Associate Director, Strategic Analyst – Data & Architecture
RBC
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Halifax • 🇨🇦 Canada
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Senior
About the role
- Manage and direct activities across teams and stakeholders to align with a strategic vision, track initiative progress, and support organizational goals
- Transform complex information into concise, impactful messaging that resonates with stakeholders and demonstrates how we are creating value-add to the business
- Deliver insights and direction through meaningful presentations and status reports for key audiences, including QTS, stakeholders, leadership forums, steering committees, and enterprise architecture partners
- Collaborate with Business Management to oversee team workforce compliance, co-op/grad team placements and hiring, compliance requirements, and other operational management activities
- Develop and implement a QTS-wide communication plan to share our strategy, clarify priorities, promote best practices, and increase awareness of technology & data standards
- Leverage multiple platforms and collaborate with stakeholders to identify topics, design content, and vet key points for newsletters, success decks, and other communications
- Manage DAS town halls and learning sessions to foster engagement and knowledge sharing
- Oversee team and initiative documentation on Confluence/SharePoint to ensure effective information flow among working groups, steering committees, executives, and domain experts
- Create meaningful metrics to manage team performance, document annual deliverables, and report on scorecard KPIs quarterly to provide an accurate view of DAS’s impact and success
- Foster strong working relationships with various stakeholders and partners to articulate, measure, and solve challenges effectively
Requirements
- Strong strategic thinking skills with the ability to see the big picture and align project goals with Capital Markets and RBC’s overarching strategic objectives
- Proven written, oral, and presentation skills with the ability to tailor communication and analysis to meet audience needs
- Strong organizational, operational management, performance management, and consensus-building capabilities
- A solid understanding of technology and the financial services industry, with an aptitude to build domain knowledge and management skillsets
- Demonstrated ability to foster strong working relationships across functional teams while acting with diplomacy and professionalism
- Experience managing operational activities for technology teams and understanding the role of architecture in an organization
- Strong organizational and multitasking skills, including the ability to organize internal events such as learning sessions
- Skilled in facilitating meetings and driving actionable outcomes with decision-makers
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills to work effectively across functions and businesses
Benefits
- A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits
- 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
- Flexible work/life balance options
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Soft skills
strategic thinkingwritten communicationoral communicationpresentation skillsorganizational skillsoperational managementperformance managementconsensus-buildingrelationship buildingleadership