Royal Bank of Canada

Senior Manager, Commercial Banking Strategy

Royal Bank of Canada$100K — $130K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in management consulting or corporate strategy
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple projects
  • Strong interest in Commercial Banking trends in Canada
  • Proven skills in research, data analysis, and visualization
  • Excellent verbal and written communication abilities

Responsibilities

  • Own and manage workstreams within key strategy projects
  • Lead project management initiatives across various strategic domains
  • Analyze data to provide actionable insights for the business
  • Develop presentations and communication materials for stakeholders
  • Support strategic planning and performance management processes
  • Engage with subject-matter experts to derive and communicate insights
  • Establish a system for gathering and maintaining data insights

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with cross-departmental exposure
  • Opportunity to shape strategy in Commercial Banking
  • Close partnership with Finance, Product, and Risk teams
  • Dynamic role with diverse responsibilities
  • In-office work 4 days a week
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the opportunity?

By joining the Strategy function within Commercial Banking Chief Operating Officer's (COO) team, you will have the opportunity to help shape strategy and support execution in some of the highest priority areas for the business.

In this highly dynamic role, your work will span across multiple files in three broad domains:
  • Strategic projects: Execute select strategy projects that address some of highest priorities for the business at a rapid pace across a broad waterfront of areas
  • Strategic planning & performance management: Help set priorities and goals for Commercial Banking, and contribute to managing performance towards these priorities
  • Insights & Innovation: Help the business stay ahead of the curve on competitive and technological change - gathering insights and translating into tangible business action


The Commercial Banking COO team serves as a key horizontal across the business, providing an excellent platform from which to drive impact. You will have the opportunity to partner closely with and learn from teams across the business including Product, Distribution, Risk and Finance.

This role works in the office 4 days a week.

What will you do?

Strategic projects
  • Own workstreams within strategy projects
  • Lead project management
  • Gather and analyze data to uncover actionable insights
  • Develop communication materials e.g., PPT decks, memos etc.

Strategic planning & performance management
  • Support strategic planning and goal-setting processes
  • Support performance management processes, especially those related to financial quarter-end
  • Partner closely with the Finance and Transformation teams on joint exercises

Insights & Innovation
  • Establish and implement mechanisms to gather insights and data on key topics
  • Lead targeted research and analysis sprints
  • Engage with subject-matter experts across the bank and help articulate 'house views'
  • Develop collateral / products to communicate insights to a variety of audiences across platforms, including senior executives e.g., briefing memos
  • Establish and maintain a repository / knowledge hub for access to the team's insights and data


What do you need to succeed?

Must have
  • 3+ years of experience either in management consulting or in an internal corporate strategy team,
  • Desire to work in a fast-paced environment, comfort with ambiguity, and ability to deliver on multiple fronts simultaneously
  • Strong intellectual curiosity of topics impacting the future of Commercial Banking in Canada
  • Proven research skills, including data analysis and visualization
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills


Nice-to-have
  • Experience developing financial models to inform business casing
  • Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools for research and analysis


Job Skills
Artificial Intelligence Techniques, Business Case Writing, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Developing Financial Models, Executive Presenting, Financial Performance Management, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Planning, Strategic Projects, Target Research

Additional Job Details

Address:

RBC WATERPARK PLACE, 88 QUEENS QUAY 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:

2026-07-02

Application Deadline:

2026-07-17
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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