Royal Bank of Canada

Senior Manager - TOR IT Risk

Royal Bank of Canada • $100K — $130K *
Calgary, AB T1Y 7M8In-Person
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 5+ years in IT Risk Management or Internal Audit focusing on controls, remediation, and compliance
  • Expertise in risk management frameworks (regulatory compliance, enterprise risk, SOX)
  • Strong technical writing skills for procedures and documentation
  • Exceptional relationship-building and stakeholder management abilities
  • Proven capacity to manage multiple risk remediation projects simultaneously
  • Familiarity with industry frameworks like ITIL, NIST, COBIT, FedRAMP

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with TOR and risk teams to ensure technology compliance
  • Monitor Key Risk Indicators related to risk and compliance
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory and internal risk/audit expectations
  • Design and maintain technology control procedures and frameworks
  • Develop audit-ready documentation for control and compliance purposes
  • Lead risk remediation projects and manage timelines
  • Mentor team members on audit methodologies and standards

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits
  • Leaders who support professional development opportunities
  • Chance to make a meaningful impact within the organization
  • Dynamic, collaborative, and high-performing team environment
  • World-class training program in financial services
  • Flexible work/life balance options
  • Opportunities for challenging work and increased responsibility
  • Possibility to build close relationships with clients
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the opportunity?
The Technology Operations & Resiliency (TOR) Risk Manager will play a critical role in driving risk governance, compliance, and controls integration for RBC Technology Infrastructure (TI). This role will part of the Audit and Controls team within Technology Operations & Resiliency (TOR) group, responsible for ensuring technology risk compliance, audit readiness, and effective remediation across RBC and affiliate technology organizations.

What will you do?
Risk Governance & Compliance
  • Collaborate with multiple towers within TOR, enterprise risk and 2LOD to ensure RBC and CNB technology maintains compliance across technology-related Risk, Audit, and Regulatory findings
  • Monitor and manage Key Risk Indicators (KRIs): IAM, ITSM, Issue Management, Audit, Vulnerability and Patch Management, EOL, etc.
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory, internal risk, and audit expectations while fostering a culture of proactive risk management.
  • Ensure current status of Risk items (assigned to TOR) are correctly reported and interpreted within all level of senior management

Controls & Documentation Leadership
  • Design, document, and maintain control procedures and frameworks for technology infrastructure
  • Develop comprehensive audit-ready documentation including control matrices, risk registers, and audit closure packages
  • Execute evidence collection for risk controls within TOR
  • Create clear, detailed remediation documentation and audit-ready deliverables
  • Ensure that available and emerging AI / Machine learning tools are appropriately used to improve management of TOR Controls and Risk

Remediation Management
  • Partner with technology owners to document, manage, and drive remediation plans ensuring risk compliance and technology integration between CNB and RBC
  • Manage multiple risk remediation projects simultaneously, prioritizing initiatives for timely completion
  • Lead the Audit and Controls team in tracking and reporting remediation status to stakeholders

Subject Matter Expert (SME) or Risk Management Champion
  • Help to build a high-performing Audit and Controls team.
  • Mentor TOR team members on audit methodologies, control frameworks, and technical documentation standards.
  • Oversee quality and consistency of audit deliverables and compliance documentation.


What do you need to succeed?
Must Have:
  • Minimum of 5 years in IT Risk Management or Internal Audit capacity, with strong focus on controls, remediation, and compliance
  • Understanding of risk management frameworks and standards (regulatory compliance, enterprise risk, internal controls, SOX, ITGC)
  • Expert technical writing ability for control procedures, audit documentation, and audit closure packages
  • Exceptional relationship-building and stakeholder management skills across diverse functions and organizational levels
  • Proven ability to manage and prioritize multiple risk remediation projects simultaneously
  • Industry framework knowledge: ITIL, NIST, COBIT, FedRAMP, FFIEC


Nice to Have:
  • Expertise with regulators (Canada, US, Europe, APAC).
  • Industry certifications: CPA,CISA, CRISC, CISM, CISSP, CIA, PMI
  • Project management experience.
  • Experience in L1 Technical Operations.
  • ITSM/ITIL practitioner background.


What's in it for you?

  • 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
  • A world-class training program in financial services
  • Flexible work/life balance options
  • Opportunities to do challenging work
  • Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
  • Opportunities to building close relationships with clients


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Job Skills
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR), Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA), Cyber Security Management, Firewall Management, Information Security Management, IT Network Security, Operational Delivery, Problem Management, Process Management, Threat Management

Additional Job Details

Address:

CALGARY MAIN BRANCH, 339 8 AVE SW:CALGARY

City:

Calgary

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-07-24

Application Deadline:

2026-07-31
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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