Program Director, Strategic Initiatives

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What you'll be doing

Experienced Director, Strategic Initiatives who will be a leader on the Strategic Initiatives handling multi-year program management. Strategic initiatives are not business-as-usual operations; they are major strategic programs that create impactful outcomes. The Director, Strategic Initiatives will be a proactive leader and will work closely with business stakeholders and have ownership and accountability for the successful implementation of various initiatives. This leader will work to ensure solutions are fit for business needs by serving as a trusted partner to key businesses. This position will be a Managing Director of CIBC Bank USA.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. Details on your work arrangement (proportion of on-site and remote work) will be discussed at the time of your interview.

How you'll succeed

• The position will provide consulting expertise and program management for specific strategic initiatives that are deemed critical to the business’ success.  

• Participate in the development of programs, tools or services by assessing the impact, effectiveness and feasibility of proposed changes  

• Work with business partners to identify performance measurement needs and development of potential solutions to address emerging needs 

• Provide a focused effort on ensuring delivery of solutions are managed in a client-centric environment 

• Provide leadership and expertise, particularly with regard to the identification of key issues, creation of novel business solutions and project plans. 

• Facilitate senior leadership engagement in Steering Committees and program governance 

• Determine skills needed, roles needed and organization of project teams  

• Facilitate the escalation and resolution of issues  

• Establish methodologies and assign responsibility for tracking priorities, issues, risks, and tasks of projects within portfolio 

• Prepare budgets, bids, contracts, and funding requests  

• Manage and monitor contracts related to project portfolio  

• Foster a culture of risk management within active programs  

• Lead and ensure effective change management practices. Ability to break down barriers and build consensus among project team members. 

• Use critical reasoning while working on projects and ensure projects stay within budget and are delivered on time 

Who you are

• Effective leadership capabilities with strong people management and development skills 

• Ability to influence key stakeholders through well-articulated strategies and benefit driven value statements 

• Curious, creative thinke