City : Toronto

Category : Strategy | Project & Program Management

Industry : Financial/Banking

Employer : RBC

What is the opportunity?

You will be leading an agile development team that works with a broad range of technologies, internal teams, and third party vendor partners. You will also be the technology navigator for the Corporate Real estate departments, liaising with multiple stakeholders / product owners and executives to execute on the business’ strategic goals. In addition to executing on the book of work, you will also be collaborating, innovating, and ideating in a flexible environment.

What will you do?

• Provide delivery leadership for the team, portfolio, and the book of work (consisting of multiple projects / initiatives of all sizes)

• Accountable alongside the team for achieving business objectives and key results in order to meet or exceed stakeholder expectations

• Accountable for a detailed and prioritized roadmap of the book of work for each fiscal year

• Accountable for the operational risk & governance standing of the applications in the portfolio, And ensure that all work is being completed in accordance to RBC’s Technology Framework

• Track and report portfolio financials to various stakeholders (including senior executives)

• Participate (or lead) executive presentations on the portfolio status, financials, roadmap, & more

• Identify early warning indicators, track, and mitigate risks & issues affecting the portfolio

• Remove impediments affecting the portfolio through proactively making educated decisions, involving dependent teams, and escalations inside & outside the organization

• Collaborate with internal and external partners (e.g vendor partners, other RBC Teams, etc)

• Onboard other IT services required by the team in order to deliver portfolio objectives

• Solve problems in order to help advance the portfolio (e.g resource / funding constraints)

• Oversee staffing levels to efficiently meet portfolio objectives

• Navigate collective decision-making, negotiations, goal setting, and conflict resolution

• Accountable for team performance and productivity

• Accountable for fostering a positive, trusting, & safe environment that values open dialogue among team members

• Facilitate discussions and best practices around business analysis, user experience, and technical conversations

• Report on team progress and celebrate accomplishments

• Assist the team with the workload when necessary to help meet timelines

• Continuously seek to improve team performance alongside happiness

• Create and maintain relationships across the Brand & Marketing departments in order to better align to their strategic goals

• Recommend opportunities that help our clients thrive

• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the team’s standards, processes, ad policies

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Understanding of Agile methodologies and processes    

• Creative and analytical thinker who is self-driven and capable of working in a fast paced environment.

• Excellent interpersonal and highly developed communication skills (verbal and written).

• Experience in project delivery with agile teams

• Experience with agile practices including scrum/Kanban, agile ceremonies (standups, backlog refinement, team demos)

• Experience working with vendors that provide resources using various models (staff augmentation, fixed price contracts, and more)

• Experience delivering small, medium, & large complex projects with agile teams

• Clear understanding of the various activities within a delivery project

• Experience scheduling activities across all delivery teams to deliver a common capability

• Strong communication skills with ability to work cross-functionally to articulate, measure and solve issues

• Proven ability to manage projects with third-party vendors and significant technology components

• Advance knowledge of the change management and risk management practices

• Strong executive presence through advanced communication, presentation and facilitation skills

• Undergraduate degree - Preferably in Business, Technology, Marketing, or Finance

• 3+ years of experience in being a people manager

Nice-to-have

• Knowledge of Scaled Agile practices

• Knowledge of collaboration tools – JIRA and Confluence

• Experience with Planview and/or RBC MIS (Management Information System)

• Knowledge of technologies that support CRE

• 2+ years of experience as a Project Manager or Scrum Master

• 3+  years of experience in software development and/or business (system) analysis or other relevant professional experience

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, commissions, and stock where applicable

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities

• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact

• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team

• A world-class training program in financial services

• Opportunities to do challenging work

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Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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