Vice President - (Associate Director) - Strategy & Transformation, Europe - RBC Capital Markets

The Strategy & Transformation team in Europe supports Capital Markets by working closely with business partners and functional teams to help enable change by executing business-driven transformation. This role is strategically important in driving business transformation and ensuring regulatory compliance, ultimately contributing to the long term success of RBC Capital Markets. We are looking for an eager and high-performing individual to work on regulatory and strategic projects within our group, with a focus on delivering impactful business outcomes.

What will you do?

• Develop key relationships within the Business, Functions, and across RBC segments, to execute on project deliverables.
• Lead working groups with cross functional teams to deliver results, triage issues, and drive progress.
• Contribute to the preparation of senior management meeting materials, such as Steering Committee and Executive Committee meetings, as well as other regularly scheduled program forums.
• Support Program status reporting across the Program and at the Executive level to ensure Program goals and objectives are executed and clearly, consistently communicated across all teams.
• Ensure that project plans are maintained and that tasks are on track to meet project milestones.
• Facilitate issue resolution/escalation, manage interdependencies and ensure the accurate maintenance of the RAID log.
• Work with third party suppliers/consultants as required to deliver on Program objectives.
• Provide leadership and direction to junior staff, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

What do you need to succeed?

• Must Have: Undergraduate university degree in Business, Finance or a related field or similar/equivalent; MBA or relevant professional designation strongly preferred.
• Extensive program management experience with a demonstrated track record of leadership, problem-solving, and relationship management.
• Experience with large regulatory programs.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Strong knowledge of Capital Markets products/services and processes.
• Ability to collaborate, partner with senior business stakeholders, project managers and team members.
• Advanced proficiency with Excel (pivot tables, lookups), PowerPoint (strong storyboarding of executive presentations), and Visio (process flows).
• Comfort with ambiguity.
• A passion for learning.

Nice to Have: Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified.

What is in it for you?

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses, flexible benefits and competitive compensation.
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities.
• Opportunities to work with the best in the field.
• 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.

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment: At RBC, we believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.