Senior Manager, Distribution Strategy

RBC•Toronto, ON

23h•Onsite

About The Position

Join RBC as a visionary leader shaping the future of banking in a Digital-First era. As the Senior Manager, Distribution Strategy, you will support the development of distribution and channel strategies for Digital & Personal Distribution (DPD). You will create structured analyses, research and executive materials that inform strategic decisions across physical, digital and remote channels.

Requirements

2+ years in corporate strategy, consulting, product strategy, or large-scale transformations within Financial Services.
Strong problem structuring, hypothesis-driven thinking and analytical rigor
Experience leading strategy workstreams or projects end-to-end including stakeholder alignment and delivery of timelines/outputs
Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, Word
Strong analytics business modelling/business case development experience including high-level understanding of Financial Services financial statements
Strong written and oral executive presentation skills with presence to build credibility across organization

Nice To Haves

Expertise in Distribution, Channels, or Digital Transformation

Responsibilities

Develop and advance Distribution strategy for Personal Banking, grounded in client needs, economics & market dynamics
Develop and maintain sub-strategies (channel, segment, journey, role) to operationalize the vision and guide execution teams.
Perform comprehensive strategic reviews and analyses leveraging frameworks, approaches, tools and methodologies and develop robust recommendations to support DPD Leadership
Ensure strategies are well developed, articulated and aligned across businesses and with DPD and PB priorities
Leverage global peer benchmarks, adjacent industries, fintechs, and emerging distribution models to inform strategy
Analyze client and advisor behaviour and market trends to challenge internal assumptions
Provide thought leadership on distribution, channels, digitization, productivity and the evolving role of channels
Frame strategic options, trade-offs and recommendations for senior leadership on channel roles, investment priorities and pacing of change
Proactively, develop fact bases, business cases, and scenario analyses to identify benefits including revenue streams and/or cost savings opportunities
Lead work end-to-end exhibiting complete ‘ownership’ of the problem, continuously pushing the thinking, while managing stakeholders, junior team members, timelines, and deliverables