Manager, Strategic Initiatives

**Job Summary**

This position reports to the Strategy function of the Strategy, Risk, Business Operations, and Shared Services (SRBOSS) team in Commercial, Core Banking and Payments Technology (CCBPT). The SRBOSS team plays a key role in the development and execution of the CCBPT strategy, partnering directly with executives and senior leadership to shape strategic thinking and address complex problems

**What is the opportunity?**

This position reports to the Strategy function of the Strategy, Risk, Business Operations, and Shared Services (SRBOSS) team in Commercial, Core Banking and Payments Technology (CCBPT). The SRBOSS team plays a key role in the development and execution of the CCBPT strategy, partnering directly with executives and senior leadership to shape strategic thinking and address complex problems.

**What will you do?**

Strategic Planning:

- Lead the development of multi-year strategic plans and roadmaps for the CCBPT, defining high-level outcomes, focus areas and KPIs to gauge progress throughout the year
- Provide a strategic lens on emerging ad-hoc and enterprise-wide initiatives, ensuring alignment with broader strategic goals
- Own executive-level reporting process, providing updates on major program milestones, business outcomes and progress towards objectives for senior leadership to drive decision making

Execution:

- Partner with teams across CCBPT to drive the execution of key initiatives, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives

Insights and Analytics:

- Define, develop, and manage KPIs and OKRs for use across the CCBPT organization to measure progress towards strategic outcome
- Drive analysis on cost and performance metrics in the CCBPT portfolio, synthesizing findings into key insights and recommendations to support decision making

**What we are looking for**:

- 3-5 years of experience in Corporate Strategy, Management Consulting or Technology Consulting with a strong emphasis on Financial Services and Financial Technology
- Proven track record of excellence, with a strong sense of ownership over end-to-end delivery and exceeding expectations
- Collaborative, team-oriented mindset, working with a wide range of partners and stakeholders
- Analytical mindset and experience using tools in Excel and Tableau to build analysis and keen attention to detail
- Ability to synthesize large amounts of information into insights for a broad base of stakeholders
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to develop rapport throughout the organization
- Experience in storytelling and crafting compelling narratives for executive level audiences through PowerPoint

**Nice-to-have**:

- Familiarity with commercial banking and payments products and services
- Excitement about keeping up with developments in emerging technologies including AI and Digital currencies

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**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, fair compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
- Leaders who help 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

**Job Skills**

Adaptability, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Emerging Technologies, Executive Level Reporting, Group Problem Solving, Information Technology Trends, Interpersonal Relationship Management, Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Long Term Planning, Oral Communications, Organizational Change Management, Planning Ability, Storytelling, Strategic Initiative, Strategic Thinking, Teamwork

**Additional Job Details**

**Address**:
RBC WATERPARK PLACE, 88 QUEENS QUAY W:TORONTO

**City**:
TORONTO

**Country**:
Canada

**Work hours/week**:
37.5

**Employment Type**:
Full time

**Platform**:
TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

**Job Type**:
Regular

**Pay Type**:
Salaried

**Posted Date**:
2025-06-13

**Application Deadline**:
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