Job Description
On behalf of our client, Affinity is seeking an experienced
Program Manager to lead and drive a significant enterprise data enablement and reporting transformation program.
The initiative is focused on bringing trusted, certified business and financial data into an established enterprise data platform, replacing manual and fragmented data collection, transformation, and reporting processes with a governed and scalable solution. The program will support Finance and other senior business functions with consistent data for operational, management, executive, and stakeholder reporting.
This is a senior, highly visible role responsible for providing program-level leadership across approximately four concurrent and interdependent workstreams. Each workstream will have its own project delivery structure, while the Program Manager will maintain the integrated program plan, manage cross-stream dependencies, oversee financials and resources, establish governance, and consolidate progress into clear executive-level reporting.
The successful candidate will be a seasoned Program Manager who can create structure in a complex environment, develop trusted relationships with senior business and technology stakeholders, and maintain delivery momentum as priorities and program requirements evolve.
Key Responsibilities
Program Planning & Execution
- Develop and maintain an integrated program plan covering critical paths, milestones, dependencies, risks, and resource requirements.
- Coordinate approximately four concurrent workstreams and consolidate individual workstream plans into an integrated program view.
- Partner with workstream Project Managers and delivery resources to maintain alignment across the broader data enablement program.
- Track program progress through the organization's project and portfolio management processes and provide consolidated reporting.
- Identify and manage cross-workstream and cross-project dependencies.
- Support additional projects as required as the broader program portfolio evolves.
Governance & Executive Reporting
- Establish and maintain effective program governance and decision-making processes.
- Prepare and coordinate monthly Steering Committee reporting.
- Provide clear executive-level reporting on delivery progress, milestones, financials, risks, dependencies, decisions, and upcoming priorities.
- Escalate material risks and decisions appropriately while providing clear recommendations and mitigation options.
Financial & Resource Management
- Manage program budgets, including capital and operating expenditures.
- Coordinate with individual Project Managers to consolidate workstream budgets, forecasts, and actuals.
- Track resource requirements and allocation across multiple concurrent initiatives.
- Support business cases, project change requests, and investment decisions as required.
Risk, Dependency & Change Management
- Proactively identify and manage program risks across business, technology, operational, compliance, and delivery areas.
- Develop mitigation and contingency plans for critical program activities.
- Coordinate dependencies across project teams, vendors, business stakeholders, and technology groups.
- Support change-management activities to enable successful adoption and transition.
Stakeholder & Vendor Management
- Serve as a primary program-level point of contact.
- Establish strong relationships with senior business and technology leaders.
- Bring cross-functional teams together around shared objectives and delivery priorities.
- Coordinate internal and external resource assignments.
- Support third-party vendor coordination as required.
- Maintain effective communication in a dynamic environment where priorities and sequencing may evolve.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills across senior business and technical audiences.
- Strong organizational capabilities across planning, prioritization, scheduling, resource management, budgeting, and delivery.
- Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in complex, fast-moving environments with evolving priorities.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to identify practical solutions to program-level risks and delivery challenges.
- Experience coordinating internal teams, external partners, and vendors.
- Experience preparing business cases and managing project or program change requests.
- Strong understanding of project governance, risk management, dependency management, and executive reporting.
- Experience with enterprise Project and Portfolio Management processes and tools.
- Ability to exercise discretion and maintain strict confidentiality.
Preferred Qualifications
- PMP certification is considered an asset but is not required.
- Previous experience delivering enterprise data, analytics, BI, reporting, or data-platform transformation programs.
- Experience within financial services, investment management, asset management, real estate, or other data-intensive enterprise environments.
- Experience managing complex programs involving both Finance and Technology stakeholders.
Top Skills Necessary
- 10+ years of progressive Project and Program Management experience, including leadership of large, complex programs with multiple concurrent and interdependent workstreams.
- Demonstrated experience establishing program governance, managing integrated program plans, dependencies, critical paths, RAID items, and delivering consolidated executive/Steering Committee reporting.
- Strong financial and resource-management experience, including program budgets, CapEx/OpEx, forecasting, resource allocation, and coordination of financials across multiple projects or workstreams.
- Exceptional executive stakeholder leadership, with demonstrated ability to align business, technology, vendors, and cross-functional teams in complex environments with changing priorities.
- Experience leading at least one enterprise technology, data, analytics, reporting, data warehouse, or transformation programs; experience working with Finance, Asset Management, Investment Management, or similar business functions is highly desirable.
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About Affinity
Affinity Group is a technology and business consulting and services company. We believe in creating long term relationships between clients and consultants that foster a mutually beneficial partnership. Affinity is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
For more information on Affinity, please visit www.affinity-group.ca
Job Number: 14121
