Associate Director, Digital Strategy & Product Management

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

The Associate Director, Digital Strategy & Product Management is responsible for the vision, roadmap, prioritization, and delivery of digital capabilities supporting Royal Trust. Working closely with business leaders, technology teams, and product partners, this role translates business objectives into digital solutions that enhance client and operational experiences.

The successful candidate will combine strong business acumen with product management expertise, driving strategic initiatives from concept through delivery while fostering collaboration across business and technology teams.

What will you do?

Product Strategy & Roadmap

• Develop and maintain the digital product roadmap for Royal Trust platforms and capabilities.

• Identify opportunities to improve client, trust officer, and employee experiences through digital solutions.

• Align digital investments and priorities with business objectives and enterprise strategy.

• Define and communicate product vision, objectives, and success measures.

Product Ownership & Delivery

• Own and prioritize product backlogs based on business value, customer needs, risk considerations, and technical dependencies.

• Partner with technology teams to deliver enhancements, new capabilities, and platform modernization initiatives.

• Lead requirements discovery, business case development, and solution definition activities.

• Support Agile delivery teams through planning, prioritization, and ongoing product decision-making.

Stakeholder Management

• Build trusted relationships with business leaders, subject matter experts, technology partners, and enterprise stakeholders.

• Facilitate alignment across competing priorities and complex stakeholder groups.

• Communicate roadmap priorities, delivery progress, risks, and outcomes to leadership audiences.

• Act as a bridge between business and technology teams.

Governance & Continuous Improvement

• Support portfolio governance, prioritization, and investment planning processes.

• Establish and monitor key performance indicators to measure product success and adoption.

• Identify opportunities to improve product management practices, Agile ways of working, and delivery effectiveness.

• Contribute to the evolution of digital strategy and product management capabilities across Wealth Management.

What do you need to succeed?

Must Have

• 7+ years of experience in product management, product ownership, digital strategy, business analysis, or technology delivery roles.

• Leadership experience with responsibility for mentoring or developing team members.

• Experience leading digital products through Agile delivery methodologies.

• Strong understanding of product lifecycle management, backlog prioritization, roadmap development, and stakeholder management. And experience working with Agile teams as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or similar product leadership role.

• Experience managing complex initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities, and demonstrated ability to work effectively with both business and technology teams.

• Knowledge of modern product management practices and customer-centric design approaches.

• Experience contributing to digital transformation or modernization initiatives.

• Excellent communication, facilitation, and influencing skills.

• Experience within wealth management, private wealth, trust services, financial planning, insurance, or financial services.

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.

Job Skills

Client Counseling, Communication, Critical Thinking, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Decision Making, Group Problem Solving, Long Term Planning, Organizational Change Management, Results-Oriented, Solutions Development

Additional Job Details

Address:

RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-06-18

Application Deadline:

2026-07-03

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

Compensation for this position (including salary and discretionary/variable payments) will be determined by factors, including but not limited to candidate's experience, skills, registration status, performance, individual goals, market conditions, and business needs.

Pay Range

The expected pay range for this position is:

$90,000.00 - $140,000.00

The pay range provided is for the primary work location referenced in the Additional Job Details section of this job posting. Pay ranges may differ based on location. If the posting lists multiple job locations, a recruiter can confirm availability of the role and the relevant pay rage for the additional locations listed. RBC supports pay transparency and we strive to ensure all pay ranges are competitive, fair, and equitable.

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

Our Employment Opportunities

At RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One 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.

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