Project Manager (Tech Delivery)

Embark on a journey with one of Canada's fastest growing companies – welcome to goeasy! We have been honored with recognitions such as Waterstone Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures, the 2022 Report on Business Women Lead Here, Report on Business for Canada’s Top Growing Companies and TSX30 as one of the best performing companies on the TSX. We've also received the Greater Toronto Top Employers Award and certified as a Great Place to Work®. We're on the lookout for the best and brightest to join our team!

Our vision is to provide everyday Canadians a path to a better tomorrow, today.  As one of Canada’s leading non-prime consumer lenders, we offer a full suite of products including non-prime leasing, unsecured and secured loans as well as point-of-sale-financing though easyhome, easyfinancial, and LendCare.  

goeasy is seeking a dynamic, well experienced and innovative Project Manager (Tech Delivery) for our Project Delivery Office who ensures that our innovative and creative projects are executed and delivered.  With our record breaking growth comes a business that is fast paced and exciting and requires this individual to be someone who can handle large, complex projects and successfully navigate risk while being exposed to many areas of the business. This opportunity is of interest to someone who is seeking a career adventure that represents a chance to put their stamp on a great Canadian business story.  

What will you be doing?

Project management responsibilities include the coordination and completion of projects on time within budget and within scope. Oversee all aspects of projects. Set deadlines, assign responsibilities, and monitor and summarize progress of project. Prepare reports for upper management regarding status of project. Project Managers are responsible for small to medium size projects or could be supporting Program Managers or Sr. Project Managers by managing workstreams of a program or strategic project.

• Delivering projects to meet time, budget and scope expectations.
• Successfully manage a number of projects simultaneously.
• Drive all aspects of project delivery including defining project scope, specifying deliverables, estimating project duration, effort and cost, managing project budget, creating detailed project plans, schedules and managing change requests.
• Act as the primary liaison between all team members assigned to a project, IT and business.
• Motivate project team members for successful delivery of project objectives.
• Ensure project success by driving execution through the application of sound project management principles and methodologies.
• Maintain regular communications with team and business stakeholders to ensure necessary and appropriate steps are taken to resolve difficulties, which may impede progress or compromise achievement of project’s objectives.
• Maintain a detailed status, activities and issues reports on each project to present to Senior Leadership and major project stakeholders.
• Proactively identify, quantify, mitigate, and manage risks.
• Work closely with Resource Managers to ensure each project team has established meaningful, key metrics that properly reflect the performance of the team and indicates progress towards objectives.
• Chairs regular core team and key governance forums (e.g. team stand-ups, Steering Committees) to review progress with key constituents.
• Provides project leadership to ensure the vision and objectives of the project/transformation are driven properly, and meets expectations.
• Contribute to the maturation of goeasy Project Delivery Office standards, methodologies, processes and governance.

What experience do you have?

• A minimum of 5 years in-depth experience managing complex projects.
• Experience managing project budgets > 1M.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, effective at the senior executive level.
• Sound business and technical acumen, with demonstrated agility in learning and ability to quickly become comfortable with unfamiliar businesses areas or of technologies.
• Strong leadership skills, and the ability to lead teams from varied backgrounds (business, technology, operations, etc.).
• PMP designation is an asset.

We offer a Flexible Work Program that provides you the ability to work three days onsite per week, from our Mississauga or downtown Toronto office.

Internal Applicants: please apply through the link and provide written endorsement from your current manager.

Why should you work for goeasy?

In keeping with our mission to create better tomorrows for our employees, each year goeasy commits to continuously enhancing its total rewards. Here are some of the perks we offer…

Financial Benefits:

• Leverage our RRSP match and Employee Share Purchase Plan programs.
• Annual bonus that rewards your hard work and dedication.
• Employee discounts on furniture, electronics, and appliances.
• MAT & PAT leave top-up.
• Expand your financial knowledge through engaging Financial Literacy Learning opportunities.

Health and Lifestyle:

• Enjoy company-paid volunteer days to give back to the community.
• Access 24/7 healthcare with Virtual Doctor Appointments.
• Personalize your benefits with a flexible modular benefits package.
• Stay fit and energized with exclusive access to our on-site private gym at our head office.

Employee Perks:

• Fuel your growth with the Tuition Assistance Program.
• Double the impact of your generosity with Company Matched Charitable Donations.
• Internal development training programs and platforms including job-specific training, career coaching, leadership excellence, mentorship, and many others.
• Enjoy a state-of-the-art office space with perks like a games room, a healthy snack program, a fitness studio, free gated parking, and more!

Diversity, Inclusion, and Equal Opportunity Employment:
At goeasy, we believe that we can only be the best when people are able to bring their best selves to work every day. This means that we are committed to cultivating and preserving a work culture where we celebrate who we are, where everyone feels seen and heard and where every employee can fulfill their potential. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing accommodations for applicants upon request at any stage of the recruitment process in accordance with all legislative requirements throughout Canada. Please let us know if you require an accommodation during any aspect of the recruitment process and we will work with you to address your needs.

Additional Information:
All candidates considered for hire must successfully pass a criminal background check, credit check, and validation of their work experience to qualify for hire.  We thank all interested applicants, however we will only be contacting those for interview who possess the skills and qualifications outlined above.