Project Manager, Credit Risk & Capital Markets - GFT Halifax

Job Description

What is the Opportunity?

The Market and Counterparty Credit Risk portfolio includes strategic initiatives & other projects supporting credit and market risk space, sponsored by Group Risk Management and Capital Markets. In this role, you will lead the planning, organizing and implementation of complex application delivery projects, supporting RBC’s Risk platform. This role will require you to be located in the Toronto region and be able to commute to the office as you will be required to work at least three/four days per week in the office, as indicated by your manager.

What you will do?
Display Project Management skills through stakeholder management, team leadership, and management of internal and external dependencies;
Excel in Project Delivery by establishing and maintaining effective project routines, facilitating and planning ceremonies in line with Project Frameworks, and ensure clear, concise and timely communication across the project deliverables;
Display effective Schedule Management skills using scheduling and estimating tools (e.g. Burndown charts, project plans) to estimate and sequence project tasks, milestones and deliverables in alignment with desired outcomes;
Excel in Financial Management through cost estimation within appropriate degrees of confidence, monitoring and controlling of project costs (forecasts, baselines, actuals and benefits) and the PAR process.

What do you need to succeed?
Must-have:

• Knowledge in Banking Industry is preferred
• Knowledge of industry reference architecture for ESG initiatives and ability to challenge processes, functional and technical approaches with various stakeholders;
• A track record of successful delivery as both a Project Manager and Scrum Master with intermediate to advanced coaching/development/servant leadership mindset;
• Advanced communication skills including presentation, facilitation, verbal and written.
• Working knowledge of agile methodology, techniques, and frameworks, such as Scrum or Kanban, to deliver solutions.
• Facilitate all the Scrum events and its activities, Plan team capacity availability, allocation
• Keeping track of the Sprint, dependencies, Remove/Escalate the impediments that are likely to hamper the sprint goals
• Plan and manage a project/program impacting multiple applications.

Nice-to-have:

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Designation and/or Project Management Professional (PMP) Designation. Undergraduate degree/Diploma.
• Advanced understanding and experience of RBC’s Agile, iWF, and Business Agility project management frameworks and tools (e.g. Planview, MS Project, Jira, Leankit, and Confluence).

• Solid technical background, with understanding in software development and web technologies

• Knowledge in Credit Risk and Capital Markets

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• 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

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Job Skills

Agile Methodology, Budgeting, Communication, Deliverables Management, Facilitation, Group Problem Solving, IT Governance, Long Term Planning, Organizational Change Management, Planning, Project Deliverables, Project Delivery, Project Management, Project Planning, Project Tasks, Resource Coordination, Risk Management, Scrum, Stakeholder Management, Team Leadership

Additional Job Details

Address:

175 WESTERN PKY:BEDFORD

City:

Bedford

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-01-06

Application Deadline:

2026-06-30

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

Our Employment Opportunities

At RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One RBC. We believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.

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