Director, Talent Acquisition Transformation, AI Group

RBC•Toronto, ON

5d•Onsite

About The Position

RBC AI Group is seeking a Director of Talent Acquisition Transformation to redesign and lead the end-to-end recruitment operating model for the AI Group. This role will transform the current ad hoc and manager-dependent hiring process into a standardized, scalable, and data-driven talent acquisition system to support aggressive growth targets and deliver an exceptional candidate experience. The position involves defining the future-state recruitment journey, establishing governance and accountability, implementing performance measurement, and driving adoption across the group. This is a highly visible transformation and program management role for someone who enjoys solving complex organizational challenges, influencing senior stakeholders, and building scalable systems.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in transformation, consulting, strategy, talent acquisition, workforce planning, operations, organizational effectiveness, program management, or a related field.
Experience leading large-scale transformation initiatives that redesign processes, operating models, or ways of working from concept to execution.
Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and significant organizational change.
Exceptional stakeholder management, relationship-building, and executive communication skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority.
Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate vision into practical, scalable solutions.
Experience developing executive presentations, recommendations, business cases, and decision-making materials for senior leaders.
Strong program and project management skills, including governance, planning, risk management, and execution.
Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced, and rapidly evolving environments.
Strong analytical skills and experience leveraging data, metrics, and dashboards to identify trends, measure performance and inform decisions.
Proven track record of driving adoption, accountability, and results across teams through collaboration, trust, and influence.

Nice To Haves

Adaptability
Budgeting
Cross-Team Collaboration
Decision Making
Information Technology (IT) Projects
Long Term Planning
Program Management
Resource Management
Team Management
Vision Alignment

Responsibilities

Lead the transformation of AI Group recruitment from requisition planning through offer acceptance.
Establish standardized hiring processes, service levels, decision rights, and governance mechanisms.
Create scalable frameworks that balance speed, quality, and candidate experience, including role-family approaches, interview standards, and recruitment playbooks.
Introduce proactive workforce planning and pipeline-based hiring practices.
Monitor internal pipeline for upskilling and reskilling opportunities and execute initiatives with relevant partners.
Design a world-class candidate journey that reflects the AI Group's ambition to compete for top technical talent.
Establish communication standards, engagement practices, and service expectations.
Partner with recruiters and hiring leaders to ensure consistency across all touchpoints and improve satisfaction.
Partner with executives, hiring managers, recruiters, and HR Business Partners to align priorities and execution plans.
Lead large-scale initiatives with multiple stakeholders, facilitating decision-making and removing obstacles without direct authority.
Build strong relationships to accelerate adoption and sustain change.
Partner with AI Group leaders to consolidate hiring requests and establish a transparent prioritization framework balancing strategic importance, impact, urgency, and capacity.
Lead workforce planning discussions, make trade-off recommendations, and facilitate consensus among leaders.
Activate talent acquisition initiatives aligned to priorities and track progress.
Develop a comprehensive measurement framework with clear KPIs, targets, and an authoritative central data source.
Build dashboards providing real-time visibility into hiring performance, pipeline health, and trends.
Analyze data to recommend improvements and lead regular reviews with leadership.
Establish governance routines including weekly progress meetings and bi-weekly steering committee meetings.
Manage complex, enterprise-scale initiatives requiring cross-team coordination.
Create implementation roadmaps, change management strategies, and governance routines to ensure on-time delivery.
Continuously evaluate and refine processes based on performance data and feedback.
Design and manage recruitment events (networking, campus recruiting, conferences, hackathons) supporting the AI Group's talent acquisition and location strategy.
Partner across functions to deliver experiences that strengthen employer brand and attract top talent to strategic markets.
Measure effectiveness and iterate based on conversion data and feedback.
Partner with AI Group leaders to identify workforce needs, focusing on emerging technical skills and hard-to-fill capabilities.
Collaborate with universities, technical colleges, bootcamps, and industry organizations to co-design sustainable early talent pipeline initiatives.
Work with other Partnership Directors to establish strategic partnerships providing access to diverse, high-potential early career talent.
Collaborate with Director, Early Talent to ensure programs create pathways into the AI Group.
Track partnership effectiveness through conversion metrics, ROI, and retention rates.