Vice President, Strategic Planning & Project Management

RB Global; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 270,000 - 308,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k with company match

PTO 15 days

Job summary

RB Global is seeking a strategic leader to own and execute the multi-year plan. You will drive five-year strategy, M&A thesis, and footprint initiatives, leading a PMO and interfacing with the CEO and CDSO. You will shape the plan, validate growth assumptions, and deliver executive-ready materials.

You will manage a four-person PMO, coordinate cross-functional inputs, and report on progress and performance cadence. The role requires executive presence and board-facing communication.

Qualifications

• 5 years’ experience in top-tier strategy consulting firm or roughly 5–10 years in related strategy roles.
• You build the model yourself, know which assumptions actually move the answer.
• You can frame a complicated issue in two pages, make a recommendation, and answer hard questions directly.
• You have led people and can raise the level of a small team of analysts and project leads.
• Experience preparing materials for and presenting to Board of Directors.

Responsibilities

• Five-year strategy: maintain and refresh the plan with inputs from finance, commercial and operating units; test growth math and turn into a narrative for leaders.
• M&A strategy: define targets, build the value thesis, size markets, set screening criteria.
• Physical footprint strategy: shape presence like retail locations, storage, warehousing and new service formats.
• PMO leadership: manage milestones, dependencies and measures; oversee a team of four.
• Planning and cadence: lead KPI reporting, performance reviews, and planning cycles.

Skills

Financial modeling

Strategic thinking

Board prep

Leadership

Problem solving

Executive communication

Judgment

Job description

RB Global (NYSE: RBA)

RB Global (NYSE: RBA) (TSX: RBA) is a leading, omnichannel marketplace that provides value-added insights, services and transaction solutions for buyers and sellers of commercial assets and vehicles worldwide. Through its auction sites in 13 countries and digital platform, RB Global serves customers in more than 170 countries across a variety of asset classes, including automotive, commercial transportation, construction, government surplus, lifting and material handling, energy, mining and agriculture.

The company’s marketplace brands include Ritchie Bros., the world’s largest auctioneer of commercial assets and vehicles offering online bidding, and IAA, a leading global digital marketplace connecting vehicle buyers and sellers. RB Global’s portfolio of brands also includes Rouse Services, which provides a complete end-to-end asset management, data-driven intelligence and performance benchmarking system; SmartEquip, an innovative technology platform that supports customers’ management of the equipment lifecycle and integrates parts procurement with both OEMs and dealers; Xcira, a leader in live simulcast auction technologies; and Veritread, an online marketplace for heavy haul transport.

RB Global full-time employees are offered medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurances. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan and RB Global will match 100% for the first 4% contributed. Employees will also receive 15 days of PTO each year.

Job Description

RB Global is executing a multi-year plan to roughly double GTV. This role owns the work that holds that plan together: the strategy itself, the strategic case for what we acquire, and the operating cadence that converts both into results. You will work for the CDSO and in close support of the CEO. You will do your own analysis and writing, lead a PMO team of four, and drive cross-functional work without relying on formal authority. You are expected to stay close enough to execution to know whether a commitment is real, and you will have latitude to reshape the team as you learn where the leverage is.

Responsibilities

What you’ll own

• Five-year strategy. Maintain the plan as a living document rather than an annual artifact. Refresh it with inputs from finance, commercial, and the operating units, pressure-test the growth math, and turn it into a "how we win" narrative that leaders across the company can repeat without a deck in front of them.
• M&A strategy. Define where we should be looking and why. Build the thesis and value case for each space, size the markets, and set the screening criteria that focus the pipeline. Corporate Development runs sourcing and execution; you set the direction it points.
• Physical footprint strategy. When the growth plan calls for using our physical presence in a way we don’t today — retail locations, container storage, new service formats, added warehousing — you shape the strategy and build the business case. Properties owns the portfolio and takes it from approval through execution.
• PMO. Lead the office that keeps strategic initiatives and post-acquisition integrations on track: owners, milestones, dependencies, and measures of success, with slippage surfaced early enough that it can still be fixed. You inherit four people and are expected to form a view on what the function should become. If the case for more capacity holds up, make it.
• Planning and performance cadence. Drive the weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual rhythm: KPI reporting, business performance reviews, and the planning cycle itself. This is chief-of-staff work in substance.

Qualifications

What you’ll bring

• 5 years’ experience in top-tier strategy consulting firm and or roughly 5 – 10 years of experience, including at least two years at a leading strategy consulting firm.
• You build the model yourself, know which assumptions actually move the answer, and separate fact from estimate.
• You can frame a complicated issue in two pages, make a recommendation, and answer the hard question directly.
• You have changed a senior leader’s mind and moved another function to act without authority over it.
• You can describe what changed after the presentation: a process, a commercial result, a customer outcome, a decision.
• You have led people and can raise the level of a small team of analysts and project leads. The team extends your reach; it does not replace your own work.
• Judgment and discretion. You will see the plan, the pipeline, and the numbers before most of the company does.
• You have experience preparing materials for and presenting to Board of Directors.

Job Info

Job Identification: 11883

Posting Date: 10/13/2026, 01:40 AM

Locations: 2 Westbrook Corporate Ctr, Westchester, IL, 60154, US (On-site)

Degree Level: No Formal Education

Job Schedule: Full time

Minimum Salary: $269,888

Maximum Salary: $307,612