Portfolio Director

Toronto, ON, Canada

Job Description

Candidate Profile Details:

  • Degree/Level of Education: Post secondary is preferred but not a deal breaker - work experience is more important
  • Certifications Required: No
  • Years of Overall Experience: 10+ years of experience
  • How will performance be measured: How well you can support ROI, how strong is your strategy and planning, generating insights, ability to consume data and how they make sense of it
  • Preferred/Ideal Candidate Background: Experience managing a portfolio within a consulting firm or RBC or big banks, 10+ years of US/Canadian work experience, working for organizations that have 10-50k + employees - large complex environments
Summary Of The Role:
  • Typical Day-to-Day Responsibilities - shared below
  • How much time is being spent in meetings - 50-90% of the day is in meetings, depends on the day/week
  • Who are they interacting with (internal/external) - 100%
  • Will the contractor have access to any customer data? No
:
  • This position reports to Associate Vice President, Cyber Security Governance Remediation, Program Strategy. We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Manager, Strategy & Planning, as part of the Strategy, Planning and Execution (SPE) Team driving the development, alignment, and implementation of activities that transform top-of-house goals into actionable plans.
  • This role requires an agile leader who can navigate and help solve complex problems, deliver results, and ensure long-term objectives are achieved. The Senior Manager will provide strategic direction, oversee execution, and influence stakeholders at all levels, including senior executives, to drive outcomes across the cybersecurity portfolio.
  • Develop and maintain governance frameworks, processes, and reporting structures to track performance, enable transparency, and support decision-making.
  • Lead overall portfolio planning and execution, establish cadence, manage interdependencies, mitigate risks, and optimize resource allocation.
  • Translate team goals into actionable plans, monitor progress, adjust strategies, and ensure alignment with long-term objectives.
  • Design and deliver executive-ready materials and dashboards that clearly communicate progress, insights, and recommendations.
  • Build strong relationships between businesses and senior executives to influence outcomes and ensure strategic priorities are understood and executed.
  • Provide thought leadership and strategic recommendations, incorporating findings into programs for operational efficiency and long-term planning.
  • Respond effectively to ambiguity and last-minute changes, stay informed on emerging trends and regulatory changes, and evolve strategies as needed.
  • Conduct analysis and make recommendations to enhance capabilities, drive efficiencies, and support sustainable growth.
Job Requirements(soft skills):
  • Ability to think strategically and innovate to improve operational efficiency and business results.
  • Proven experience building relationships, influencing stakeholders, and navigating across functional areas.
  • Strong organizational skills with expertise in managing frameworks, processes, and multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
  • Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex information and craft compelling narratives.
  • Demonstrated judgment and discretion when handling sensitive information.
  • Comfortable thriving in fast-paced, dynamic environments and adapting to shifting priorities.
  • Experience in developing strategies, roadmaps, and impactful recommendations.
Employee/Team Accountabilities:
  • Cultivates and models the Colleague Promise to support colleague growth, and a culture of care; makes an impact at work and in our communities by leading with authenticity and supporting well-being to represent Client's brand.
  • Connects the alignment of colleague's contributions with the Client Shared Commitments
  • Works within a diverse team that embraces diversity of thought, creativity, and curiosity; where every colleague and customer are valued, respected, and listened to; committed to a common goal and collaborates to move with speed and get things done.
  • Demonstrates inclusive leadership by taking meaningful action with intention to support colleagues and customers across all dimensions of diversity, including those from underrepresented communities, being actively anti-racist, attracting and retaining diverse slate of candidates, nurturing mutual respect, inclusivity of thought and collaboration to drive successful results.
  • Sustains, identifies strong talent, recruits, and develops a diverse talent pipeline of qualified workforce to innovate and maximize individual strengths to lead to a better business outcome.
  • Enables colleague growth by encouraging colleague development to achieve career and business objectives, ensuring timely feedback, motivating appreciation, and recognition to all colleagues.
  • Enables a continuous learning culture by proactively seeking, listening to and actioning feedback from peers and from colleague listening opportunities to continuously improve the colleague experience and grow your personal leadership.
  • Fosters an environment that promotes sharing of knowledge, information, skills, and subject matter expertise among the team; ensures timely management and escalation of issues and creates opportunities to collaborate with other functions and team.
  • Leads partners through change and creates an environment where teams feel psychologically safe to challenge current practices by modeling resiliency and flexibility, communicating a compelling vision with clarity and empowering colleagues to drive innovation.
  • Contributes to the development of business segment and/or enterprise functional strategic priorities within their operational area or field of specialty that drive results.
  • Develops annual and/or long-term plans for own area that are aligned with business priorities, reinforces a focus on results that align to One Client
Must-Have Hard Skills:
  • Someone who has managed a portfolio with an 8 figure budget (direct ownership of Profit and loss)
  • Very comfortable communicating with AVP, VP and c-level executives
  • Experience managing a portfolio for a consulting firm or one of the big banks (RBC would be preferred)
Soft Skills:
  • Strong ability to navigate through ambiguity
  • Very strong relationship building skills
  • Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
Nice-To-Have:
  • Can use AI prompts and prompt engineering
  • Someone who has experience working for very large corporations with 10-50k+ employees
Please note:
  • AI is not used to screen, assess, or select candidates.
  • This role reflects an existing vacancy at the time of posting.
Job Details
14008
Contract
3 months
Toronto
Recruiter
Komal
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Job Detail

  • Job Id
    JD3457174
  • Industry
    Not mentioned
  • Total Positions
    1
  • Job Type:
    Full Time
  • Salary:
    Not mentioned
  • Employment Status
    Permanent
  • Job Location
    Toronto, ON, Canada
  • Education
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