VP, Enterprise Strategy

Central 1

VP, Enterprise Strategy responsible for shaping Central 1's long-term strategy in the financial services landscape. Collaborating with senior leaders to align strategy with market insights and organizational priorities.

Posted 6/13/2026full-timeToronto • 🇨🇦 CanadaLead💰 CA$175,000 - CA$195,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Shape and steward Central 1’s medium- to long-term enterprise strategy, ensuring alignment with our purpose, growth ambitions, financial goals, priorities, and risk appetite.
Lead structured problem-solving on complex and ambiguous strategic questions, including growth opportunities, strategic trade-offs, market positioning, and enterprise priorities.
Partner closely with the CEO, Executive Leadership Team, and senior leaders to bring strategic clarity, analytical rigor, synthesis, and constructive challenge to key discussions.
Monitor and interpret external market trends, client needs, competitive dynamics, regulatory developments, and financial services industry shifts to assess implications for Central 1.
Develop clear, high-impact materials for Executive Leadership Team meetings, Board discussions, governance forums, and strategy offsites.
Help the Executive Leadership Team focus time and attention on the most important enterprise-level issues, with a lens on long-term success.
Support strategic decision-making by framing issues, synthesizing perspectives, tracking commitments, and helping sustain momentum on priority initiatives.
Plan and facilitate executive strategy sessions, leadership forums, and offsites focused on enterprise direction, performance, and strategic alignment.
Provide strategic advisory support to the CEO, CCSPO, and Executive Leadership Team on enterprise priorities, strategic narratives, governance matters, and key internal or external engagements.
Act as a connective hub across business lines and enabling functions, bringing together insights from client, finance, risk, technology, operations, people, legal, governance, communications, and marketing teams.
Collaborate with Finance to connect strategy with multi-year financial planning, investment priorities, resource allocation, portfolio management, and performance metrics.
Partner with Risk Management to ensure strategic plans and growth initiatives are aligned with risk assessments, scenario planning, and the organization’s risk appetite.
Work with Communications & Marketing and People & Culture to shape a clear and cohesive organizational narrative that connects strategy to purpose, priorities, and change.
Partner with Legal and Governance teams to prepare Board and Committee materials that translate complex strategic, financial, and operational issues into clear decisions and recommendations.
Lead and support senior leadership forums, including operational planning, Quarterly Business Reviews, enterprise policy alignment, and strategic execution touchpoints.
Help enable change adoption by supporting clear communication, leadership alignment, and reinforcement of enterprise priorities across the organization.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A bachelor’s degree in business or a related discipline.
15+ years of progressive experience in corporate strategy, management consulting, executive-level business management, or a related strategic leadership role.
Demonstrated experience leading or shaping a strategy function within a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.
Strong knowledge of the financial services industry, ideally including experience with payments and/or treasury functions.
Exceptional executive communication skills, with the ability to distill complex analysis into clear, compelling narratives for senior executives, Boards, and other key stakeholders.
Strong business acumen and systems thinking, with the ability to connect strategy, finance, risk, operations, client needs, and organizational priorities.
Proven ability to influence without direct authority, build alignment across senior stakeholders, and constructively challenge assumptions.
Sound judgment, diplomacy, and the ability to navigate institutional dynamics in a complex organization.
Comfort operating in ambiguity, balancing long-term strategic thinking with practical execution in a fast-changing environment.
A track record of building trusted relationships with senior leaders and helping teams make high-quality strategic decisions.
Experience working directly with Boards and a strong understanding of corporate governance practices.
Experience supporting enterprise transformation, change leadership, or cultural shifts.
Experience translating strategy into operating models, capabilities, processes, incentives, and day-to-day decision-making practices.
An anticipatory mindset, with the ability to identify emerging strategic questions, risks, opportunities, and decision points before they become urgent.
Credibility as a trusted advisor during periods of complexity, uncertainty, growth, or transition.
Nice to Have: MBA and/or relevant professional designation.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

corporate strategymanagement consultingstrategic leadershipfinancial planningrisk managementoperating modelschange leadershipcultural shiftsstrategic decision-makingperformance metrics

Soft Skills

executive communicationbusiness acumensystems thinkinginfluence without authoritydiplomacynavigating institutional dynamicsoperating in ambiguitybuilding trusted relationshipsconstructive challengeanticipatory mindset

Certifications

bachelor's degreeMBArelevant professional designation