Director of Digital, Portfolio Management Reimagined

RBC • Toronto, ON

9d • Onsite

About The Position

This Director-level role reports to the Senior Director, Wealth Digital, and is positioned at the intersection of strategy, execution, and senior stakeholder engagement. The primary responsibility is to lead critical workstreams within a high-visibility, multi-year initiative aimed at reimagining the Advisor portfolio management experience within Wealth Management. The role entails end-to-end product accountability for advisor-facing digital capabilities, focusing on modernizing how portfolios are constructed, managed, and monitored across the firm. This encompasses strategic vision, day-to-day execution, and fostering cross-functional relationships essential for large-scale delivery in a complex enterprise environment. The Digital Director is expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy, contribute a strong perspective on product direction, and influence senior business and technology stakeholders throughout the organization.

Requirements

• 7–12 years of experience in digital product management, platform ownership, digital strategy, or equivalent — with a track record of leading complex, high-impact products
• Demonstrated ability to operate at both the strategic and executional level: comfortable shaping vision and rolling up your sleeves to deliver
• Experience delivering digital products in complex enterprise or financial services environments
• Strong visual thinker with a genuine appreciation for design, user experience, and the craft of product
• Exceptional communication skills — written, verbal, and presentational — with the ability to engage and align senior leaders
• Comfortable with ambiguity; able to structure problems, form a point of view, and drive forward independently

Nice To Haves

• Agile / Scrum delivery experience; familiarity with JIRA and Confluence
• Experience with Figma or comparable UX collaboration tools
• Understanding of wealth and asset management fundamentals

Responsibilities

• Lead and own defined product workstream(s) aligned to the Portfolio Management Reimagined vision, with accountability for outcomes
• Translate high-level organizational strategy into coherent product roadmaps, actionable project plans, milestones, and prioritized backlogs
• Bring a clear and defensible point of view on sequencing, trade-offs, and investment priorities to senior leadership
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior business, technology, design, and operations stakeholders across the organization
• Serve as a credible and influential voice for the product workstream in cross-functional forums, steering committees, and leadership reviews
• Partner closely with the Senior Director to support program-level communications, escalations, and decision-making
• Lead qualitative and quantitative user research, including advisor workshops, interviews, and feedback synthesis
• Advocate strongly for the Advisor experience, ensuring that product decisions are consistently informed by user insight
• Drive day-to-day product execution with rigour: own the backlog, prioritize user stories, and ensure requirements are thoroughly vetted
• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies including scrum, sprint planning, testing, and release activities
• Own feedback channels and outcome measurement frameworks; use data and advisor input to iterate and improve continuously

Benefits

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation package.
• 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.
• Opportunities to do challenging work.
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees