Program Director (Data and Analytics)

Role: Program Director (Data and Analytics) / French
Work location: Montreal or Quebec City (Levis) region
Contract

Job name – Program Director (Data and Analytics)

Profile:
15+ years of experience in project/program management, including significant experience at a program or portfolio director level.
Comfortable in highly regulated, matrixed environments, ideally in financial services or a comparable public/para-public context.
Experience with, or a strong understanding of, organizational transformation focused on maximizing the value of information assets — a key asset for this program.
Proven executive leadership: senior-level communication, steering committee management, strategic priority arbitration.
Fluent business French, essential for this mandate.
Recognized professional certification in project or program management (PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, or equivalent) strongly preferred.
Undergraduate degree in business administration, information technology, project management, or a related field; a Master's degree (MBA or equivalent) is an asset.
Knowledge of the cooperative financial sector or the Desjardins ecosystem — an asset.
Location: Greater Montreal or Quebec City region.

Skillset required:
French required

Technical skills
Portfolio and program management (integrated planning, multi-project governance, benefits management).
Data governance, MDM concepts, and unified customer view architecture.
Agile, hybrid, and Waterfall project management methodologies, and PMO practices.
Program-level budget management (consolidated budgets, forecasting, financial tracking).
Governance and tracking tools: Microsoft Project, JIRA, Confluence, Power BI, or equivalent.
Familiarity with enterprise risk management frameworks and regulatory compliance (data governance, privacy protection, information security).

Behavioural skills and leadership
Mobilizing leadership and the ability to coach and develop project management teams.
Excellent executive communication and presentation skills for senior leadership and governance committees.
Strong political acumen and the ability to navigate complex, high-stakes organizational environments.
Ability to arbitrate competing priorities across multiple project workstreams.
Rigour, autonomy, and a strong sense of accountability for delivery and compliance commitments.
Excellent negotiation skills and ability to manage relationships with internal stakeholders and external vendors

Roles and Responsibilities:
Define and maintain the program's strategic roadmap, including alignment across the various Data & Analytics projects and workstreams.
Oversee and mentor a team of project managers and workstream leads, ensuring consistency in methodologies, deliverables, and governance standards.
Ensure overall program governance: consolidated budget management, program-level risks, cross-project dependencies, and expected business benefits.
Act as the primary point of contact with steering committees, senior leadership, and executive stakeholders, including producing progress reports and strategic presentations.
Lead large-scale organizational change management and foster buy-in from Business, IT, Data, Risk, Compliance, Security, and Operations stakeholders.
Anticipate and arbitrate strategic issues and competing priorities across the program's projects.
Ensure accountability to the client and guarantee the program meets its data governance, regulatory compliance, and business value objectives.