible work environment where our employees are empowered to do their best work. Several flexible work options are available and can be discussed throughout the selection process depending on the role requirements and individual needs.We thank all applicants for showing an interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.Salary Range:80,000/80 000 - 130,400/130 400Job Category:IT - Technology ServicesPosting End Date:04/12/2022Quick Apply

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