Title -Program Manager V 
Duration - 3 months of contract (High Possibility of full time conversion – based off of performance)
Location- Toronto, Ontario (Hybrid –4 days on site, 1 day work from home every week)
Job Description

• This position reports to Associate Vice President, Cyber Security Governance Remediation, Program Strategy. We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Manager, Strategy & Planning, as part of the Strategy, Planning and Execution (SPE) Team driving the development, alignment, and implementation of activities that transform top-of-house goals into actionable plans.
• This role requires an agile leader who can navigate and help solve complex problems, deliver results, and ensure long-term objectives are achieved.
• The Senior Manager will provide strategic direction, oversee execution, and influence stakeholders at all levels, including senior executives, to drive outcomes across the cybersecurity portfolio. 
• Develop and maintain governance frameworks, processes, and reporting structures to track performance, enable transparency, and support decision-making.
• Lead overall portfolio planning and execution, establish cadence, manage interdependencies, mitigate risks, and optimize resource allocation.
• Translate team goals into actionable plans, monitor progress, adjust strategies, and ensure alignment with long-term objectives.
• Design and deliver executive-ready materials and dashboards that clearly communicate progress, insights, and recommendations.
• Build strong relationships between businesses and senior executives to influence outcomes and ensure strategic priorities are understood and executed.
• Provide thought leadership and strategic recommendations, incorporating findings into programs for operational efficiency and long-term planning.
• Respond effectively to ambiguity and last-minute changes, stay informed on emerging trends and regulatory changes, and evolve strategies as needed.
• Conduct analysis and make recommendations to enhance capabilities, drive efficiencies, and support sustainable growth.

Job Requirements (soft skills)

• Ability to think strategically and innovate to improve operational efficiency and business results.
• Proven experience building relationships, influencing stakeholders, and navigating across functional areas.
• Strong organizational skills with expertise in managing frameworks, processes, and multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex information and craft compelling narratives.
• Demonstrated judgment and discretion when handling sensitive information.
• Comfortable thriving in fast-paced, dynamic environments and adapting to shifting priorities.
• Experience in developing strategies, roadmaps, and impactful recommendations.

Employee / Team Accountabilities:

• Cultivates and models the Colleague Promise to support colleague growth, and a culture of care; makes an impact at work and in our communities by leading with authenticity and supporting well-being to represent client's brand.
• Connects the alignment of colleagues’ contributions with the client Shared Commitments 
• Works within a diverse team that embraces diversity of thought, creativity, and curiosity; where every colleague and customer are valued, respected, and listened to; committed to a common goal and collaborates to move with speed and get things done.
• Demonstrates inclusive leadership by taking meaningful action with intention to support colleagues and customers across all dimensions of diversity, including those from underrepresented communities, being actively anti-racist, attracting and retaining diverse slate of candidates, nurturing mutual respect, inclusivity of thought and collaboration to drive successful results.
• Sustains, identifies strong talent, recruits, and develops a diverse talent pipeline of qualified workforce to innovate and maximize individual strengths to lead to a better business outcome.
• Enables colleague growth by encouraging colleague development to achieve career and business objectives, ensuring timely feedback, motivating appreciation, and recognition to all colleagues.
• Enables a continuous learning culture by proactively seeking, listening to and actioning feedback from peers and from colleague listening opportunities to continuously improve the colleague’s experience and grow your personal leadership.
• Fosters an environment that promotes sharing of knowledge, information, skills, and subject matter expertise among the team; ensures timely management and escalation of issues and creates opportunities to collaborate with other functions and team.
• Leads partners through change and creates an environment where teams feel psychologically safe to challenge current practices by modeling resiliency and flexibility, communicating a compelling vision with clarity and empowering colleagues to drive innovation.
• Contributes to the development of business segment and/or enterprise functional strategic priorities within their operational area or field of specialty that drive results.
• Develops annual and/or long-term plans for own area that are aligned with business priorities, reinforces a focus on results that align to One client

Must-Have Hard Skills:

•  Someone who has managed a portfolio with an 8 figure budget (direct ownership of Profit and loss)
•  Very comfortable communicating with AVP, VP and c-level executives
•  Experience managing a portfolio for a consulting firm or one of the big banks (RBC would be preferred)

 
Soft Skills:

• Strong ability to navigate through ambiguity
•  Very strong relationship building skills
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal)

 
Nice-To-Have

• Can use AI prompts and prompt engineering
• Someone who has experience working for very large corporations with 10-50k+ employees     

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 100.00/hr.