Royal Bank of Canada

Senior Manager, Planning & Analysis

Royal Bank of Canada$100K — $130K *
Real Estate & Construction
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • University Degree in Business, Finance, Engineering or Design
  • 7+ years of corporate real estate and/or management consulting experience with at least 2 years in a senior role
  • Understanding of business case development and financials
  • Highly proficient communication and presentation skills, including executive engagement
  • Experience in supplier and contract management
  • Proficiency in analytical tools (e.g., Excel, Power BI, Python) and modeling techniques
  • Ability to work in a matrix organization with global functions and regional delivery modes

Responsibilities

  • Perform detailed analysis to develop market plans capturing market nuances and financial analysis
  • Participate in platform planning sessions to shape business vision and requirements
  • Engage in the annual planning process to ensure consistency
  • Conduct quarterly portfolio business reviews and maintain Property Information Forms (PIF)
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to develop and manage PAR business cases
  • Manage relationships with stakeholders, providing timely responses to inquiries
  • Align workplace strategies with portfolio planning and cost management

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits
  • Leadership support for development through coaching and opportunities
  • Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
  • Dynamic, collaborative, and high-performing team environment
  • World-class training program in financial services
  • Flexible work/life balance options
  • Opportunities for challenging work and greater accountabilities
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the opportunity?

Working directly with the Corporate Real Estate (CRE) Regional Senior Director and their team, the role will develop real estate market plans to align the business to the CRE enterprise strategy and proactively support the implementation of regional planning priorities.

The position also manages the Project Approve Request (PAR) business case process for the regional team, including Enterprise Decision Support (EDS) engagement and other stakeholder management to effectively manage planning deliverables at a regional level.

What will you do?

Regional Market Planning
  • Perform detailed analysis in developing market plans, capturing specific market nuances, financial analysis and business requirements.
  • Participate in platform planning sessions, to capture and shape the business vision and requirements enabled through corporate real estate
  • Participate in the annual planning process managed by the Enterprise Workplace team to ensure consistency in approach
  • Complete portfolio business reviews quarterly for CRE region, including the development and maintenance of Property Information Forms (PIF)

PAR Business Cases
  • Collaborate with stakeholders including platform, finance and other CRE stakeholders as required to develop and manage PAR business cases for the CRE region
  • Manage key stakeholders, including EDS throughout the PAR process and provide timely responses to EDS inquiries

Innovation
  • Work closely across the Corporate Real Estate (CRE) team to align workplace strategies with portfolio planning, space optimization, and cost management


What do you need to succeed?

Must have:
  • University Degree in Business, Finance, Engineering or Design
  • 7+ years of corporate real estate and/or management consulting experience with at least 2 years in a senior capacity
  • Understanding of business case development and financials
  • Highly proficient communication and presentation skills including executive engagement
  • Experience in supplier and contract management
  • Proficiency in analytical tools (e.g., Excel, Power BI, Python) and modeling techniques
  • Ability to work in a matrix organization with global functions (centers of excellence) and regional delivery mode


Nice-to-have
  • MBA would be an asset
  • Global workplace strategy and transformation proven experience with large portfolios (>20MM sq.ft.)


What's in it for you?

  • 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
  • Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities


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Job Skills
Annual Planning, Business Cases, Collaboration, Corporate Real Estate, Decision Making, Finance, Group Problem Solving, Lease and Property Management - Real Estate, Planning Process, Portfolio Planning, Real Estate Market Analysis, Workplace Strategy

Additional Job Details

Address:

BAY WELLINGTON TOWER, 181 BAY ST:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

CHIEF LEGAL & ADMIN OFFICE GRP

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-06-25

Application Deadline:

2026-07-31
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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