24 Oct
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EQ Bank
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Canada
Join a Challenger At EQ, we're remaking banking so every Canadian gets ahead, every day. Serving nearly 4 million Canadians from coast to coast,
we offer
a wide variety of financial services from banking and lending, to trust and credit union solutions. We've been at this since 1970, challenging the conventions of traditional banking with smarter, faster, and more connected financial experiences. If you're driven to help reshape how banking works for Canadians and the businesses that power our economy, this could be your next big opportunity. The Senior Director, Enterprise Execution is responsible for helping EQB translate strategic priorities into business outcomes. Working directly with executive leaders across the organization, this role leads a focused portfolio of the Bank's most important enterprise initiatives and strategic priorities. These are high-impact, cross-functional efforts that are critical to delivering EQB's strategy, growth ambitions, and financial objectives. The role serves as a bridge between strategy, execution, and outcomes, ensuring that the Bank's biggest priorities maintain momentum, overcome obstacles, and deliver the impact they were intended to achieve. The role combines elements of strategy execution, enterprise leadership, organizational effectiveness, and executive problem-solving, helping translate strategic ambition into measurable results. They are highly comfortable working in ambiguous situations, quickly building credibility with senior stakeholders, and driving progress on complex challenges that cut across multiple business units. They know how to move seamlessly between strategy and execution, challenge and support, analysis and action. Most importantly,
they have a demonstrated ability to help organizations deliver on their most important priorities and achieve meaningful outcomes. Partner directly with executive sponsors and act as a trusted advisor to mobilize, accelerate, and deliver initiatives that are critical to achieving the Bank's strategic and financial objectives. Provide hands‑on leadership for complex cross‑functional initiatives requiring enterprise coordination, senior stakeholder alignment, and disciplined execution. Shape implementation approaches, execution strategies, operating models, and delivery plans to maximize organizational impact. Identify and resolve issues, risks, dependencies, and organizational barriers that could impede successful execution. Bring an enterprise‑wide perspective that helps ensure initiatives advance broader corporate objectives. Ensure approved business cases and strategic objectives translate into measurable business, customer, operational, and financial outcomes. Identify emerging risks, dependencies, and barriers requiring intervention and help drive resolution. Work closely with Finance, initiative owners, and business leaders to understand expected versus realized outcomes and identify opportunities to improve performance. Conduct initiative reviews and post-implementation assessments to reinforce accountability and continuous improvement. Enterprise Planning & Prioritization (10%)
Lead the annual enterprise initiative prioritization process as part of EQB's strategic planning cycle. Partner with business leaders, Finance, and Strategy teams to identify, evaluate, and prioritize initiatives requiring investment and organizational capacity. Help ensure organizational focus remains concentrated on initiatives that create the greatest strategic impact. Help ensure EQB's most important strategic priorities, enterprise initiatives, and investment decisions are supported by clear, aligned, and decision‑ready executive and Board materials. Partner with senior leaders across the organization to elevate the quality, consistency, and strategic coherence of materials presented to Executive Leadership Team and Board forums. Support major strategic planning sessions, Board strategy discussions, and executive reviews by helping ensure discussions remain focused on decisions, outcomes, and enterprise priorities. Act as a steward of excellence for the Bank's most key leadership discussions and governance forums. 8-10 years of experience in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, enterprise execution, strategic initiatives, business transformation, operating leadership, or related fields. ~ Demonstrated track record leading complex cross-functional initiatives that deliver measurable business outcomes. ~ Strong commercial, financial, and operational acumen. ~ Experience developing executive and Board-level recommendations and materials. Experience in private equity value creation roles or at a top-tier management consulting firm a significant asset. Experience within financial services, banking, fintech, or other complex regulated industries. Familiarity with strategic planning, capital allocation, benefits realization, and organizational prioritization processes.
📌 Senior Director, Enterprise Execution (Canada)
🏢 EQ Bank
📍 Canada