Senior Manager, Jira, AI and Reporting Lead (Transformation Risk & Advisory)

About the role

PwC is seeking a full-time Senior Manager to join its Transformation Risk & Advisory team in Toronto as a Jira & PMO Tooling Lead. The role shapes and leads the tooling strategy behind large transformation programs, focusing on Jira and adjacent platforms (Confluence, Azure DevOps), the Power Platform and automation. It partners with program leadership to deliver consistent processes, high-quality data and actionable insights.

Key responsibilities

• Lead a blended onshore-offshore team to design, build and support PMO tooling (dashboards, Power Apps, workflow automation, emerging AI capabilities).
• Own Jira configuration and administration: projects, workflows, screens, fields, permissions, issue types and automations.
• Translate reporting needs of senior executives into automated dashboards and governance packs covering status, RAID, dependencies, milestones, capacity and financials.
• Define data standards and controls (taxonomy, mandatory fields, quality checks, auditability) and lead financial reporting, forecasting and actuals tracking for a C-suite audience.
• Design program governance and management strategies, including cadence, decision forums, escalation paths and templates.
• Build PMO capabilities such as benefits realization, quality assurance, decision management, document management and integrated planning.
• Drive integrations and automation across platforms, and develop rollout, training and adoption plans.
• Assess program maturity, partner on proposals and support business development by presenting tooling-enabled delivery approaches.

Required profile

• Deep expertise in transformation delivery tooling, including Jira, and familiarity with Confluence and Azure DevOps.
• Experience leading large, complex system and transformation initiatives and standing up PMOs.
• Experience with the Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate) and dashboarding/reporting.
• Project/Program Management certification (e.g. PMI PMP/PMBOK, PRINCE2, Agile, MoR, Benefits Realization) is an asset.
• Prior consulting experience leading workstreams, managing stakeholders and contributing to the sales cycle.

Required skills

• Jira administration and configuration
• Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate)
• SDLC and delivery methods (Agile/Waterfall/hybrid), governance and quality assurance
• Reporting and automation design

The salary range is $128,900 - $178,900, with possible variable incentive pay for eligible employees.