Strategy Manager, People Places & Spaces

ATB Financial; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

ATB Financial seeks a Strategy Manager for People Places & Spaces (PP&S) to shape the strategic vision and translate enterprise priorities into actionable roadmaps. You will partner with enterprise teams, craft strategy narratives, and produce executive-grade materials for decision-making.

You’ll translate high-level goals into operational frameworks, build business cases, and present insights to leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in business, finance, real estate, strategy or related field.
• 7–10 years of experience in strategic planning, corporate real estate, consulting, or enterprise strategy.
• Proficiency with Google Slides, Sheets and Docs, and data analytics to translate data into clear visuals.

Responsibilities

• Cross-Enterprise Alignment & Partnership: be the primary strategy bridge between PP&S and partner units.
• Market Intelligence & Environmental Scanning: monitor trends to feed insights into planning.
• Strategic Frameworks & Enterprise Translation: draft directional strategies and roadmaps.
• Business Case Development: author robust business cases and assess costs, benefits, risks.
• Strategic Narrative & Data Synthesis: turn data into executive insights for leadership.
• Executive Presentation & Communication: create decks and materials for governance bodies and senior leaders.

Skills

Systems Thinking

Executive storytelling

Domain & Financials

Relationship Building

Executive Presence

Adaptability

Google Workspace

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Finance/Strategy

PMP/Strategy/Change Management certs (asset)

Tools

Google Slides

Google Sheets

Google Docs

Job description

At ATB, we exist to make it possible for our clients, team members and communities. Our purpose is more than aspirational. It's a real commitment we live every day through our values (what we call the ATB ID).

Life at ATB is about more than work. In fact, we’re consistently recognized as one of Canada's top employers thanks to our high-care, high-performance culture, upheld by the three commitments we make to our team members:

Impact in action: No matter where you are in the organization, you're empowered to make an impact in the lives of our clients and communities.

Thrive together: We want you—the unique, authentic you—to feel safe and celebrated at work. We're on a continuous journey to build the most flexible and inclusive programs.

Ready for tomorrow: We want to enable your success through interesting and challenging work, performance enablement, and learning and development.

About the Role

As ATB’s Strategy Manager with People Places & Spaces (PP&S), you will shape, articulate, and distill the overarching strategic vision, directional positioning, and frameworks for ATB’s PP&S portfolio. Reporting to the Managing Director, Strategy & Real Estate, you will partner closely with enterprise teams to understand and translate enterprise priorities into actionable PP&S strategies, take complex or ambiguous problems, and build end-to-end business cases and strategic roadmaps. Accountable for translating high-level enterprise goals into clear, actionable operational strategies, this role serves as the primary strategy narrative and visual storytelling partner to leadership—creating the strategy frameworks, recommendations, and presentation materials that enable high-impact executive decision-making.

Accountabilities

• Cross-Enterprise Alignment & Partnership: Serve as the primary strategy bridge between PP&S and partner business units, maintaining strong relationships to ensure cross-functional priorities and stakeholder needs inform early-stage strategy definition.
• Market Intelligence & Environmental Scanning: Own ongoing market sensing and trend analysis for PP&S. Monitor macro enterprise trends, corporate real estate shifts, and workplace innovations to feed actionable insights upward to leadership and into strategic planning.
• Strategic Frameworks & Enterprise Translation: Author and refine core PP&S directional strategies, translating overarching enterprise goals into clear operational roadmaps, strategic frameworks, and departmental guideposts.
• Business Case Development: Lead the authoring of robust business cases for strategic initiatives. Evaluate alternative approaches by comparing relative costs, benefits, and risks to justify business necessity before initiatives move into project delivery.
• Strategic Narrative & Data Synthesis: Partner closely with internal teams to extract the strategic "so what?" from quantitative utilization data, financial models, and market metrics—turning raw data into executive insights.
• Executive Presentation & Communication: Lead end-to-end visual storyboarding, deck creation, and strategic briefing materials for executive governance bodies and senior leadership. Translate complex strategic concepts and data into clear, compelling narratives tailored for diverse audiences, while managing the strategic administration and content design required for diverse audiences, including executive leadership, enterprise partners, and internal teams.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Distinctive Skills

• Systems Thinking & Strategic Document Authoring: Proven capability to synthesize overarching vision, market trends, and interconnected variables into structured roadmaps and departmental North Stars, translating ambiguous enterprise challenges into publication-ready strategic documents, frameworks, and business cases.
• Executive Storytelling & Audience Translation: Exceptional ability to translate complex strategic concepts into the right format, visual depth, and messaging tone required for diverse audiences.
• Domain & Financials Acumen: Foundational understanding of financial services, corporate real estate, facilities management, and the built environment, paired with high-level financial literacy to evaluate costs, risks, and business value.
• Relationship Building & Curiosity: Proven ability to build trust, bridge operational silos, and act as an approachable strategic partner who listens first. Driven by a genuine curiosity to understand front-line realities, ensuring strategic frameworks serve as business enablement rather than top-down mandates.
• Executive Presence: High-level composure, diplomacy, and communication skills to engage senior leaders, build consensus, and synthesize complex strategic concepts into clear, actionable recommendations for leadership consumption.
• Adaptability & Initiative: Thrives in a fast-paced, hybrid work environment, demonstrating self-starting behavior, conceptual agility, and the ability to adapt strategy frameworks to shifting enterprise priorities.

Education & Experience

• Education & Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Corporate Real Estate, Strategy, or a related field; professional certifications (e.g., PMP, Strategy, or Change Management credentials) are considered an asset.
• Experience Level: 7-10 years of experience in strategic planning, corporate real estate, management consulting, or enterprise strategy formulation.
• Technical & Digital Proficiency: Proficiency with G-Suite tools (Google Slides, Sheets, Docs) and data analytics platforms, with an innate ability to translate complex data into clean visual presentation decks.

Workplace Arrangement

This position has a hybrid work arrangement. On average, this means a minimum of 1 day on-site per week. Please note that this is subject to change due to business priorities.

Don’t meet all the requirements on the list?

A resume only goes so far in expressing who you are and the unique perspectives you bring. If you believe your skills and experience align with the role—but you might not check all the boxes, we want to hear from you. We encourage candidates from all work backgrounds, equity‑seeking communities and experience levels to apply. If you’re seeking a career where your drive, perspective and growth are celebrated, we want to hear from you.

We’re dedicated to building a workforce reflective of those within our communities, and a culture where our team members are equipped with what they need to succeed—their way. Part of creating an inclusive workplace is recognizing our role in advancing Truth and Reconciliation. We are committed to meeting and exceeding the standards set out in the Partnership Accreditation in Indigenous Relations program created by the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business.

What happens next?

If you are shortlisted, you’ll hear from us after the posting closes. Check out our How We Hire page to learn more about our hiring process. If you need any accommodations throughout this process, please let us know at [e-mail]

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