What is the Opportunity?

As a key leader in the Regulatory PMO, you’ll be responsible for delivering programs that directly impact the enterprise’s regulatory standing, risk mitigation, and strategic priorities. You’ll collaborate with executive stakeholders, influence cross-functional teams, and ensure alignment between business objectives and regulatory mandates. This is an opportunity to leave a lasting legacy by transforming how one of the world's premier financial institutions approaches compliance and cybersecurity on a global scale.

Location: downtown Toronto, ON (4 days onsite)

Position Type: Contract 6-12 mon.

What Will You Do?

- Strategic Leadership: Define and execute the vision for regulatory program delivery, aligning with enterprise goals and risk appetite.
- Program Oversight: Lead a portfolio of complex, interdependent workstreams, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and regulatory requirements.
- Stakeholder Influence: Engage with C-suite executives, business leaders, and technology partners to secure buy-in, resolve conflicts, and drive decision-making.
- Team Development: Mentor and empower a team of Senior Program Managers, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and delivery excellence.
- Risk and Governance: Establish robust governance frameworks, proactively identify risks, and ensure compliance with internal and external standards.
- Change Leadership: Champion organizational change, addressing resistance and ensuring smooth adoption of regulatory initiatives across diverse teams.




- Financial Stewardship: Oversee program budgets, forecast resource needs, and optimize spending to maximize ROI.

What Do You Need to Succeed?

Must-Have:

- Executive Leadership: 10+ years of experience leading large-scale regulatory, cybersecurity, or risk programs in a complex enterprise setting.
- Demonstrated knowledge of control testing methodologies.
- Strategic Vision: Ability to connect regulatory requirements to business outcomes, sequencing initiatives to balance urgency and long-term goals.
- Stakeholder Mastery: Exceptional political acuity and executive presence, with a track record of influencing outcomes without formal authority.
- Team Building: Proven ability to build, motivate, and develop high-performing teams in a matrixed organization.
- Crisis Management: Composure under pressure, with experience navigating ambiguity, regulatory scrutiny, and competing priorities.
- Technical Fluency: Deep understanding of cybersecurity and regulatory landscapes (e.g., NIST, OSFI, NYDFS) and their operational implications.
- Proven experience leading and successfully delivering programs with a very high level of value (benefit/cost), complexity, and uncertainty.

How to Apply

If you are an executive-level leader ready to shape enterprise security governance on a global scale, please submit your resume to Equality Street for confidential consideration.

Our client is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

📌 Program Director – Regulatory PMO (Global Security & Risk) (Toronto)
🏢 Equality Street
📍 Toronto