Strategic Portfolio Lead Insurance

National Bank of Canada, Montréal, QC, CA. Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth. Attendance Hybrid. Job number 35329. Category Senior Professional. Status: Permanent. Type of Contract: Permanent. Schedule: Full-Time. Posting date 15-Sep-2026. Area(s) of interest: Project management and agile methodology, Wealth management. Location(s): Montreal.

Strategic Portfolio Lead as a role within National Bank Insurance is an opportunity to play a key role in coordinating the sector's strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities

- You will provide an enterprise-wide view of the portfolio, foster alignment across teams around business priorities, and help clarify risks, dependencies, and decision points.
- You will work closely with initiative owners, project managers, operational teams, and the sector's portfolio management team to ensure consistent, structured execution aligned with business objectives.
- Lead the cross-functional orchestration of the Insurance strategic portfolio, including priorities, status updates, risks, dependencies, and key issues.
- Prepare and present clear executive-level status reports for senior leadership, highlighting priorities, required decisions, risks, and business challenges.
- Anticipate cross-functional issues, recommend actions to prioritize, and support decision-making in an workplace where multiple initiatives are progressing simultaneously.
- Facilitate governance meetings, support prioritization and arbitration discussions, and consolidate the information required by leadership.
- Coach and support initiative owners in structuring priorities, action plans, dependencies, and governance requirements while promoting the adoption of best practices, common frameworks, and reference templates.
- Act as a liaison with the Corporate Portfolio team, Project Management, and key stakeholders to ensure alignment and consistency of follow-ups.
- Facilitate alignment among teams,



initiatives, and business priorities.

Requirements

- Bachelor's degree in a related field and 8 years of relevant experience in project portfolio management, governance, strategic initiative oversight, or project management.
- Strong understanding of the insurance industry and its key business drivers.
- Proven ability to synthesize complex information, prepare executive-level reporting, and communicate insights effectively to senior stakeholders.
- Strong influencing, coaching, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to guide teams through complex initiatives, cross-functional dependencies, and governance processes.
- Proficiency with collaboration, tracking, and presentation tools, including SharePoint, JIRA, Confluence, PowerPoint, Excel, and Power BI, as well as the ability to continuously improve portfolio management practices and tools.
- Previous experience as a Product Owner or in a product-led transformation environment is considered a robust asset.

Languages

French

Skills

- Coaching
- Insurance
- Project Management
- Project Portfolio Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Strategic Communications
- Strategic Planning
- Teamwork Management
- Discussion and Analysis
- Resiliency
- Team Alignment
- Scrum
- Professional Product Owner
- Decision-making Tools
- Data Synthesis

Benefits

In addition to competitive compensation, upon hiring you'll be eligible for a wide range of flexible benefits to help promote your wellbeing and that of your family such as:
- Health and wellness program, including many options
- Flexible group insurance




- Generous pension plan
- Employee Share Ownership Plan
- Employee and family assistance program
- Preferential banking services
- Involvement in community initiatives
- Telemedicine service
- Virtual sleep clinic

Company Culture

We are committed to building an inclusive workplace where every employee is valued.

National Bank stands out through its many initiatives promoting inclusion, making it a Canadian leader in diversity.

We aim, wherever possible, to provide a barrier-free and accessible environment to all employees.

We strive to provide accessibility measures throughout the recruitment process within the limits of our available resources.

If you require accommodations, feel free to let us know during our initial conversations.

We welcome all candidates!

We value employees' ideas. Whether through our surveys or programs, regular feedback and ongoing communication are encouraged.

Our dynamic work environments and cutting-edge collaboration tools foster a positive employee experience.

Making a bold move in a people-first environment.

We're a bank on a human scale that stands out for its courage, entrepreneurial culture, and passion for people. Our mission is to have a positive impact on people's lives. Our core values of partnership, agility, and empowerment inspire us, and inclusion is central to our commitments.

For an environment that supports your career path. There are many varied opportunities for you to progress and develop, and move ahead in your career. This includes on-the-job learning and training, co-development and pairing with other employees, professional support and mentoring, internal career days or discussion forums with our leaders.

For an inclusive and diverse environment. We foster inclusion in an environment where each person's unique qualities, whether visible or invisible, are celebrated and valued. We welcome all candidates!

📌 Strategic Portfolio Lead Insurance at National Bank of Canada (Montreal)
🏢 National Bank of Canada
📍 Montreal