Head, Program Management Office - Toronto, Canada - Royal Bank of Canada

Royal Bank of Canada

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Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Come Work with Us
At RBC, our culture is deeply supportive and rich in opportunity and reward. You will help our clients thrive and our communities prosper, empowered by a spirit of shared purpose.

Whether you're helping clients find new opportunities, developing new technology, or providing expert advice to internal partners, you will be doing work that matters in the world, in an environment built on teamwork, service, responsibility, diversity, and integrity.

Job Title
Head, Program Management Office

What is the opportunity?

Cash Management Product Organization focus on establishing product vision, strategy and roadmap for the newly established Cash Management business in RBC US.

The PMO Head will manage the program governance, financials, communications, resource onboarding, as well as coordinate program end to end plan and delivery.

In addition you will develop and deliver communication and implementation plans for all value streams that touch internal and external stake holders to ensure initiatives land with impact, are well activated, embedded and sustained to have the desired outcome.

What will you do?

Responsible for Program governance, change control, change management, financial management oversight, and audit compliance
Leads effort for Vendor SOW and Invoice Management, Issue, Risks and Dependencies Management and Project Budget Management
Works with Head of Business Management to establish Portfolio structure including roles & responsibilities
Provides direction and oversight to the PMO
Planning and monitoring program development to ensure that quality standards and goals are achieved.
Managing all aspects of an organizational program to ensure all projects within the program are implemented, accepted and accomplished within a set deadline.
Partners with Program Product Owners & Program Delivery Leads for Critical Path planning for Market Viable Product and post Market Viable Product Launch
Maintaining a project schedule
Provides Program and executive management with accurate and timely information for decisionmaking. Assist senior team members in monitoring and tracking action items and decisions for each value stream.
Establish Program standard processes & procedures in compliance with enterprise policy on project risk, and in alignment with industry best practices
Liaise with project teams to ensure Agile, JIRA and Confluence training is available to team members
Assist in creating reports for Operating Committee, Executive committee and other management reporting and communication materials
Provide support for portfolio's daytoday operations (including real estate, resource forecasting etc.)

What you need to succeed?

Bachelors Degree, with a focus in finance or management preferred
5+ years of experience throughout the project lifecycle; planning, design, development and delivery (in both Agile and Iterative Waterfall Methodologies) with strong analytical and problemsolving abilities; as well as a project management mindset
General knowledge of endtoend project management lifecycle
Familiarity with project management methodologies
Experience leading o
r shaping large transformational efforts
preferred
Broad network and ability to influence across the organization is critical
Experienced in Agile way of working (e.g., manage backlog, track impediments, quick iterations with done better than perfect)
Exceptional comfort with ambiguity, and a willingness to move forward independently to identify opportunities to add value
Strong communication (oral & written) and presentation skills with the integrity and confidence to liaise with executives and senior management
Strong project management, leadership, and influencing skills
Demonstrated ability to build sustainable, trusted relationships across the organization
Proven experience interacting with senior level, negotiating and management/alignment across teams, business partners and leaders across RBC

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.

A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation
Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and highperforming team
Opportunities to do challenging work
Flexible work/life balance options

Job Summary

Address:

TORONTO, Ontario, Canada

City:

CAN-ON-TORONTO

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

Capital Markets

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

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