Royal Bank of Canada

Associate Director, Private Markets

Royal Bank of Canada$125K — $150K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years' experience in private markets, investment banking, institutional asset management, family office, or alternative investments
  • Strong understanding of various private market segments including Private Equity and hedge funds
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills for conveying complex concepts
  • Bachelor's degree required; CIRO licensing or ability to obtain necessary qualifications
  • Proven ability to influence and collaborate across multiple business lines without direct authority

Responsibilities

  • Lead RBC's private markets strategy for UHNW clients and Family Offices
  • Evaluate diverse private market investment opportunities
  • Partner with various RBC business lines to facilitate client investment participation
  • Work with relationship managers to align private market opportunities with client objectives
  • Serve as a private markets expert within Wealth Management
  • Build strong partnerships across multiple RBC business units
  • Monitor global private capital markets for emerging trends and opportunities

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards Program including competitive compensation and bonuses
  • Supportive leadership focused on your development through coaching and mentoring
  • Opportunities to make a meaningful impact within a high-performing team
  • Flexible work/life balance options available
  • Access to greater responsibilities and opportunities within the organization
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the opportunity?

The Associate Director, Private Markets Strategy develops and executes RBC's private markets strategy for UHNW clients, Family Offices, and Enterprise Strategic Clients. Working collaboratively across Capital Markets, Commercial Banking & Wealth Management, you'll identify and evaluate private market investment opportunities aligned with sophisticated client objectives. As a strategic partner to coverage teams, you'll provide institutional-quality investment insights, support complex client conversations, and deliver differentiated private investment solutions across the enterprise.

What You'll Do

Private Markets
  • Lead the development and execution of RBC's private markets strategy for Enterprise Clients and Family Offices
  • Evaluate Private Equity, private credit, infrastructure, real assets, venture capital, hedge funds, secondaries, and bespoke investment opportunities
  • Partner with RBC business lines such as Global Investment Banking - Capital Markets, Corporate Client Group, RBCX to identify, curate, and facilitate client participation in investment opportunities

Client Advisory
  • Work with relationship managers and coverage teams to identify private market opportunities aligned with client objectives
  • Serve as a subject matter expert on private markets across Wealth Management

Enterprise Collaboration
  • Build strong partnerships across Wealth Management, Capital Markets, Commercial Banking, Global Asset Management, Legal, Compliance, and Risk
  • Coordinate cross-enterprise delivery of private investment opportunities while ensuring regulatory and governance compliance

Market Intelligence & Reporting
  • Monitor global private capital markets and identify emerging trends, sectors, managers, and thematic opportunities
  • Develop thought leadership and investment content to support client engagement
  • Support the development of institutional-quality portfolio analytics and reporting

What You Need to Succeed

Must-Haves
  • 7+ years' experience in private markets, investment banking, institutional asset management, family office, or alternative investments
  • Strong understanding of Private Equity, private credit, infrastructure, venture capital, secondaries, and co-investments
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with the ability to simplify complex investment concepts
  • Bachelor's degree required; CIRO licensing or ability to obtain
  • Proven ability to influence and collaborate across multiple business lines without direct authority

Nice-to-Haves
  • Strong commercial mindset with experience in business development and strategic client relationships
  • Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, meet tight deadlines, and deliver under pressure
  • Experience leading technology or reporting transformation initiatives

What's in It for You
  • Comprehensive Total Rewards Program including competitive compensation, bonuses, commissions, and stock where applicable
  • Leaders who support your development through coaching and mentoring
  • Opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a dynamic, high-performing team
  • Flexible work/life balance options
  • Access to progressively greater responsibilities and opportunities across the organization


Job Skills
Business Oriented, Creative Visioning, Customer Service, Delegating Tasks, Finance, Group Problem Solving, Marketing Strategy Implementation, Product Services, Strategic Thinking

Additional Job Details

Address:

ROYAL BANK PLAZA, 200 BAY ST:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-08-14

Application Deadline:

2026-08-29
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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