Royal Bank of Canada

Director, Lifecycle and CRM, RBCx

Royal Bank of Canada$120K — $150K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8-12+ years in lifecycle, CRM, or digital marketing, with at least 3 years leading multidisciplinary teams.
  • Hands-on experience with enterprise CRM and marketing automation platforms with a strong grasp of data architecture and journey orchestration.
  • Genuine technical fluency for productive discussions with developers, data engineers, and martech vendors.
  • Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills across diverse audiences including marketing, product, data, and executive levels.

Responsibilities

  • Own strategy and optimization for client communication journeys via email and SMS.
  • Develop audience segmentation and targeting frameworks for impactful messaging.
  • Build and manage a strategic technology roadmap anticipating future needs.
  • Establish standards for data governance, privacy compliance, and deliverability.
  • Implement rigorous testing and learning mechanisms to improve conversion and retention rates.
  • Lead A/B testing initiatives to optimize landing pages and CTAs based on data-driven insights.
  • Oversee SEO and AEO strategies for enhanced digital visibility and traffic.

Benefits

  • Ability to make a difference and lasting impact.
  • Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.
  • Opportunities to engage in challenging work.
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the opportunity?

As Director, Lifecycle & CRM, you will lead the strategy and execution of how we communicate with clients across email, SMS, and owned digital channels. You will own lifecycle strategy, campaign development, and optimization-establishing the technology configuration and operational model that will scale with RBCx's growth. You will lead a team of ~12 specialists, connecting their individual disciplines into a single, cohesive practice.

This role works in the office 3 to 4 days a week.

What will you do?

Lifecycle Strategy and CRM Technology
  • Own the strategy, build, and continuous optimization of client communication journeys across email and SMS-from onboarding and activation through engagement, retention, and win-back
  • Develop audience segmentation and targeting frameworks that ensure the right message reaches the right client at the right moment across multiple brands
  • Build the strategic technology roadmap, evaluating and recommending solutions that anticipate organizational needs and emerging capabilities
  • Establish data governance, privacy compliance, and deliverability standards across all client communication channels
  • Establish a rigorous testing and learning cadence-journey branching, send-time optimization, personalization-and translate results into measurable improvements in conversion and retention


CRO, SEO and AEO
  • Lead the CRO program-hypothesis-driven A/B and multivariate testing across landing pages, forms, and CTAs-with statistical rigor and a clear prioritization framework
  • Lead organic search strategy across digital properties, overseeing technical SEO health, content optimization, and authority-building to drive qualified traffic
  • Build and scale the AEO practice-structuring content to perform in AI-powered search environments, featured snippets, and emerging generative search experiences
  • Align SEO and AEO efforts with lifecycle and content teams to ensure a consistent, authority-building presence across discovery and owned channels
  • Champion development standards that are consistent, accessible, and scalable-including responsive design, page load performance, and regulatory compliance
  • Partner with creative and product teams to translate lifecycle insights into high-converting digital experiences


Team Leadership
  • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of specialists; set clear expectations and build a high-performance culture
  • Establish team operating model, workflows, and quality standards across strategy, execution, and measurement
  • Foster a data-driven, test-and-learn culture; translate analytical insights into actionable client communication strategies
  • Bridge technical, marketing, and business stakeholders through clear communication and executive-ready insights
  • Contribute to documentation, playbooks, and enablement materials that strengthen organizational capability


What do you need to succeed?

Required Qualifications
  • 8-12+ years in lifecycle, CRM or digital marketing, with at least 3 years leading multidisciplinary teams
  • Hands-on experience with enterprise CRM and marketing automation platforms with a strong grasp of data architecture and journey orchestration
  • Genuine technical fluency-you can hold credible conversations with developers, data engineers, and martech vendors
  • Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills across marketing, product, data, and executive audiences


What's in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.
  • Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
  • Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
  • Opportunities to do challenging work


Job Skills
A/B Testing, Client Communication, Client Segmentation, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Database Architecture, Executive Presenting, Governance Management, Journey Management Plan, Marketing Automation Platforms, People Leadership, Requirement Prioritization, Stakeholder Management, Strategy Development, Technology Roadmap

Additional Job Details

Address:

20 KING ST W:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

PERSONAL & COMMERCIAL BANKING

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-07-09

Application Deadline:

2026-07-25
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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