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Strategic Program Lead, New Note Issuance
Bank of Canada
Ottawa, CAN
Full Time
Lead
Hybrid
4 days ago
Program ManagementGovernance FrameworksRisk ManagementStakeholder ManagementExecutive CommunicationSupplier Management
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About the Role
The Bank of Canada is seeking a Strategic Program Lead to oversee the end-to-end delivery of the new note issuance program. The role involves providing strategic advice, managing governance frameworks, and engaging with suppliers and stakeholders.
Key Skills for This Role
Program ManagementGovernance FrameworksRisk ManagementStakeholder ManagementExecutive CommunicationSupplier Management
Responsibilities
- Apply rigorous program management practices to oversee multiple note initiatives concurrently
- Establish and oversee governance frameworks that support effective decision making and program accountability
- Prepare executive briefings, recommendations and analysis for senior leadership on strategic considerations
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with internal stakeholders, subject matter experts, peer leaders and external suppliers
- Assess supplier capabilities, constraints, capacity and delivery risks
- Evaluate strategic, operational, reputational and delivery risks and develop risk informed options
- Analyze trade offs involving security, quality, cost, timing, operational readiness and supplier performance
- Integrate perspectives from technical experts, operational teams and suppliers to develop cohesive recommendations
- Oversee development of executive reporting and performance insights
- Identify emerging issues, dependencies and constraints that may affect delivery readiness and implement mitigation strategies
Requirements
- University degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Project Management, or related field
- Minimum of 15 years of progressive experience supporting complex, high impact work in a senior advisory, governance, risk, operations, supply chain, product, or program environment
- Demonstrated experience influencing senior stakeholders and providing clear credible advice on complex risks, trade offs, and decisions
- Experience working with external suppliers or partners, including assessing commercial drivers, capacity, capability, constraints, and delivery risk
- Bilingualism (English and French) at Level 5 (Fully Functional) is required; training may be provided
- Eligible to obtain Secret security clearance
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About the role
- As Strategic Program Lead, New Note Issuance, you will play a pivotal role in shaping Canada's next generation of bank notes.
- Reporting to the Deputy Managing Director, Currency, you will lead the end to end delivery of the Bank's new note issuance program.
- You will provide overall program leadership across the note issuance lifecycle for CAD 5, CAD 10, CAD 20, CAD 50 and CAD 100 bank notes.
What you will do
- Apply rigorous program management practices to oversee multiple note initiatives concurrently.
- Establish and oversee governance frameworks that support effective decision making, issue resolution and program accountability.
- Prepare executive briefings, recommendations and analysis for senior leadership.
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with internal stakeholders, subject matter experts, peer leaders and external suppliers.
- Assess supplier capabilities, constraints, capacity and delivery risks.
- Evaluate strategic, operational, reputational and delivery risks and develop risk informed options.
- Analyze trade offs involving security, quality, cost, timing, operational readiness and supplier performance.
- Integrate perspectives from technical experts, operational teams and suppliers to develop cohesive recommendations.
- Oversee development of executive reporting and performance insights.
- Identify emerging issues, dependencies and constraints that may affect delivery readiness and implement mitigation strategies.
What you need to succeed
- Experience operating in complex, high impact environments involving senior leaders, external partners and multiple competing priorities.
- Skilled at influencing and aligning diverse stakeholders within a matrixed environment.
- Combines strong business acumen and sound judgment with exceptional executive communication skills.
- Proven ability to solve complex and ambiguous problems and navigate uncertainty.
Your education and experience
- University degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Project Management, or a related field.
- Minimum of 15 years of progressive experience supporting complex, high impact work in a senior advisory, governance, risk, operations, supply chain, product, or program environment.
- Demonstrated experience influencing senior stakeholders and providing clear credible advice on complex risks, trade offs, and decisions.
- Experience working with external suppliers or partners, including assessing commercial drivers, capacity, capability, constraints, and delivery risk.
What you can expect from us
- Salary range: CAD 208,020 to CAD 244,730 (job grade 21).
- Incentive pay for meeting expectations at 7 to 10% of base salary; additional performance pay for exceeding expectations.
- Flexible and comprehensive benefits including health, dental, disability, life/accident insurance.
- Extra vacation days (up to five each year) that you can purchase.
- Indexed, defined benefit pension.
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