Strategy Transformation Program Manager

What Is the Opportunity?

Strategic Vision and Influence

• Translate complex IT strategy into integrated, business-aligned programs with clear value propositions.
• Influence senior technical leaders and business stakeholders toward strategic optimization and efficiency priorities.
• Champion strategic thinking and collaborative problem-solving across the technology organization.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build strategic relationships with business partners across Wealth Management Europe, Insurance, and Investor Services.
• Facilitate collaboration between business and technology teams to support seamless execution.
• Communicate program value, progress, and strategic impact to executive audiences.

Program Delivery and Execution

• Own end-to-end delivery of large-scale IT strategic initiatives, including digital transformation, cloud and data platform adoption, and data modernization.
• Establish governance models, steering committees, and executive reporting mechanisms to track progress, risks, and benefits realization.
• Manage implementation to achieve quality standards, timelines, and business outcomes.

Measurement and Continuous Improvement

• Plan, monitor, and measure program development using strategic measures and KPIs.
• Track financial performance and strategic impact, providing transparent reporting to senior leadership.
• Anticipate and resolve challenges through mitigation, escalation, process optimization, and continuous improvement.

Must-Have Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in financial services and success leading complex, cross-functional transformation initiatives.
• Proven ability to influence senior technical and business leaders around strategic priorities.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, strategic thinking, problem-solving, facilitation, and communication skills.
• Mastery of PRINCE2, PMBoK, or equivalent program and project management frameworks.
• Analytical approach using metrics and KPIs, plus an engineering or optimization mindset.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• PMP or PRINCE2 certification.
• Change management, organizational development, or Lean Six Sigma certification.
• Experience with digital transformation, cloud adoption, data modernization, or technology modernization programs.
• Experience in matrix organizations or with C-suite and senior executive audiences.
• Exposure to AI, automation, or emerging technology adoption initiatives.

Job Skills

• Business orientation, communication, corporate strategy, group problem-solving, project team leadership, long-term planning, meeting management, organizational change management, project administration, strategic objectives, time management, transformation strategy, and waterfall methodology.

Rewards and Benefits

• RBC offers a total rewards program that may include bonuses, flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable.
• The role includes access to coaching, development opportunities, training, and a collaborative technology environment.

Additional Job Details

• The listed work schedule is 37.5 hours per week.
• The employment type is full time and the job type is regular.
• The posting identifies RBC Centre in Toronto as the address, but does not explicitly state an onsite, hybrid, or remote work policy.