Senior Program Manager, Transformation (Ontario)

Senior Program Manager, Transformation (Ontario)

03 Sep
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Socket.dev
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Ontario

03 Sep

Socket.dev

Ontario

Job Description
What is the Opportunity?
The Insurance Strategy & Transformation team plays a crucial role in developing and monitoring strategies and driving RBC Insurance and Enterprise-wide transformation programs. As a Senior Agile Program Manager, Transformation, you will lead a portfolio of strategic and transformation programs, aligned to RBC Insurance’s strategy and business imperatives. You'll bridge strategy and execution by partnering with senior leadership across our business lines on topics ranging from product development, client experience, distribution, and operational efficiencies. This is an opportunity to shape how RBC Insurance executes its most critical initiatives while building organizational capability for sustained strategic delivery and transformation.

What will you do?
Strategic Development, Transformation Leadership & Execution

Support strategy development and execution engagements across multiple business domains and enterprise-wide programs

Build executive-level strategic narratives and communications for senior leadership and C-suite audiences

Facilitate joint planning with clients and partners across portfolio initiatives from formation through completion

Lead effective planning and oversight to ensure successful delivery of prioritized portfolio scope while managing risk and governance expectations

Establish initiative kick-offs, develop high-level milestone planning, and manage delivery of business readiness and enablement requirements

Introduce agility and streamlined approaches to portfolio execution, leveraging frameworks such as Agile, iWF, and AMF methodologies

Coach and mentor business stakeholders to align requirements and delivery approaches with organizational transformation principles

Stakeholder & Relationship Management

Foster and maintain collaborative relationships with key internal and external stakeholders across the enterprise

Identify resource and capability requirements for portfolio execution; resolve resource constraints and manage vendor/supplier relationships

Provide senior management with timely updates on portfolio performance, risks, and issues

Calibrate with Transformation Leads, Journey Leads, and Digital Product Managers and Owners to ensure alignment across all portfolio work to strategic roadmaps and OKRs

Portfolio Governance & Financial Management

Highlight, communicate, and manage delivery risk using enterprise risk processes, agile events, and portfolio management tools (RTA, Planview, etc.)

Support scope management, backlog refinement,



and portfolio change management activities

Manage portfolio-level financials, ensuring accurate forecasting and reporting in Planview and other systems to inform enterprise financial planning

Monitor overall portfolio health and quality through effective status reporting and metrics

Organizational Excellence & Innovation

Elevate performance of portfolio teams by promoting creative methods and implementing best practices

Demonstrate leadership, foster team collaboration, and encourage continuous improvement and innovation

Identify missing capabilities or techniques and develop solutions to improve portfolio delivery

Seek out industry knowledge and best practices to identify alternative approaches and solutions

What will you need to succeed?
Must-have

5+ years of experience in large-scale transformation, and complex program/portfolio management

Exceptional ability to build strategic narratives and communicate them effectively to executives

Strong project/program delivery expertise with demonstrated success in agile and traditional methodologies

Excellent relationship management and stakeholder communication skills

Advanced financial management and budget oversight experience

High resourcefulness and ingenuity in solving complex organizational barriers

Demonstrated leadership ability with strong drive to exceed expectations

Nice to Have

2+ years of consulting experience at a top-tier consulting or management advisory firm

Product management or business development experience

Background in insurance, financial services, or complex enterprise environments

Experience with portfolio management tools (Planview, Jira, Confluence)

Expertise in agile methodologies and organizational transformation frameworks

What’s in it for you?

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

Ability to make a difference and lasting impact

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

Flexible work/life balance options

RBCI software tools to boost your productivity





Opportunities to do challenging work

Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities

Access to a variety of job opportunities across business

Job Skills
Adaptability, Budgeting, Business Oriented, Decision Making, Long Term Planning, Resource Management, Results-Oriented, Team Management, Time Management, Waterfall Model

Additional Job Details
Address: MEADOWVALE BUSINESS PARK, 6880 FINANCIAL DR:MISSISSAUGA

City: Mississauga

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: INSURANCE

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2026-08-28

Application Deadline: 2026-09-11

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

Compensation for this position (including salary and discretionary/variable payments) will be determined by factors, including but not limited to candidate's experience, skills, registration status, performance, individual goals, market conditions, and business needs.

Pay Range
The expected pay range for this position is:

$90,000.00 - $140,000.00

The pay range provided is for the primary work location referenced in the Additional Job Details section of this job posting. Pay ranges may differ based on location. If the posting lists multiple job locations, a recruiter can confirm availability of the role and the relevant pay rage for the additional locations listed. RBC supports pay transparency and we strive to ensure all pay ranges are competitive, fair, and equitable.

You have the potential to earn RBC's discretionary variable compensation program which gives you an opportunity to increase your total compensation, provided that business meets its performance targets and you meet your individual goals.

Our Employment Opportunities
At RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One 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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