Associate Director, PCM

RBC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Canadian bank is seeking a professional with over 5 years of corporate lending experience. This role focuses on managing Strategy & Planning projects, ensuring effective execution and communication with stakeholders. Ideal candidates should possess strong communication skills, data mapping experience, and the ability to oversee multiple project resources. The bank offers a comprehensive Total Rewards Program, emphasizing flexible work/life balance and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

Flexible benefits

Competitive compensation

Coaching and career development

Dynamic work environment

Qualifications

• 5+ years of corporate lending experience.
• Strong communication and experience presenting.

Responsibilities

• Manage planning, execution and control of Strategy & Planning projects.
• Oversee and guide BCS projects for successful execution.
• Liaise with businesses on CM initiatives that impact BCS.

Skills

Corporate lending experience

Strong communication

Data mapping

Testing experience

Ops Readiness

Functional reviews

Decision Making

Resource Management

Adaptability

Cross-Team Collaboration

Job description

Job Description

Manages planning, execution and control of Strategy & Planning (S&P) projects. Provides products and services to clients per approved engagement deliverable, schedule, cost and quality commitments. Typically manages 2 or more specialized departments comprised of supervisors, managers, professionals, and/or large numbers of operational support employees.

What will you do?

Initiative Management

• Strong corporate lending experience
• Experience with data along with data mapping
• Experience with testing
• Experience with Ops Readiness
• Strong communication and experience presenting at Steerco's
• Oversee and guide BCS projects by providing subject matter expertise (when available) with a view to successful project execution
• Escalate roadblocks to BCS management as required.
• Participate as required in business unit sponsored projects that impact BCS.
• Coordinate, facilitate or participate in the development of operational procedures for new businesses and products.
• Identify process improvement / reengineering opportunities through streamlining, simplification, elimination of redundancies/overlaps, improved capacity utilization, automation, outsourcing, standardization, etc.
• Lead / conduct functional reviews primarily focused on productivity improvements as required by individual projects or as requested by BCS management.
• Ensure effective execution of analysis and requirements gathering by team members
• Assist with Planning and budgeting for PCM involvement in initiatives.
• Provide input to Business Architecture decisions and process.

Management of project resources

• Assisting the Director, PCM in management responsibilities for the department
• Add talented SME’s and BA’s to the team as project demand dictates, maintaining appropriate mix of FTE and contractors.
• Manage capacity of critical skill sets in order to meet departmental objectives.
• Develop skills and competencies of staff by utilizing training programs pertaining to requirements gathering, use case preparation, UAT activities and the RBC Project Management Framework.
• Assign staff to initiatives.
• Provide direction to staff
• Represent PCM in joint CM / WM / IT committees
• Ensure monthly recovery of staff time via MIS or similar tools.

Relationship Management

• In conjunction with BCS management, liaise with businesses on CM initiatives and BU initiatives that impact BCS

What you need to succeed?

• 5+ yrs of corporate lending experience
• Strong communication and experience presenting

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• Opportunities to do challenging work
• Flexible work/life balance options

Job Skills

• Adaptability
• Budgeting
• Business Oriented
• Cross-Team Collaboration
• Decision Making
• Information Technology (IT) Projects
• Interpersonal Relationship Management
• Long Term Planning
• Resource Management
• Vision Alignment

Additional Job Details

Address: RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO

City: Toronto

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: CAPITAL MARKETS

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2025-12-17

Application Deadline: 2026-01-02

Note

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above.

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