What is the opportunity?

The WM Americas Data Management Office (DMO) is establishing effective data governance capabilities that balance defensive and offensive governance to comply with policy and regulatory expectations while enabling US Wealth Management (USWM) to leverage data and AI to grow the business.

As a Senior Manager, Data Management you will be in a strategically important role in the WM Americas DMO that collaborates with business stakeholders, technology, the Enterprise CDO, and other data management offices across RBC to execute on data governance standards of care for high-risk data to comply with the firm’s Enterprise Information Management (IM) Risk Policy and extend the standards of care to other high value data assets.

You will be responsible for planning, management, and execution of foundational processes to implement data management standards of care. The role will have exposure to many elements of data management and governance including data risk management, data accountability, metadata management, lineage and sourcing, data quality, and issue management and resolution.

What will you do?

• Grow and leverage relationships with stakeholders across business units, technology, and enterprise functions to establish effective and sustainable data management and governance practices across USWM, in alignment with the firm’s Global WM data governance strategy
• Assess the current state maturity of the USWM’s data governance capabilities (accountability, metadata management, lineage, data sourcing, data quality and controls) according to our enterprise data risk policy and standards and drive improvements to our maturity level through implementation of data standards of care
• Champion and effect change with cross-functional partners in adopting agile, modern, non-invasive governance practices and processes that satisfy regulatory and audit requirements, including refresh and attestation processes
• Assess and curate information in the data governance and metadata management platform, manage large changes in existing tooling, and recommend new tooling as required
• Lead continuous improvement projects to elevate current artefacts and develop scalable processes as we extend into new areas of data (e.g. AI use and governance) with business partners
• Develop engagement models and frameworks when working with new horizontal teams such as Program Management Offices, Business Analysis COE, Regulatory, Control Testing teams, Operations etc.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Strong knowledge and previous experience working with data management, governance and risk concepts and capabilities including data dictionaries, lineage, metadata management, data quality and controls, and issue remediation
• Previous experience in wealth management, ideally in data governance or risk management role
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) including meeting facilitation and presentation skills, with a proven track record of simplifying and distilling complicated messages
• Strategic thinker with proven ability to drive results in a cross-functional environment
• Strong organizational awareness, demonstrated ability to anticipate and communication risks and issues and escalate when required
• Proven collaboration, impact, influence and change management capabilities across business, IT, and functions

Nice-to-have

• Experience/knowledge of regulatory reporting requirements for US financial services organizations
• Project/program management, change management, and/or business analysis experience
• Working knowledge of the data management tools including Collibra, Informatica, Snowflake and Data Quality tools

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program include competitive compensation and flexible benefits, such as 401(k) program with company-matching contributions, health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, and paid-time off.
• 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.
• Opportunities to do challenging work.
• Opportunities to build close relationships with clients.

The expected salary range for this particular position is $90,000-$160,000, depending on your experience, skills, and registration status, market conditions and business needs.

You have the potential to earn more through RBC’s discretionary variable compensation program which gives you an opportunity to increase your total compensation, provided the business meets its performance targets and you meet your individual goals.

RBC’s compensation philosophy and principles recognize the importance of a highly qualified global workforce and plays a critical role in attracting, engaging and retaining talent that:

• Drives RBC’s high-performance culture
• Enables collective achievement of our strategic goals
• Generates sustainable shareholder returns and above market shareholder value

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

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