Job Title: Senior Project Manager – Audit Remediation & Governance
Location: Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Canada
Note: "Candidates must have prior experience in regulated Banking or Financial Services environments (non-negotiable)"
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Project Manager to lead a critical audit remediation and governance program within a regulated Financial Services environment. This role will focus on closing high-severity internal audit findings and establishing a robust governance framework across a complex, federated technology landscape.
The ideal candidate brings deep Financial Services Industry (FSI) experience, strong stakeholder management skills, and a proven track record in audit, risk, and regulatory-driven initiatives.
- Lead end-to-end remediation of high-severity internal audit findings
- Drive closure of audit issues across a federated patching program involving 30+ teams and 50+ asset classes
- Ensure alignment with internal audit, operational risk management (ORM), and compliance standards
- Establish and operationalize a net-new governance function from the ground up
- Define governance frameworks, processes, controls, and reporting structures
- Implement sustainable processes for patching oversight, compliance tracking, and risk mitigation
- Engage directly with senior stakeholders including Internal Audit, ORM, and CIO-level leadership
- Facilitate governance forums, steering committees, and executive reporting
- Act as a key liaison between technology teams, risk functions, and business leadership
- Manage cross-functional delivery across multiple teams in a highly matrixed environment
- Track milestones, risks, dependencies, and remediation progress
- Ensure timely delivery of program objectives with strong attention to regulatory compliance
- Minimum 8+ years of Project/Program Management experience
- Mandatory experience within Banking or regulated Financial Services environments
- Proven experience leading audit remediation and governance initiatives
- Strong understanding of patch management, risk frameworks, and control environments
- Demonstrated ability to manage large-scale, cross-functional programs
- PMP (Project Management Professional) certification or equivalent
- Experience working with Internal Audit and Operational Risk Management functions
- Familiarity with regulatory expectations and compliance frameworks in financial services
- Experience building governance functions or frameworks from scratch
- Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills
- Excellent communication and executive presentation abilities
- Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving capabilities
- Ability to operate effectively in complex, fast-paced environments
- Candidates must have prior experience in regulated Banking or Financial Services environments (non-negotiable)
- Ability to work onsite or in a hybrid model within the GTA region (as required)
For more details reach at [email protected].
About Navitas Partners, LLC: It is a certified WBENC and one of the fastest-growing healthcare staffing firms in the US providing Medical, Clinical and Non-Clinical services to numerous hospitals. We offer the most competitive pay for every position we cater. We understand this is a partnership. You will not be blindsided, and your salary will be discussed upfront.
