Description
Join RBC's Corporate Real Estate team to lead integrated program delivery across your assigned region. In this strategic role, you'll manage end-to-end planning, development, and delivery of complex real estate projects from inception through execution.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage end-to-end planning, development, and delivery of initiatives across your region, ensuring governance aligns with RBC framework and strategic objectives.
- Provide real estate expertise and direction on regional initiatives, managing project/program delivery in partnership with the regional Director, IPD.
- Manage relationships with key business unit leads and service partners, identifying and negotiating with stakeholders to achieve program objectives and deliver expected client service levels.
- Develop and maintain frameworks to effectively negotiate and manage property relationships while continually assessing location needs aligned with business strategy.
- Support businesses in securing or renewing leases by working with the Transaction COE and leveraging expertise in regional market conditions, building codes, and lease obligations.
- Ensure operational requirements and quality standards are incorporated throughout strategic development, planning, and project execution, while identifying ongoing optimization initiatives.
- Establish governance structures and manage risk through consistent application of controls, ensuring compliance with internal policies and external regulatory obligations.
- Oversee matrixed teams of internal stakeholders and outsourced service partners, enabling cross-platform collaboration to maximize benefit to RBC.
- Assist in identification and delivery of savings in partnership with the BU, Procurement, service partners and suppliers.
- Manage business case modelling and submissions for strategic initiatives, working in collaboration with Strategy & Planning COE.
Requirements
- 2-4 years of Corporate Real Estate experience with at least 3 years in program and project management.
- Proven knowledge of project management processes including estimating, tendering, scheduling, and construction practices.
- Strong client focus, relationship management, and consultation skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication with excellent organizational and presentation abilities.
- Experience managing outsourced vendor relationships and matrixed organizations.
Nice-to-Have
- Contract management expertise.
- Strong business acumen and financial management capabilities.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Experience with real estate sustainability and net-zero initiatives.
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.
- A world-class training program in financial services.
- Flexible work/life balance options.
- Opportunities to do challenging work.
- Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities.