Technology Delivery Lead

About the role

We’re building a relationship-oriented bank for the modern world. We need talented, passionate professionals who are dedicated to doing what’s right for our clients. At CIBC, we embrace your strengths and your ambitions, so you are empowered at work. Our team members have what they need to make a meaningful impact and are truly valued for who they are and what they contribute.

Responsibilities

• Join CIBC’s Commercial Banking & CRE Technology team delivering complex, enterprise-scale internal and external facing solutions involving multiple back-end systems such as the FIS core banking application.
• As a Technology Delivery Lead, maintain transparency over technology-related activities, risks, dependencies, issues, and status reporting.
• Lead technology triage and intake processes.
• Ensure proper creation and storage of SDLC artifacts.
• Support steering committee reporting.
• Coordinate closeout activities.
• Enable a smooth transition of outstanding technology activities to business-as-usual.
• Assume broader project management responsibilities when a centralized PMO or business project manager is not assigned.
• Lead the planning and execution of technology work products for application development and modernization initiatives.
• Establish and maintain resource allocations with the Technology Lead and Sponsor, define delivery approach, and ensure appropriate governance and execution throughout the project lifecycle.
• Apply and tailor project delivery approaches including Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Kanban, and Hybrid based on initiative complexity, regulatory requirements, team maturity, and business objectives.
• Support multiple teams and business units in the effective use of delivery frameworks.
• Develop and actively maintain the technology deliverable schedule.
• Identify, communicate, and drive mitigation of schedule risks; escalate external and inter-project, program, or