Director, Execution Monitoring – Cross-Sector Initiatives Management
Desjardins
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Montréal • Canada
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About the role
- Help the vice-president set strategic directions.
- Develop and implement the administrative department’s business plan based on strategic issues and target results.
- Ensure action plans for administrative units under your responsibility are carried out, with a focus on performance management.
- Establish management and communication practices that support change management, talent attraction and retention, skills development, employee engagement and diversity, in keeping with Desjardins’s values.
- Assist the Desjardins Group Security Office’s teams in delivering the execution plan: governance consistency for committees, tracking key KPIs, dashboards, etc.
- Oversee priority commitments: track deliverables, manage risks and interdependencies, resolve strategic and operational issues.
- Ensure strategic alignment between the Desjardins Group Security Office’s vision and operational execution by the teams.
- Help teams implement appropriate KPIs.
- Coordinate action plan implementation and support performance reporting.
- Identify bottlenecks that hinder achievement of strategic objectives.
- Ensure rigorous oversight and strategic control of budgets related to technology asset operations (e.g., licenses).
- Act as a champion for the Desjardins Group Security Office’s cross-sector projects and programs: track deliverables, manage risks and interdependencies, resolve strategic and operational issues.
- Represent projects to decision-making bodies at Desjardins and assume ultimate responsibility for creating value for members and clients.
- Define and support the sector’s data and analytics strategy, in line with Desjardins Group’s strategic directions.
- Coordinate priorities and deployment of operational models for data and analytics.
- Ensure consistency and performance, in collaboration with the Chief Data Officer and data stewards.
- Develop and lead the continuous improvement strategy.
- Oversee the implementation of initiatives.
- Measure performance.
- Manage change and mobilize teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
- A minimum of ten years of relevant experience
- Knowledge of French is required
- Intermediate knowledge of English due to the nature of the duties or work tools or because the position involves interactions with English-speaking partners, members and/or clients
Benefits
- Competitive salary and annual bonus
- 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
- Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
- Group insurance including telemedicine
- Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
performance managementKPI trackingdata and analytics strategybudget oversightchange managementcontinuous improvementstrategic planningrisk managementproject managementbusiness plan development
Soft skills
leadershipcommunicationteam mobilizationemployee engagementtalent attractiondiversity promotionstrategic alignmentproblem-solvingcollaborationorganizational skills
Certifications
Bachelor's degree