Head of Strategic Portfolio Management (Hybrid)

Central 1 cooperatively empowers credit unions and other financial institutions to deliver banking choice to Canadians. Central 1 provides critical services at scale to enable a thriving credit union system. We do this by collaborating with our clients, developing strategies, products and services to support the financial well-being of their more than 5 million diverse customers in communities across Canada. For more information, visit www.central1.com.

What we offer:

• Work-life flexibility 

• Hybrid work environment 

• Variable annual incentive plan

• Generous annual vacation allotment

• Top-notch flexible benefits plan including family building and gender affirmation

• Retirement Plan, matched contributions at 6%

• Access to a learning platform and educational assistance support

• Access to a virtual wellness platform

• Career development opportunities

• Wellness Flex Fund to support personal interest and activities

• Day off to volunteer in your community and other paid time off options

• Corporate discounts

*subject to employment agreement

Job Summary:

The Head of Strategic Portfolio Management will lead the design and implementation of the Strategic Portfolio Management Office (SPMO), serving as the organization's credible lens on portfolio-wide prioritization, capacity, and value delivery. Working closely with stakeholders at all levels of the organization, you will act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, guiding a small, high-performing team to build out and continuously mature the SPMO's mandate.
 

This is a high-visibility, high-impact role, purpose-built to bring strategic rigour and enterprise-wide focus to Central 1's portfolio of initiatives. 
 

What you’ll be doing: 

Strategic Leadership:  

• Develop and execute the vision and strategic direction for the SPMO to align with organizational strategy.  

• Work closely with stakeholders at all levels of the organization to ensure project priorities align with business objectives and drive business value.  
   

Governance and Risk Management:  

• Implement and refine governance structures and processes to enable effective and efficient portfolio/project execution.  

• Provide oversight of portfolio risks, ensuring proactive risk management strategies are implemented and executed effectively, and issues are escalated in a timely and transparent manner. 

• Ensure portfolio impacts are accurately reflected in Financial Forecasts (in collaboration with the Finance FP&A team). 
   

Project Portfolio Management:  

• Holistically evaluate and oversee the ongoing review of the enterprise project portfolio, including IT initiatives and named projects, to ensure alignment with business priorities, strategic objectives, and regulatory requirements.  

• Develop and implement capacity planning processes to understand enterprise-wide capacity to deliver on strategic initiatives. 
   

Business Cases Governance and Risk Management:  

• Establish organization-wide standards for business cas