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Maarut

Senior Project Manager Specialized in Security

Maarut Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Software Development · 11-50 employees

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project-manager Senior (5-10 yrs) Contractor Canada
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About the role

The Senior Project Manager will lead a high-stakes financial crime prevention program, overseeing project recovery and managing budgets for complex security initiatives. They are responsible for direct engagement with executive sponsors and ensuring compliance with regulatory reporting requirements.

What they look for

Project Management Security Project Management Financial Crime Prevention Risk Management Software Integration Platform Change Stakeholder Management Executive Communication Project Recovery Compliance Regulation Identity And Access Management Leadership Budgeting Planning Coordination

Requirements

Candidates must have extensive experience in large-scale IT and security project management, specifically within financial or risk management contexts. A professional certification such as PMP, MGP, or ACP is required, along with bilingual proficiency in French and English.

Full description

Mandate Overview:

  • The client is adding a senior PM to a fast-growing financial

crime prevention program, from about $20M today to $35M to $42M next year, whose projects have been in the red for several months. The domain covers money laundering, tax evasion, suspicious transactions and exchanges with FINTRAC, not fraud. The director requires a background where security was the very subject of the projects: the sponsor, who knows the domain in depth, meets the candidate in the second round and rules out profiles without this experience. The role requires understanding each element of the domain, for example why a report sent to FINTRAC is non-compliant, rather than coordinating from a distance. The person must also take back control of a tense executive meeting and answer sharp questions on the spot.

  • Candidate sought: a senior project manager who has

delivered projects where security was the main domain, ideally in financial crime prevention or identity and access management, and who has already taken over a project in the red facing executive sponsors. Their resume shows an understanding of the substance of the files they led (controls, compliance, regulation), along with a project plan, a budget and reporting under their responsibility.

Requirements

Required:

  • IT project management, in large-scale contexts
  • Security project management, in large-scale contexts, where

security is the main subject of the project

  • Experience in a risk management context or in a financial

institution

  • Experience in a software integration and platform change

project

  • PMP, MGP or ACP certification
  • Leadership competencies: complex contexts, communication

with executives and control of the agenda in executive committees, political skills in project recovery, resilience on projects in the red, curiosity and functional understanding of the domain, collaborative culture, planning and coordination, leadership, managing stakeholders with diverging objectives

  • French and English bilingualism

Asset:

  • Financial crime prevention experience (money laundering, tax

evasion, suspicious transactions, FINTRAC compliance)

  • Master's degree or graduate diploma in project management

Profiles to Exclude:

  • IT project management profile with no security project

described in the resume.

  • Profile whose security projects are limited to security

requirements within an application, consumer-facing or ERP project.

  • Security projects described only in management terms

(schedule, budget), with no element of the domain itself (controls, compliance, identities, regulation).

  • Security specialist profile (analyst, architect, advisor)

with no demonstrated responsibility for a project plan, a budget and a schedule.

  • Project lead or coordinator profile with no demonstrated

reporting to a sponsor or a steering committee.

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