Associate Director - PCM Portfolio Delivery Lead

What is the opportunity?

This position is responsible for:

• Leading and managing Funding & Liquidity-related project execution for the BCS Portfolio & Change Management (PCM) group

• Management of project planning, resourcing and financials and developing relationships with business stakeholders and project partners

• Integrating new products / businesses into the BCS platform

• Participation in business unit and functional unit driven initiatives as required

What will you do?

Initiative Management:

• Oversee and guide Funding & Liquidity initiatives (e.g. funding, margin, collateral, cash management) by providing direction and subject matter expertise (when available) with a view to successful project execution

• Escalate roadblocks to BCS management as required 

• Participate as required in business unit sponsored projects that impact BCS

• Identify process improvement / reengineering opportunities through streamlining, simplification, elimination of redundancies/overlaps, improved capacity utilization, automation, outsourcing, standardization, etc

• Ensure effective execution of analysis and requirements gathering by team members

• Assist with Planning and budgeting for PCM involvement in initiatives

• Provide input to Business Architecture decisions and process

• Represent PCM in joint CM / WM / IT committees

Management of Project Resources:

• Assist the Director, Global Head of Portfolio & Change Management in management responsibilities for the department

• Add talented SMEs and BAs to the team as project demand dictates, maintaining appropriate mix of FTE and contractors

• Manage capacity of critical skill sets in order to meet departmental objectives

• Develop skills and competencies of staff by utilizing training programs pertaining to requirements gathering, use case preparation, UAT activities and the RBC Project Management Framework

• Assign staff to initiatives

• Provide direction to staff

• Ensure monthly recovery of staff time via MIS or similar tools

Relationship Management:

• In conjunction with BCS management, liaise with businesses, technology and other project partners on CM initiatives and BU initiatives that impact BCS

Decision Making

• Facilitate decisions: Intricately involved with any decisions that are made about solving the business’s problems.

• Prioritization of team and team’s assigned project work to ensure consistent and timely delivery on projects

What you need to succeed?

Must have:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience in Finance, Engineering, Science or Math desirable

• Proven people management & development skills; ability to work effectively in a project team environment, demonstrated facilitation and leadership skills, strong listening and interview skills.

• Project management expertise

• Good working knowledge of Capital Markets operational functions and processes.

• Detailed understanding of the fundamentals of Capital Markets trading and the transaction lifecycle

• Detailed understanding of RBC Capital Markets organizational structure (front office sales and trading, middle office, product control, BCS, regulatory/compliance, etc.)

• Familiarity with regional differences in operational processing within RBC Capital Markets.

• Self-motivation, ability to work independently and within a team

• Ability to prioritize, plan and execute work to meet tight deadlines

• Strong innovative, problem-solving and analytical skills; a self-starter capable of functioning in an autonomous manner.

• Capable of building strong relationships with clients and stakeholders across the enterprise

• Ability to provide concise and effective updates to the Director, Global Head of Portfolio & Change Management, as well as to the Project Manager where applicable

Nice to have:

• Understanding of the functions and processes within the BCS Funding & Liquidity team

• Strong knowledge of supporting systems used within Operations. 

• Skillful in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, etc.)

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities 

• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team

• Opportunities to do challenging work

• Flexible work/life balance options

Job Skills

Adaptability, Budgeting, Business Oriented, Cross-Team Collaboration, Decision Making, Information Technology (IT) Projects, Interpersonal Relationship Management, Long Term Planning, Resource Management, Vision Alignment

Additional Job Details

90 WESTERN PKY:BEDFORDBedfordCanada37.5Full timeCAPITAL MARKETSRegularSalaried2025-08-01

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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