Vice President, Strategic Planning & Project Management

RB Global Inc.; Westchester, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

RB Global Inc. is seeking a senior strategy and corporate development leader to own the five-year plan, the strategic case for acquisitions, and the operating cadence that converts strategy into results.

You will report to the CDSO and work closely with the CEO, leading a PMO of four and coordinating cross-functional work with a strong execution focus. This role requires building models, challenging assumptions, and presenting to the Board.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in top-tier strategy consulting or 5–10 years in related roles including at least two years at a leading strategy firm.
• Ability to build models and identify key drivers that move the answer.
• Capable of framing complex issues succinctly, making actionable recommendations.
• Proven track record of influencing senior leaders and driving cross-functional action.
• Experience preparing materials for and presenting to Boards of Directors.

Responsibilities

• Five-year strategy: maintain as a living plan and refresh with inputs from finance, commercial, and operating units.
• M&A strategy: define targets, build the value thesis, size markets, set screening criteria.
• Physical footprint strategy: shape presence in retail, warehousing, and new service formats.
• PMO: lead the four-person team, manage milestones, dependencies, and measures of success.
• Planning and performance cadence: drive KPI reporting and quarterly/annual reviews.

Skills

Strategy consulting

Leadership

Financial modeling

Board presentation

M&A strategy

PMO leadership

Job description

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.

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

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.

Employer

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.

EEO Information

Ritchie Bros. is an equal opportunity employer and ensures nondiscrimination in all activities in accordance with all applicable laws. This position is open to all qualified applicants who are legally entitled to work in the country in which this job is located. Candidate selection is made by Talent Acquisition.