Jacob Seymour

About Jacob Seymour

PMP-certified program leader with 8+ years of experience delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives in regulated, high-stakes environments. Proven success driving digital solutions and governance-focused programs 10% under budget and 20% ahead of schedule through Agile/Waterfall execution, risk mitigation, and SDLC optimization. Recognized for building high-performing teams, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring compliant delivery with a 98% on-time record.

Experience

1. Project Manager

   TD

   Jun 2025 — Present

   Manage enterprise Risk Transformation initiatives focused on process optimization and regulatory compliance across the 2nd Line of Defense. Coordinate with Risk, Finance, and Technology stakeholders to deliver process improvements that enhance risk profile accuracy and operational efficiency within defined Waterfall governance frameworks.•Risk Process Optimization: Improved the clarity, consistency, and accuracy of enterprise risk reporting by leading process enhancements to the risk profile generation framework, reducing reporting discrepancies and cutting end-to-end processing time by 5%.•AI-Enabled Delivery Support: Leveraged Microsoft Copilot to accelerate requirements drafting, streamline documentation, supporting faster decision-making and improved execution quality.•Project Execution: Manage full project lifecycle using MS Project and Clarity, including requirements gathering, business analysis, and schedule tracking to maintain on-time, in-scope delivery across multiple workstreams.•Cross-Functional Collaboration: Facilitate communication between technical and business teams to identify control gaps, streamline handoffs, and strengthen governance within the Risk Transformation program.•Non-Financial Risk Governance Standardization: Led an enterprise initiative to catalog and standardize 100+ Non-Financial Risk frameworks, policies, standards, and procedures, performing gap analysis to identify documentation inconsistencies and leveraging AI tools to accelerate analysis and documentation; consolidated outputs into a centralized shared governance repository to improve governance traceability and audit readiness.•RCSA Program Support: Supported the enterprise adoption of the Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) framework by coordinating with business units to document processes, identify operational risks, and map key controls, improving risk transparency and strengthening alignment with the bank’s enterprise risk management standards.

Education

• Al-Ahliyya Amman University

  History, Arabic, International Studies

  2013 — 2014

• Virginia Military Institute

  Bachelor's Degree, Major: History and Arabic

  2011 — 2015

Skills

• English
• Public Speaking
• Microsoft Office
• International Relations
• Teamwork
• Microsoft Word
• Arabic
• Microsoft Excel
• Research
• Training
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Translation
• Customer Service
• Editing
• Leadership