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
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
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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.
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