Senior Project Manager, Commercial Banking

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

As a Senior Project Manager in the newly created Commercial Banking Project Management Office (PMO), you will play a critical role in shaping business solutions and driving project success. You will work as part of a collaborative team that is a catalyst for delivering transformation initiatives, accelerating value creation, and infusing Agile ways of working that drive continuous improvement.

As a Senior Project Manager, you will drive RBCs most complex initiatives, aligning them with platform goals and strategic priorities. You will develop program roadmaps, coordinate cross-functional teams, and engage stakeholders to define scope, prioritize tasks, and ensure clear communication. Your role includes implementing risk management strategies, fostering proactive problem-solving, and advancing business agility through continuous improvement. You will also analyze performance metrics and apply lessons learned to optimize future planning and value delivery.

This is a hybrid role with 4 days in the office.

What will you do?

• Business Agility: Utilize tools and routines to enhance transparency, collaboration, and roadblock removal. Encourage self-organization and cross-functionality within the team. Track performance and drive process improvements using data insights.

• Stakeholder Management: Identify and prioritize stakeholder needs, ensuring effective onboarding and communication of strategic goals. Build trust through transparency, manage conflicts, and maintain strong relationships with partners.

• Planning & Schedule Management: Develop fit-for-purpose project structures balancing value and delivery frameworks. Create and adapt plans as priorities shift, guiding the team through ambiguity and focusing on high-value work. Communicate schedule updates clearly to stakeholders.

• Continuous Improvement: Promote feedback to simplify processes and champion innovative thinking. Implement frameworks to drive continuous improvement and optimize workflows.

• Communication & Facilitation: Deliver clear, tailored communications to stakeholders and teams. Facilitate inclusive and relevant meetings, leveraging tools to enhance engagement and clarity.

• Risk Management: Proactively assess risks and issues, engaging stakeholders and implementing mitigation strategies to minimize disruptions. Maintain transparent communication on risk status.

• Delivery Tools & Frameworks: Lead adoption of enterprise tools (Jira, Confluence, Mural) to support delivery. Apply and educate teams on RBCs project management policies, standards, and frameworks.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have:

• 5 to 7 years of project management work experience, including leading large-scale, complex cross-functional projects in banking or financial services.

• Demonstrated agile delivery experience, including setting up agile squads, influencing ways of working, and establishing effective routines

• Solid business acumen sufficient to understand strategic business priorities and align project delivery

• Strong stakeholder and relationship management skills, with a focus on influencing outcomes and building partnerships with senior leaders and vendors

• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, including tailoring messages, delivering presentations, and leading discussions for senior audiences

• Advanced planning expertise, with experience creating and maintaining integrated project schedules, roadmaps, and status reports

• Experience in measuring initiative value by setting and monitoring objectives and key results aligned with business goals

• Experience in project financial management, including budget planning, forecasting, cost-benefit analysis, and vendor invoicing

• Proficient in risk and issue management, including conducting assessments, developing mitigation strategies, and ensuring transparent reporting

Nice to Have:

• Experience in commercial banking or financial services

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Designation and/or Project Management Professional/Program Management Professional (PMP/PgMP) Designation

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