Senior Project Manager - Strategic Execution

RBC; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Canadian financial institution is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead enterprise-wide strategic initiatives. You will develop relationships across the organization and manage cross-functional teams to ensure successful project outcomes. This hybrid role requires effective leadership, strong communication skills, and over 5 years of project management experience. The ideal candidate will also have an undergraduate degree in Business or Finance, with an MBA being preferred. Join a dynamic team committed to high-performance and collaboration.

Benefits

Opportunities for professional development

Variety of assignments

Supportive leadership

Dynamic and collaborative team environment

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience with a track record of leadership.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Experience with regulatory programs is an asset.
• Ability to collaborate with senior business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop relationships across RBC to ensure project alignment.
• Lead working groups with cross-functional teams.
• Contribute to senior management materials preparation.
• Support program status reporting and transparency.
• Maintain project plans and track milestone tasks.
• Facilitate issue resolution and manage interdependencies.
• Engage with third-party suppliers as needed.
• Provide leadership and guidance to junior staff.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Collaboration

Project management

Regulatory knowledge

Advanced Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Undergraduate degree in Business or Finance

MBA or relevant professional designation

Job description

Job Description

What is the opportunity?
The Strategic Execution team within the Chief Legal and Administrative Office (CLAO) plays a critical role in driving enterprise-level initiatives requiring cross-business and cross-functional project delivery. We are seeking a high-performing and motivated Senior Project Manager to join our team to lead the delivery of enterprise-wide strategic and regulatory initiatives. This role enables business-driven transformation by fostering effective project governance and driving the delivery of meaningful outcomes that align with RBC’s long-term strategic objectives.

Please note, this is a hybrid role. The expectation is that the incumbent will work a minimum of 4 days in the office.

What will you do?

• Develop key relationships within the Business and Functions across RBC to execute on project deliverables, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities and fostering collaboration across stakeholders.
• Lead and facilitate working groups with cross-functional teams to deliver results, triage issues, and drive progress on enterprise-level initiatives, ensuring effective coordination and accountability.
• Contribute to senior management materials preparation, including Steering Committee, Executive Committee, and other program forums, ensuring clear, concise, and impactful communication of program updates, risks, and key decisions.
• Support program status reporting across the program and at the executive level to ensure program goals and objectives are executed and consistently communicated, enabling transparency and informed decision-making.
• Maintain project plans and ensure that tasks are on track to meet project milestones, identifying and resolving potential roadblocks proactively.
• Facilitate issue resolution and escalation, manage interdependencies, and ensure the accurate and timely maintenance of the RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) log to support effective program delivery and governance.
• Engage with third-party suppliers/consultants as needed to deliver on program objectives, while ensuring alignment with internal delivery standards and governance frameworks.
• Provide leadership and guidance to junior staff, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and collaboration within the Strategic Execution team.

What do you need to succeed?

• Undergraduate university degree in Business, Finance or a related field required.
• MBA or relevant professional designation strongly preferred.
• 5+ years of project management experience with a demonstrated track record of leadership, problem-solving, and relationship management.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Experience with regulatory programs an asset.
• Ability to collaborate, partner with senior business stakeholders, project managers and team members.
• Advanced proficiency with Excel (pivot tables, lookups) and PowerPoint (strong storyboarding of executive presentations).
• Comfort with ambiguity.

• Nice to Have: Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified.

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.

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities.
• Variety of assignments over the course of your placement.
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact.
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, and high-performing team.
• Opportunities to do challenging work.

About RBC

Royal Bank of Canada is Canada’s largest bank, and one of the largest banks in the world, based on market capitalization. We are one of North America’s leading diversified financial services companies, and provide personal and commercial banking, wealth management, insurance, investor services and capital markets products and services on a global basis. We have over 80,000 full- and part-time employees who serve more than 16 million personal, business, public sector and institutional clients through offices in Canada, the U.S. and 37 other countries.

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

RBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans status, Aboriginal/Native American status or any other legally-protected factors. Disability-related accommodations during the application process are available upon request.

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