Royal Bank of Canada

Head of Digital Advisor Strategy

Royal Bank of Canada$140K — $230K *
Finance & Insurance
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years in wealth management with direct advisor experience
  • Experience in technology or digital strategy
  • Proven track record in creating integrated digital experiences
  • Ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority
  • Collaborative team player with trust-building skills

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive the overall vision for advisor digital capabilities
  • Design tailored solutions for diverse advisor workflows
  • Integrate AI to streamline processes and enhance client service
  • Unify disparate tools and data for a seamless advisor experience
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align priorities
  • Build strong relationships with advisors to inform strategy

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards Program with bonuses and flexible benefits
  • Supportive leaders focused on development
  • Opportunity to make a significant impact
  • Work within a dynamic and collaborative team environment
  • Engagement in challenging projects
  • Chance to build meaningful client relationships
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the opportunity?

The Head of Digital Advisor Strategy is responsible for defining and implementing a cohesive digital experience that supports advisor-led practices and entrepreneurial operating models across RBC. You will be responsible for understanding advisor workflows and business needs, for developing an integrated digital strategy that meets advisors where they are rather than requiring adaptation to disconnected tools, and for identifying technology solutions-including AI applications-that meaningfully enhance advisor productivity and client relationship management. This role will work closely with advisor leadership, technology partners, and business units to assess current capabilities, design solutions aligned to advisor practice models, and oversee the execution of digital transformation initiatives that support practice growth and client outcomes in alignment with RBC's strategic vision.

What will you do?
  • Own the Advisor Experience Strategy: Define and drive the vision for a connected, integrated set of digital capabilities that supports advisors across the full scope of how they run their practice.
  • Meet Advisors Where They Are: Design for the reality of entrepreneurial advisor practices and teams, different sizes, different workflows, different levels of digital adoption, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.
  • Integrate AI Thoughtfully: Identify where AI can reduce friction, save advisors time, and improve how they serve clients and champion its integration across the broader advisor toolset rather than as a standalone feature.
  • Break Down Capability Silos: Bring together tools, data, and workflows that currently live in disconnected systems into a single, coherent advisor experience.
  • Partner Across the Business: Work closely with business, technology, data, and operations teams to align advisor-facing priorities with what's technically and operationally achievable.
  • Listen and Translate: Build direct relationships with advisors and advisor teams to understand their real day-to-day needs and translate that insight into a roadmap that resonates with the field.


What do you need to succeed?

Must Haves
  • 15+ years of experience in wealth management, with tangible, direct experience understanding how advisors and advisor teams operate and grow their practices.
  • Meaningful experience in technology or digital strategy, comfortable shaping and prioritizing a digital product roadmap even if you're not the one building it.
  • Demonstrated success building or improving connected, integrated digital experiences for a distributed user base.
  • Strong track record of influencing senior stakeholders and cross-functional partners without direct authority.
  • Highly collaborative, with the ability to build trust with advisors, technologists, and business leaders alike.


Nice-to-have
  • Direct experience with advisor-facing technology platforms, including integrated experience containers, core brokerage and practice management tools and fintechs
  • Familiarity with AI and how it can be integrated into advisor workflows in a way that's practical, not gimmicky.
  • Experience working with or supporting entrepreneurial or independent-minded advisor practices and teams.
  • A bias for solutions that reduce complexity for advisors, even when the underlying work to get there is complex.


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.
  • A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
  • 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 build close relationships with clients


The good-faith expected salary range for the above position is $140,000 - $230,000 depending on factors including but not limited to the candidate's experience, skills, registration status; market conditions; and business needs. This salary range does not include other elements of total compensation, including a discretionary bonus and benefits such as a 401(k) program with company-matching contributions; health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; and paid time-off plan. RBC's compensation philosophy and principles recognize the importance of a highly qualified global workforce and plays a critical role in attracting, engaging and retaining talent that:

* Drives RBC's high-performance culture

* Enables collective achievement of our strategic goals

* Generates sustainable shareholder returns and above market shareholder value

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Job Skills
Adaptability, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Decision Making, Group Problem Solving, Long Term Planning, Managerial Courage, Organizational Leadership, Strategic Thinking

Additional Job Details

Address:

250 NICOLLET MALL:MINNEAPOLIS

City:

Minneapolis

Country:

United States of America

Work hours/week:

40

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-08-19

Application Deadline:

2026-09-30
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

RBC is presently inviting candidates to apply for this existing vacancy. Applying to this posting allows you to express your interest in this current career opportunity at RBC. Qualified applicants may be contacted to review their resume in more detail.

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