Junior Project Manager

Why work for us?

Are you a forward-thinking individual who wants to work at the cutting-edge of technology? Do you want to join a winning organization that is pioneering digital transformation around the globe? This is your opportunity to join the Flybits team today!

Named by LinkedIn Top Startups and Canadian Innovation Exchange Top 10 as one of the hottest high-growth global companies to work for in the country, Flybits enables our customers in financial services to provide hyper-personalized experiences through the power of data science and context-aware computing. Some of our recent accomplishments include:

• • Canada’s Top 50 Fintech Companies by Digital Finance Institute
  • 2019 Technology Fast 50™ award winner by Deloitte Canada
  • LinkedIn Top 15 Startup
  • Canadian Innovation Exchange Top 10

• Great Places to Work (2020-2021, 2021-2022)

• Canada’s Top Growing Companies, Globe & Mail 2020

What is the opportunity?

This is an exciting opportunity for a recent graduate or an individual seeking to take their first or next step with a Digital, mobile focused organization. We are a fast growing Financial Technology company looking for an ambitious individual, a future leader who can deliver, learn and grow with the organization. We work with enterprise organizations in multiple sectors including Banking, Financial Services, Telecommunications and Utilities; around the world to implement and integrate our platform into their mobile channel. As a Junior Project Manager you will be supporting the delivery of multiple client facing software projects at every stage of the software project life cycle. We are seeking demonstrable experience of managing projects from inception through to delivery, and knowledge of project delivery methodologies. Although not essential, evidence of experience with or interest in SaaS (Software as a Service), mobile applications/ SDK, Fintech or AI would be appreciated.

Responsibilities:

• Delivery Ownership: Lead the delivery of the Flybits platform to a variety of clients – responsible for driving projects from planning to Go-Live, and handover to our Customer Success teams
• Project Tracking: Monitor project timescales including milestones, and collaborate with internal and client delivery teams to help ensure project deadlines and quality requirements are met
• Planning: Own, track and maintain detailed and high level delivery plans
• Project Scoping: Facilitate the definition of project scope, objectives, outcomes, dependencies and risks
• Resource Management: Optimize internal resources to project resourcing requirements. Work with client project counterparts to ensure their deliverables are met
• Status Reporting: Prepare status reports on progress of project deliverables for clients, partners and all interested stakeholders
• Governance: Support the continuous improvement of internal processes and knowledge capacity building

Must Haves:

• Education: Post graduate degree/diploma in a related field
• Experience: Demonstrable 2+ years experience in Project or Change management
• Stakeholder Management: Strong influencing, communication and relationship building capabilities
• Methodology: Knowledge of Agile and Waterfall Project Management methodologies
• Industry: Understanding of or experience with Mobile Applications, SaaS, Mobile Marketing, AI, or Fintech
• Approach: Strong willingness to learn. Proactive, enthusiastic with a ‘can do’ attitude
• Workload Prioritization: Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing priorities

What do we offer?

• The opportunity to join a forward-thinking company surrounded by a collaborative team of innovative thinkers.
• A rewarding career path with diverse and global opportunities for professional development.
• A competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Internal training to support your growth and enhance your skills: generous learning and development budget for our employees to attend conferences, classes and other events.
• Hybrid Work environment, team socials and free lunch on Tuesdays & Thursdays
• Generous vacation policy
• Access to employer bonus and options programs.
• This position is based out of our Toronto, Ontario office and employees are required to come into the office on Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays every week.

All successful applicants will be contacted towards the end of March for the first round of interviews.

Flybits is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Employment, recognition and advancement at Flybits are based solely on individual merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. We provide equal opportunity regardless of race (though currently we hire only humans), color, gender, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, age, religious affiliation (or lack thereof), sexual preference or orientation (or lack thereof), pregnancy status, medical condition, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We will also make all reasonable accommodations to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and similar Canadian, State, and Provincial disability laws.