Project Manager - Canada

The project manager role exists to facilitate, run and deliver projects and programmes that support International's objectives.

The Opportunity:

Join our dynamic Canadian team as a Project Manager, where you’ll lead high-impact projects aligned with our international strategic objectives. This is an exciting opportunity to shape business success by delivering key initiatives that drive measurable benefits. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring these outcomes are achieved on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards, while managing risk and stakeholder engagement from start to finish.

What you'll be doing:

• Leading projects that support International strategic objectives
• Ensuring business benefits are delivered in line with specified tolerances of time, cost, quality and risk
• Managing, reporting and communicating progress
• Business engagement of the benefits from start up, to closure and benefits realization
• Analyzing project proposals: Evaluate approaches, resource needs, and potential constraints.
• Supporting business case development: Contribute to and track business cases throughout project delivery.
• Planning and monitor projects: Develop stage and exception plans, ensuring all phases stay on track.
• Mobilizing and motivate teams: Lead teams effectively to ensure efficient and collaborative delivery.
• Managing third-party contributions: Oversee and integrate external partners when necessary.
• Risk management: Identify, report, and develop contingency plans for project risks.
• Tracking progress and budget: Monitor overall project health, initiate corrective actions as needed.
• Governance and control: Maintain robust project governance, change control, and configuration management.
• Identifying dependencies: Ensure awareness of other projects and how they may impact your work.
• Acquiring support: Secure necessary advice and resources for effective project management.
• Conducting lessons learned: Evaluate project outcomes and prepare actionable follow-up recommendations.
• Collaborating with IT stakeholders: Ensure deliverables meet technical standards.
• Supporting transition to business as usual: Work with the sponsor to ensure benefits are owned and measured post-delivery.

Our must haves:

• Prince 2 or equivalent certification in Project Management.
• Proficiency with MS applications and project management tools for planning, tracking, and data management.
• Demonstrated experience in project management with a track record of driving business outcomes.
• Strong skills in project financial management.
• Excellent facilitation and presentation abilities.
• Experience in change management and business improvement initiatives.
• Meticulous attention to detail in both planning and execution.
• Knowledge of Agile delivery methodology (desirable).
• Experience with vendor contract negotiation and management (desirable).
   

Markel Brand Values

We’re all about people: 

• Empowering them, supporting them and helping protect what matters most to them.

• We put people first, and stay true to our word, because we believe in the power of relationships and doing what’s right. 

We win together: 

• We work as a team, exchanging ideas, supporting each other and respecting everyone’s opinion. 

• Because together we know we can achieve great things.

We strive for better: 

• We aspire to lead and win in all that we do. 

• Aiming for excellence, and finding a better way of doing things, is up to us all. 

We enjoy the everyday: 

• We are dedicated to our work, but we always keep a sense of humor and leave our egos at the door. 

We think further: 

• We are committed to building a legacy and making decisions that leave a lasting impact on our customers, partners, employees and communities. 

Who we are:

Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further

What’s in it for you:

• A great starting salary plus annual bonus potential & strong benefits package
• 20 vacation days plus additional floater days per year
• Fantastic company RRSP, extended health and dental coverage, life insurance, travel insurance, vision care and wellness initiatives
• There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career and we can provide the support needed to do just that!

Are you ready to play your part?

Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer, which means you'll have a positive experience applying for a role at Markel and are able to perform at your best. If there are any adjustments we can reasonably make to ensure that the process is accessible for you at every stage please let us know.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us to request any accommodations that may be needed.