Director, Strategy & PMO

JOB SUMMARY:

The Director, Strategy & PMO is a critical strategic advisor and proxy to the SVP of Adecco Canada. This role drives enterprise alignment, accelerates execution on national priorities, and ensures clarity, focus, and forward momentum across the Canadian organization.

The Director leads Adecco Canada’s National Project Management Strategy, establishing project governance, building enterprise‑wide visibility, and embedding disciplined execution during a period of significant transformation. This role develops the structures, systems, and operating rhythms that ensure milestones, risks, and outcomes are consistently understood, managed, and delivered.

Key Responsibilities

1) Strategic Planning & Enterprise Execution

• Co‑lead annual and multi‑year strategic planning cycles with the SVP.
• Translate strategy into actionable roadmaps, workstreams, and milestones.
• Ensure alignment with global, regional, and Canadian priorities.
• Develop integrated transformation portfolios, ensuring initiatives are sequenced, prioritized, and resourced appropriately.
• Prepare high‑quality strategic briefs, analyses, and recommendations to support executive decision making.

2) National Project Management Strategy & Governance

• Design and implement Adecco Canada’s National Project Management Strategy, including standards, templates, governance structures, and reporting mechanisms.
• Establish and operate a national PMO‑style framework with full visibility into timelines, dependencies, risks, and cross‑functional impacts.
• Serve as the central owner of enterprise timelines, ensuring precision in tracking across strategic, operational, and transformation initiatives.
• Deliver concise, executive‑ready program updates to the SVP, CLT, and SCP.
• Proactively identify execution risks and drive rapid mitigation in partnership with business leaders.
• Maintain momentum and accountability through disciplined follow‑up, escalation pathways, and risk governance.

3) Analysis, Insights & Change Leadership

• Lead cross‑functional strategic projects and enterprise‑wide change initiatives end‑to‑end.
• Conduct business analyses, identify performance gaps, and recommend solutions.
• Synthesize insights into clear, actionable recommendations for the SVP.
• Drive alignment, clarity, and structure across project stakeholders.

4) Governance, Reporting & Operating Rhythms

• Own the executive operating rhythm, including MBRs, QBRs, KPI reviews, dashboards, and CLT governance.
• Ensure reporting is accurate, consistent, and actionable.
• Track leadership commitments and ensure timely follow‑through.
• Integrate project portfolio updates into the executive cadence, enabling forward‑looking, data‑driven oversight.

4) Governance, Reporting & Operating Rhythms

• Own the executive operating rhythm, including MBRs, QBRs, KPI reviews, dashboards, and CLT governance.
• Ensure reporting is accurate, consistent, and actionable.
• Track leadership commitments and ensure timely follow‑through.
• Integrate project portfolio updates into the executive cadence, enabling forward‑looking, data‑driven oversight.

5) Communications & Leadership Alignment

• Serve as the central hub for information flow, decision tracking, and organizational alignment.
• Manage communication channels to and from the SVP, ensuring clarity and prioritization.
• Develop strategic presentations and executive storytelling materials in PowerPoint.
• Draft leadership communications and ensure consistency across the Canadian organization.
• Lead end‑to‑end design and execution of the Monthly Town Hall.
• Own planning and content development for the Annual Kickoff Meeting, ensuring alignment, cohesive messaging, and a high‑impact leader experience.

6) Executive & Stakeholder Relationship Management

• Coordinate with Global, Regional, and Canadian leadership teams to ensure alignment and visibility across priorities.
• Represent the SVP in meetings with executive presence, judgment, and reliability.
• Build strong relationships across all levels; influence without authority.
• Identify stakeholder needs, risks, and opportunities proactively.

Qualifications & Experience

• 7–10+ years in strategy, consulting, transformation, PMO, or corporate planning roles.
• Demonstrated experience working directly with senior executives in high‑visibility, high‑trust environments.
• Strong program and project management background, including governance design and cross‑functional coordination.
• Proven ability to build and operate PMO‑style structures in complex, matrixed organizations.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and executive‑level communication skills.
• Advanced PowerPoint storytelling capability, including narrative development.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complexity into clarity and action.
• Experience in global/matrix environments preferred.
• Staffing or HR solutions industry knowledge is an asset, not a requirement.

• Critical & Strategic Thinker — Connects dots, sees around corners, anticipates dependencies.
• Truth Teller — Provides candid, objective, data‑driven insights.
• Challenger — Elevates standards and constructively questions assumptions.
• Self‑Starter — Operates with autonomy, initiative, and a strong bias for action.
• Strategic Connector — Aligns stakeholders and influences without authority.
• Executive Presence — Credible, poised, and trusted to represent the SVP.
• Storyteller — Crafts compelling narratives and executive‑ready materials.
• Nice to Have: DC profile indicating strong task orientation and critical thinking

It’s an exciting time to be part of our team. We’re proud to be a global thought-leader and care about doing the best job we can to ensure better futures for everyone. We do this by building our Future@Work strategy as a united team of 30,000+ colleagues with a collective spirit working in over 60 countries globally.

You’ll have the opportunity to grow across a variety of interesting jobs and careers over our extensive portfolio of global brands. We empower our colleagues to work in the smartest, most efficient ways to achieve total balance between the demands of their jobs and their lives. That’s why we give you the autonomy and support you need to work in the way that makes you most productive, agile, confident and insightful.

Putting people first, pioneering with a collective spirit and always advancing with a growth mindset - that’s what we stand for at the Adecco Group. Here, we are all individuals with a unique perspective on the world we live in. That’s what makes us stronger. Whoever you are and whatever your background, you can be yourself. So, we aim to build on the attributes that make you, you. We offer a range of world-class resources for upskilling and development, satisfying your curiosity while sharing skills, knowledge and expertise to grow together.

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We believe that having an understanding of the hiring process helps you to prepare, feel, and be at your best. As a global, multi-brand organisation with many different roles, our application process can vary.

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As one of the world’s largest employers we believe in talent, not labels, and focus on the diverse and unique skills our people bring. We seek to foster a culture of belonging and purpose, an environment where everyone can thrive and feel engaged, and where difference is respected and valued. Our commitment to equity, equal opportunity, inclusion, and diversity is part of our broader commitment to respecting fundamental human rights across our value chain. The Adecco Group is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Salary & Additional Information

*This position is for an existing vacancy.

* The posted range (Base Salary) for this position is between $110,000-$130,000 per annum.

Posting date: 29-03-2026