Next Horizon is here. Fueled by investments in talent and technology, our bold strategy to transform is nearly complete.
At Gore Mutual, we’ve always set ourselves apart as a modern mutual that does good. Now, we’re proudly building on that legacy to transform our company—and our industry—for the better.
Our path forward sharpens our focus on business performance, driven by leading technology, innovation and an agile, high-performing culture. With Gore Mutual and Beneva announcing their intent to merge in 2026, we’ll be uniting two well-established, financially strong, and trusted brands to become the strongest mutual insurer in Canada, ensuring Canadians have purpose-driven insurance options for generations to come. Come join us.
Permanent Full Time
Gore Mutual is on a transformation journey and as part of our growth trajectory we are building & enhancing a solid Enterprise Project Management Office. To continue our journey forward, we are looking to onboard a Project Manager who has extensive experience in Technology & Business related projects.
Come join our exciting and dynamic team as we mature our practices and continue our journey with Guidewire Cloud Platform and maturing Data Capabilities to support Business insights.
Key Accountabilities
- Project Delivery & Governance: Accountable for overall project delivery and adherence to governance standards
- Risk and dependencies Management: Responsible to proactively identify, document, socialize and manage Project Risks
- Financial Management: Accountable to establish Project Budget, perform monthly financial governance activities, financial reconciliation and adherence to Change control governance
- Resource and Vendor Management: Responsible to identify, in partnership with technical leads, resource skills sets required (both internal as well as external) for project delivery
- Communications and Stakeholder Relationship Management: Accountable for effective communication and relationship management with all stakeholder groups, including project team, sponsors, executives as well as third parties
What Will You Be Doing In This Role
- Strong Communication skills cross levels of organization with experience managing diverse stakeholder groups.
- Proactively communicate throughout the various phases of the project lifecycle and drive to meet the Project deliverables to intended Business Outcomes. Strike successful partnerships with Business and other stakeholders to enable cohesiveness in overall project delivery. Build mutually beneficial internal/external client relationships through the relentless pursuit of excellence
- A depth and breadth of experience in small, medium and large projects
- Worked on program, IT, Marketing and Finance projects for the business
- Served as a contract manager for several projects
- Coached and mentored other project managers, sponsors, project team members
- Developed tools, templates, tip and techniques for other project managers
- Exposure to various project management methods and approaches
- Communicates well with C-Level executives and stakeholders and is able to serve as a trusted advisor to them
- Understands complex group dynamics and demonstrates advanced facilitation skills
- Has experience working on and leading change and a working knowledge of how people and organizations change
- Places value on the human as well as the technical aspects of the change and understands how each is dependent on the other
- Ability to sense the important issues of the situation and respond appropriately
- An effective project manager can articulate the vision to his team members very well. A visionary person can lead his people to the right direction as well as easily adapt to the changes that come in the way. They are good at empowering people to experience the vision on their own.
- One of the qualities needed for effective project management is the ability to negotiate. In times that conflict arise due to differences in opinion, project managers need sheer negotiating skills to settle the issue and maintain harmony in the team.
What Will You Need To Succeed In This Role
- 9+ years of experience in Technology & Business related Projects
- 6+ years of experience in Insurance Industry
- Finance Industry experience
- PMP Certification is preferred
- Guidewire project experience is preferred
- Larger Scale projects with Operational Change Management Experience
- Vendor Management experience
- Stakeholder collaboration with Strong negotiation skills
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Gore Mutual Insurance is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities during all phases of the recruiting process, including the application process. If you require accommodation because of a disability, we will work with you to meet your needs. If you are selected for an interview and require accommodation, please advise the HR representative who will consult with you to determine an appropriate accommodation.
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What We Do
Built on a foundation of financial strength for more than 180 years, Gore Mutual Insurance Company is one of Canada’s first property and casualty insurers. With offices in Cambridge, Toronto and Vancouver, Gore Mutual is a Canadian mutual company offering competitive insurance products through trusted broker partners. Every decision and investment made is anchored in the long-term benefits to customers, members and communities.
Insurance that does good – this is our Purpose. Grounded in our purpose and guided by our core values, at Gore Mutual, we believe that being good and doing good by our employees, customers and broker partners will benefit not only them but also us—which in turn allows us to spread good in our communities and reward the good we see in others. This is what is driving our work to become a purpose-driven, digitally-led national insurer
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