Description
The Strategic Execution team within the Chief Legal and Administrative Office (CLAO) plays a critical role in driving highly visible, enterprise-level transformation initiatives. We are seeking a high-performing and motivated leader to join our team to lead the delivery of enterprise-wide strategic and regulatory initiatives.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with business stakeholders to assess needs, identify optimization opportunities and execute on program deliverables, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities and fostering collaboration across stakeholders
- Lead and facilitate working groups with cross-functional teams to shape strategic direction, triage issues, and drive progress on enterprise-level initiatives, ensuring effective coordination and accountability
- Contribute to senior management materials preparation, including Executive Steering Committees, and other program forums, ensuring clear, concise, and impactful communication of program updates, risks, and key decisions
- Support program status reporting across the program and at the executive level to ensure program goals and objectives are executed and consistently communicated, enabling transparency and informed decision-making
- Maintain project plans and ensure that tasks are on track to meet project milestones, identifying and resolving potential roadblocks proactively
- Facilitate issue resolution and escalation, manage interdependencies, and ensure the accurate and timely maintenance of the RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) log to support effective program delivery and governance
- Engage with third-party suppliers/consultants as needed to deliver on program objectives, while ensuring alignment with internal delivery standards and governance frameworks
- Provide leadership and guidance to junior staff, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and collaboration within the Strategic Execution team
Requirements:
- Undergraduate university degree in Business, Finance or a related field required
- MBA or relevant professional designation strongly preferred
- 5+ years of project management experience with a demonstrated track record of leadership, problem-solving, and relationship management
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to collaborate, partner with senior business stakeholders, project managers and team members
- Advanced proficiency with Excel (pivot tables, lookups) and PowerPoint (strong storyboarding of executive presentations)
- Comfort with ambiguity
Nice to Have:
- Management Consulting experience
- Regulatory programs and/or Anti-Money Laundering (AML) experience
- Experience with Financial Crimes functions such as High-Risk Clients, Financial Investigation Unit, Analytics, KYC, Sanctions, etc…
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified
- Experience with enterprise transformation initiatives
What's in it for you?
- Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
- Variety of assignments over the course of your placement
- Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
- Work in a dynamic, collaborative, and high-performing team
- Opportunities to do challenging work