Overview
Project Manager, Program / Project Manager, IT Project Manager Jobs in London, Canada at CARFAX CANADA ULC
Title: Project Manager, Program / Project Manager, IT Project Manager
Company: CARFAX CANADA ULC
Location: London, Canada
Category:
Location:
London, ON (Hybrid). Currently 3 days per week in office.
The Team
The Business Operations team is dedicated to achieving operational excellence by streamlining processes and driving best‑in‑class performance across the organization. With a focus on building a strong, collaborative global team, they support a dynamic and entrepreneurial services organization that values innovation, fun, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities and Impact
We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the definition, planning, and delivery of medium to large initiatives within the DSG PMO, supporting DSG priorities from strategy through execution. In this highly visible role, you will partner with business and technology leaders to drive outcomes across multiple functions, manage interdependencies, and ensure disciplined delivery using the most appropriate approach for the work (iterative/incremental, hybrid, or Waterfall).
During the SPINCO transformation, you will collaborate closely with the Transformation Management Office (TMO) to plan and execute Transitional Service Agreement (TSA) exit initiatives spanning multiple organizations and business units. After TSA plans are complete, you will continue these responsibilities in the DSG PMO, providing sustained leadership across the DSG portfolio—driving strategic execution, operational readiness, and continuous improvement while helping mature PMO standards and governance.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead all aspects of project management including development ceremonies, cross‑functional team coordination, and facilitation of meetings with stakeholders to ensure clear communication and team alignment.
- Develop and refine comprehensive project plans specifying goals, staffing, scheduling, risks, and contingency plans while managing large, multi‑location virtual teams across diverse disciplines.
- Manage changes to project scope, schedule, and costs to maintain accurate, updated project plans that reflect all authorized changes and ensure delivery within plan parameters.
- Develop, manage, and track project budgets, including forecasting, cost estimation, and variance analysis; ensure alignment to financial targets by monitoring spend, optimizing resource allocation, and implementing corrective actions.
- Manage cross‑team dependencies and collaborate with other project managers and team leaders, establishing relationships across departments to recognize and actively manage project interdependencies.
- Manage relationships with external vendors, consultants, and service providers, including contract coordination, performance monitoring, and delivery oversight.
- Lead the eliciting, analyzing, validating and managing of requirements, business processes, and high‑level solution designs in partnership with business stakeholders, product managers, and development teams.
- Create, refine, and maintain delivery requirements and supporting artifacts (user stories, use cases, process flows, and high‑level test cases) while partnering with stakeholders to define detailed project scope, manage and prioritize work, and support software teams.
- Proactively identify, plan for, and mitigate project risks through approved actions and workarounds.
- Lead cross‑functional assessments for Concept phase projects, driving the conversion of conceptual ideas into actionable deliverables with clearly defined timelines.
- Actively participate in efforts to improve project management approaches through progressive tools, processes, and metrics while maintaining working relationships with business stakeholders for project intake and problem resolution.
Qualifications
- Education & Experience: 5 years of relevant project management experience, including proven ability to execute vaguely defined tasks using analytical skills, prior experience, and available research capabilities.
- Software Project Delivery
Experience:
Demonstrated ability to lead and deliver software projects across a range of development methodologies (Waterfall, Scrum, Kanban, Dev Ops).
- Team Leadership & Scale Management: Demonstrated experience managing remote project teams of 10+ members or leading complex multi‑disciplinary projects…