Senior Project Manager

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

Our Project Management Office is currently hiring a Senior Project Manager. In this exciting role you will plan, direct and coordinate activities of assigned projects to ensure project goals or objectives are accomplished within approved timeframe, scope and budget.

What will you do?

• Plan, direct and coordinate activities of assigned project(s) to ensure project objectives are accomplished within approved timeframe, scope and budget in accordance with RBC's standard Project Management Framework

• Clearly understand the project objectives and deliverables, establish scope and exit criteria, resolving a ambiguity, identify roles & responsibilities, and carefully monitor and control scope, cost, schedule utilizing Change Management as required

• Engage all necessary stakeholders to successfully complete the project and ensure all artefacts in the project lifecycle are completed

• Establish detailed project plan, collaborate with the team, and resolving ambiguity

• Actively identifies and seeks resolution to project issues and risks, managing and escalating as required, resolving ambiguity

• Provide clear and concise project status reporting to steering committees, Project Management Office (PMO) & Senior Management on a regular basis and manage project communications (e.g., communication plan, presentations to steering committees, management of documents)

• Establish, develop and maintain strong relationships with business partners/ sponsors, internal and external partners

• Coach & mentor project managers/business analysts within the team as part of ongoing talent development and change management/transformation

• Manage day-to-day relationship with vendor – requirements, integration timelines, issue escalation, sign-offs and SLA adherence.

• Coordinate with data and BSA resources for query validation, data lineage and remediation activities.

• Overseeing project processes and procedures; monitoring the productivity and performance of project team.

• Managing all aspects of projects. Setting deadlines, assigning responsibilities, and monitoring and summarizing progress of project.

• Ensuring adherence to project schedules and completion of project goals.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Experience leading a variety of projects involving large cross-functional teams, across multiple disciplines and lines of business

• Has successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously

• Strong AML knowledge preferably FINTRAC reporting experience

• Coaching/development/leadership experience

• Experience leading projects with $1MM+ budgets

• 3-5 years of previous experience managing large/complex projects

Nice-to-have

• Some Scrum Master/Agile & Waterfall experience

• Some experience managing projects with technical development, regulatory, privacy aspect and/or third party vendors

• Organizational Change Management experience

• Infrastructure project experience

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, commissions, and stock where applicable

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities

• Opportunities to do challenging work

• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities

• Ability to make a difference and last impact

Job Skills

Business Oriented, Communication, Group Problem Solving, Long Term Planning, Meeting Management, Organizational Change Management, Resource Coordination, Results-Oriented, Time Management, Waterfall Model

Additional Job Details

Address:

20 KING ST W:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

GROUP RISK MANAGEMENT

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2025-10-22

Application Deadline:

2025-11-03

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

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At RBC, we believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.

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