Job Description

Company Description

Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization

When you invest your career in CPP Investments, you join one of the most respected and fastest growing institutional investors in the world. With current assets under management valued in excess of $500 billion, CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure long-term sustainability. The CPP Fund is projected to reach $3 trillion by 2050. CPP Investments invests in all major asset classes, including public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure and fixed-income instruments, and is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, S\xc3\xa3o Paulo and Sydney.

CPP Investments attracts and selects high-calibre individuals from top-tier institutions around the globe. Join our team and look forward to:

• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• Stimulating work in a fast-paced, intellectually challenging environment
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility
• Global career development opportunities
• Being motivated every day by CPP Investments\' important social purpose and unshakable principles
• A flexible/hybrid work environment combining in office collaboration and remote working
• A deeply rooted culture of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance

If you share a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach everything with the highest integrity, here\'s an opportunity for you to invest your career at CPP Investments.



Reporting to the Managing Director, Strategic Planning & Projects, Corporate Services, the primary purpose of the Project Manager is to assist and support the Project Team with the daily management, coordination, and successful completion of Premises projects. Experience with procurement and vendor management within the facility management industry. Experience with change management and communication to multiple levels of the organization.

Projects may span a single year or multiple years and will require the support of other business functions within the organization. In this role, you will support components of a small project or initiative and independently produce pieces of work with key internal and external stakeholders. You will work with stakeholders to ensure that assigned project activities are progressing as planned and are meeting the documented requirements. In addition, this role will be assigned construction or renovation projects and be required to work cross functionally with our system data & analytics team, procurement team, corporate services team, and other business groups to deliver assigned projects.

The Corporate Services team has established Workplace Design Principles that align our physical space strategy with our focus on Employee Experience, Sustainability & Accessibility, and One Fund collaborative culture.

This role will be of interest to a self-driven, highly organized individual who has facilities, data & analytics and reporting skills, and is ready to take the next step in his or her career in project management.

Key responsibilities:

• Assists the Managing Director, Strategic Planning & Projects, Corporate Services by taking ownership of assigned projects and tasks.
• Assists the Managing Director, Strategic Planning & Projects in the definition of project charters, goals, tasks, and overall scope.
• Manage project tasks, timeline), milestones, and deadlines and takes accountability for ensuring completion of all tasks. This includes creation of a detailed work plan which identifies and sequences the activities needed to successfully complete a project or program.
• Monitors and manages a budget and completion schedule to support each project or program assigned to them. Ability to monitor cost implications and identify and escalate cost increases.
• Ability to provide consolidated finance and cost reporting across multiple projects.
• Work with electronic facility management systems to make data-based decisions across projects.
• Ability to work cross functionally with our procurement department on requests for proposals.
• Creates and reviews project charters, work plans and budgets with senior management and all other staff that will be affected by the project activities, revises as required and secures final approval with the oversight of the Senior Project Manager.
• Applies sound project management methodology practices throughout life cycle of all assigned projects.
• Must be able to prioritize and complete multiple tasks that may be of varying urgency to the project team.
• Demonstrates an aptitude to make decision quickly and convey accurate information to the project team and stakeholders.
• Follows defined methods and procedures to record, monitor and report project progress and issues.
• Generates timely and concise reports regarding project status and pending issues to mitigate any risk to project budgets and completion schedules.
• Ensures all project or program activities operate within the policies and procedures of the organization.
• Ensures that the project or program activities comply with all relevant legislation and professional standards.
• Fosters trusted relations with core project internal and external stakeholders.
• Contributes to a program evaluation framework to assess the strengths of the project / program and to identify areas for improvement.
• Resolves or assists in the resolution of conflicts within and between projects or functional areas.
• Interacts regularly with members of project team, working committee and oversight committee to determine their needs and to develop plans for improving communication and delivery.
• Ensures that project status, issues and successes are communicated to project team, stakeholders, and all levels of management and documented appropriately.
• Supports global Facilities and Office Services team with business analysis, budgets (development, monitoring and reporting) and procurement processes and strategies.

Qualifications

• A University Degree in a relevant technical discipline (Engineering, architecture, science).
• Certification in a relevant technical discipline such as Project Management; PMP designation would be considered an asset.
• Ability to interpret architectural drawing would be considered an asset.
• 4 or more years\' experience coordinating medium scale Facilities projects

$1M -$10M in value, is required. * Experience in workplace or office construction would be considered an asset.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office products such as Word, Excel, Project, and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency in CAD software would be an asset.
• Experience with facility management or construction projects would be an asset.
• Experience with vendor management in the facility management industry.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Strong system, data, and analytical skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to manage multiple clients and projects/tasks simultaneously.
• Excellent time management, problem solving, prioritization and organizational skills are necessary due to the demands of the position.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills and ability to liaise confidently with internal and external stakeholders.

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At CPP Investments, we are committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability.

We thank all applicants for their interest but will only contact candidates selected to advance in the hiring process.

Our Commitment to Inclusion and Diversity:

In addition to being dedicated to building a workforce that reflects diverse talent, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible experience. If you require an accommodation for any part of the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms, etc.), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Disclaimer:

CPP Investments does not accept resumes from employment placement agencies, head-hunters or recruitment suppliers that are not in a formal contractual arrangement with us. Our recruitment supplier arrangements are restricted to specific hiring needs and do not include this or other web-site job postings. Any resume or other information received from a supplier not approved by CPP Investments to provide resumes to this posting or web-site will be considered unsolicited and will not be considered. CPP Investments will not pay any referral, placement or other fee for the supply of such unsolicited resumes or information.

Mandatory Vaccine Policy

All employees in the Toronto, Sydney and Hong Kong offices will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Accommodations to this policy will be made for medical or other protected grounds. Please contact us to discuss any accommodation needs.

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