Project Manager II

Assiniboine Credit Union • Winnipeg, MB

13d • Hybrid

About The Position

Assiniboine Credit Union is hiring for the position of a permanent Full-Time Project Manager II to work at the PMO & Integration department. This role requires to work 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. This role will be an hybrid position: some days working from home, and other days at the Head Office (540 St Anne's Rd, Winnipeg MB, R2M 5R7). The position offers a competitive compensation plan, including health and dental benefits, matched pension, and 3 weeks of vacation.

Reporting to the Manager, Project Management, Project Manager II is a senior project management professional responsible for leading large-scale, complex, and high-impact initiatives that advances ACU’s strategic priorities. This role owns the delivery of multi-stream projects with significant organizational risk, complexity, and interdependencies, requiring advanced judgment, autonomy, and stakeholder influence.

Project Manager II acts as a trusted advisor to leaders, enforces and evolves PMO standards, and mentors Project Manager I peers. Drawing on deep experience and PMI/PMBOK best practices, this role ensures disciplined delivery, strong governance, and sustained business outcomes aligned with Assiniboine Credit Union/ Caisse Assiniboine (ACU)’s commitment to rural and agricultural communities, francophone services, values-based banking and ACU’s triple bottom line accountability to people, planet, and prosperity.

Requirements

• 5-7+ years of progressive project management experience
• A related post-secondary degree or diploma, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• A Project Management Professional (PMP) designation is required.
• Practical and operational business experience and knowledge within the financial services sector is required.
• Strong understanding and application of PMBOK practices within regulated environments
• Ability to lead complex, multi-stream projects, managing scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, and dependencies
• Strong portfolio-level judgment, including prioritization, sequencing, and trade-off analysis
• Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders without direct authority
• Advanced stakeholder engagement and executive-level communication skills
• Understanding of technological trends and the ability to apply them to delivery effective business solutions
• Ability to translate business needs into functional requirements and oversee solution validation and user acceptance testing (UAT)
• Strong analytical and systems thinking skills, with experience in business process redesign and solution enablement
• Demonstrated coaching and mentoring capability to support PMO maturity and peer development
• Experience managing third‑party vendors, including contract and performance oversight
• Advanced knowledge in quality control and assurance processes, particularly related to testing leading and facilitation
• Strong continuous-improvement mindset, with the ability to strengthen project delivery standards, tools, and practices

Nice To Haves

• Business Analysis certification (CBAP)
• Organizational Change Management training
• Additional formal certifications

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex, cross-functional projects, ensuring alignment with approved scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, and dependencies.
• Own and manage project planning, governance, and delivery execution, exercising independent judgment to resolve issues and escalating only material risks.
• Provide executive-level project reporting and decision support, including status, risk, change impacts, and recommendations.
• Lead cross-functional project teams, fostering accountability, collaboration, and high performance.
• Ensure effective risk, issue, and quality management, including smooth transitions to operations, and measurement of post-implementation outcomes and benefits realization.
• Oversee third-party vendors and contractors; supporting contract negotiations, and ensure delivery and contractual compliance.
• Ensure all project documentation meets PMO standards and audit requirement; capture lessons learned to strengthen delivery practices.
• Act as a trusted advisor to business units, IT/Digital teams, and vendors to support informed decision making and solution delivery.
• Support complex business process analysis and redesign initiatives
• Oversee the translation of business needs into functional requirements and manage scope and changes throughout the solution lifecycle.
• Support build-versus-buy assessments and oversee user acceptance testing (UAT) to ensure solutions meet business needs
• Lead stakeholder engagement activities, including workshops and interviews to identify opportunities and drive effective change adoption.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance PMO processes, tools, and delivery practices.
• Drive the consistent adoption and evolution of project management standards across the organization.
• Mentor and coach Project Manager I peers, supporting PMO capability development and maturity.
• Apply lessons learned to improve future project delivery outcomes and overall value realization.

Benefits

• health and dental benefits
• matched pension
• 3 weeks of vacation
• competitive total compensation program which includes bonuses, a matched pension program, and health and dental benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree