Director, Data Management Office (Wealth Americas)

What is the opportunity?

Lead a team accountable for strong data governance and data management practices across Wealth Canada, US Wealth Management and Direct Investing businesses. Drive alignment with enterprise data standards while evangelizing data literacy and AI capabilities. Shape the organization's data culture, manage critical data and privacy risks and influence senior leadership across a global matrixed environment. This is a pivotal role establishing robust data management practices, ensuring regulatory compliance and enabling data-driven decision making across multiple business units. This role may require occasional travel to the US and is based in person in our downtown Toronto office.

What will you do?

• As a subset of our Global Wealth Data Management Office “DMO”, lead activities across 3 Wealth business lines, partnering with business and technology leadership to ensure compliance with data governance policies and industry best practices

• Develop and deliver self-service data health reporting and KPIs aligned with regulatory and internal policy requirements

• Oversee deployment and ongoing hygiene of data management practices (metadata management, data quality, data lineage) and establish SLAs for key data classes

• Champion data and AI literacy campaigns, supporting staff training on tools, processes and data model understanding – provide thought leadership on various topics to executives

• Manage selected data risk and privacy risk assessments for the selected businesses, supporting initiatives through governance risk gates

• Direct HR management of all local DMO resources, including staff development, stakeholder management, and team leadership

• Own data retention and destruction programs in partnership with technology and compliance teams

• Evangelize data governance best practices to senior business and technology leadership, influencing stakeholder buy-in

Must haves :

• Strong commercial acumen and (ideally) knowledge of Wealth Management businesses and data flows or experience managing a data governance function in a large organization

• Strong regulatory and compliance knowledge regarding management of data risk, both in Canada and the US, extensive knowledge and experience in data governance frameworks and practices

• Strong team management and leadership skills with ability to influence at senior levels, people manager experience

• Delivery-focused, solution-oriented mindset with operational appreciation

Nice-to-have:

• EDM Council DCAM (or equivalent) Data Management Capability Assessment model certification

• Experience with US regulatory data frameworks and guidelines (FFIEC handbooks, etc.)

• Knowledge of leading technology solutions and vendors for data management

• Understanding of RBC's Enterprise Information Management Risk (EIMR) policies and procedures or equivalent frameworks

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, 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 and geographies

Job Skills

Conflict Management, Data Architecture Development, Data Governance, Data Privacy, Decision Making, Information Management, Information Security Management, Interpersonal Relationship Management, Risk Management, Strategic Thinking

Additional Job Details

180 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTOTorontoCanada37.5Full timeWEALTH MANAGEMENTRegularSalaried2026-06-032026-06-18

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

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