Director, Business Initiatives

What is the opportunity?

The Director, Business Initiatives is a pivotal senior leadership role responsible for driving the strategic and operational agenda of Business Administration. This position partners closely with the Head of Business Administration to translate organizational priorities into disciplined execution across critical functions, including planning cycles, onboarding, executive meetings, and cross-functional projects. As a central integrator, this role ensures alignment, accountability, and seamless delivery of initiatives that advance RBC's strategic objectives.

What will you do?

• Lead end-to-end planning, coordination, and execution of high-impact strategic and operational cross-functional initiatives.
• Translate leadership priorities into actionable workplans, timelines, and deliverables.
• Own the PAR process for Business Administration, ensuring alignment with leadership goals.
• Own onboarding strategy for new employees. Address and resolve current pain points and process failures. Collaborate with HR, IT, Leadership, and Functional partners.
• Identify and resolve systemic onboarding issues (e.g., delayed access, incomplete documentation, role ambiguity) through process reengineering and stakeholder alignment.
• Plan, coordinate, and manage leadership and corporate meetings, including agenda development, briefing materials, and post-meeting follow-up to ensure accountability and decision execution.
• Ensure clear decision capture, action tracking and accountability post-meeting. Drive meeting discipline, cadence and prioritization aligned to leadership objectives.
• Establish and own a disciplined, end-to-end project management and operational execution framework including scoping, prioritization, timelines, risk management, reporting and delivery.
• Serve as central integrator and trusted partner to senior leaders, functional teams and enterprise stakeholders by aligning priorities, clarifying ownership, influencing outcomes without formal authority and ensuring consistent communication and follow-through.
• Managemail, courier, and shipping services, including oversight ofmailroom operations.
• Serve as theGateway Building Business Lead, managing all business-related needs and incident resolution.
• Act as theInternal Business Administration Liaisonfor escalations related toAccounts Payable (AP),Concur,Coupa, andPurchasing Card Audits.
• ConductDOA (Delegation of Authority) Auditsto ensure compliance with policies.
• Own Business Administration polices, review and approval processes.

What do you need to succeed?

• 8-10+ years of progressive experience in business administration, operations, program management, or strategy, with a proven track record of process transformation.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management, or a related field.
• Demonstrated success in redesigning complex processes (e.g., onboarding) in matrixed organizations.
• Experience in financial services or wealth management is preferred.
• Experience with large-enterprise governance, planning and performance management frameworks.
• Advanced project and program management skills.
• Limited travel may be required (0-20%)

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 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
• Flexible work/life balance options
• Opportunities to do challenging work
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
• Access to a variety of job opportunities across business

The expected salary range for this particular position is $140,000-$230,000, 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

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.

RBC is presently inviting candidates to apply for this existing vacancy. Applying to this posting allows you to express your interest in this current career opportunity at RBC. Qualified applicants may be contacted to review their resume in more detail.