Job Description What is the Opportunity?
What will you do?
- Oversee project processes and procedures across multiple concurrent projects; monitor the productivity and performance of project teams.
- Manage all aspects of projects including setting deadlines, assigning responsibilities, monitoring and summarizing progress of project, project funding approvals, benefits tracking and value realization.
- Ensure adherence to project schedules, budgets, and completion of project goals.
- Issue and Risk identification and mitigation.
- Project escalation as required.
- Prepare Project Status reports and Executive presentations.
What do you need to succeed? Must-have:
- Undergraduate degree and ideally a Project Management Institute (PMI) Certification.
- At least 5-7 years of experience as a proven leader driving large and complex cross-functional program delivery, leading change, team collaboration, transparency, and alignment on goals and expectations. Preferably experience with Human Resources projects.
- Demonstrated agile delivery experience, with the knowledge and ability influence ways of working, set up scaled agile delivery squads and establish effective routines.
- Experienced with measuring initiative value and benefits by establishing and monitoring program objectives and key results to align with business goals, breaking work down into manageable deliverables.
- Advanced stakeholder and relationship management skills, with a focus on building partner relationships and influencing outcomes with senior leaders.
- Advanced communication and facilitation skills (verbal and written) with experience tailoring messages to diverse audiences, delivering presentations and facilitating inclusive discussions for senior-level audiences.
- Advanced planning and scheduling expertise, with experience in building and maintaining detailed large and integrated program schedules, roadmaps, and timelines.
- Financial program management experience in budget management, financial forecasting, cost-benefit analysis, benefits tracking, value realization and vendor invoicing.
- Advanced understanding and experience with risk and issue management frameworks, including the ability to conduct risk assessments, develop mitigation strategies, and maintain transparency in reporting.
Nice-to-haves:
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Experience managing across multiple jurisdictions
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Understanding of HR technologies such as Workday and SAP
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Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
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Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
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Opportunities to take on progressively greater scopes of work
Additional Job Details
Royal Bank of Canada
