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Senior Manager, Data Strategy0000050007 Royal Bank of Canada • TORONTO, Ontario, Canada
Senior Manager, Data Strategy

Senior Manager, Data Strategy

0000050007 Royal Bank of Canada • TORONTO, Ontario, Canada
27 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Job Description

What is the opportunity?The Senior Manager, Data Strategy supports the Director in developing and executing the Finance Data and Automation Strategy, with a focus on ERP enablement, global data design, and Finance data foundation. This role partners closely with Finance stakeholders, Finance IT, the Chief Data Office (CDO) and strategic initiatives team to translate data and automation strategy into actionable outcomes, ensuring Finance data is well defined, well-governed, and positioned to support financial, regulatory, management and future-state reporting needs.What will you do?This role transforms strategy into executable frameworks, standards, and operating models, and actively drives implementation to ensure data and automation principles are applied consistently across Finance initiatives and delivery teams achieve measurable results.Finance Data Strategy Execution & Operationalization
  • Support in the development of the Finance Data Strategy, translating strategic objectives into practical data frameworks and detailed roadmaps for Finance teams and delivery partners.
  • Drive execution of data strategy roadmap initiatives, removing blockers and tracking progress against defined outcomes and timelines.
  • Identify data fragmentation, duplication and ambiguity across Finance; define target-state remediation approaches and oversee implementation.
  • Establish metrics and governance controls to measure data strategy execution and impact.
ERP and Global Design Enablement
  • Represent Finance data requirements in ERP and global design initiatives, ensuring downstream reporting, controls, and automation needs are embedded upfront and validated throughout delivery.
  • Support in defining target-state data models, integration patterns, and information flows in partnership with ERP program leads, Finance IT and CDO.
  • Assess ERP and sub-ledger data models to ensure they support Finance reporting, data reuse, downstream automation needs, and audit/regulatory expectations; recommend and implement changes.
  • Drive strong governance and control over ERP data flows to ensure completeness, accuracy and compliance; validate through testing, UAT oversight, and go-live support.
Automation Strategy Support & Execution
  • Support in defining the Finance automation strategy, including where automation should be centralized, federated, or self-service.
  • Work with delivery teams to operationalize automation capabilities while maintaining appropriate controls and enabling Finance team efficiency.
  • Support value tracking and benefits realization for automation initiatives, reporting outcomes to leadership.
  • Identify automation opportunities across Finance processes and drive implementation.
Stakeholder and Delivery Partner Engagement
  • Act as key liaison between Finance, Finance IT, and CDO teams on data strategy, governance, automation and ERP-related matters; escalate and resolve issues to drive progress.
  • Provide clear guidance and accountability to Data Enablement and delivery teams on data principles, standards and ownership; monitor adherence and course-correct as needed.
  • Support the Director with executive communications related to Finance data and automation strategy; provide regular updates on execution progress, risks and outcomes.
  • Drive adoption and change management to ensure Finance teams embrace new data frameworks, automation capabilities, and operating standards.
What do you need to succeed?Must-Have Qualifications
  • 7+ years of experience in data strategy execution, finance transformation delivery, or enterprise data design with hands-on implementation experience.
  • Strong understanding of Finance data domains and proven ability to translate data requirements into operational solutions.
  • Proven experience supporting or shaping ERP or large-scale system transformations, including implementation oversight and delivery accountability.
  • Demonstrated ability to drive execution: translate complex technical concepts into clear business insights and operationalize them through delivery plans.
  • Strong executive communication, stakeholder management and change leadership skills; ability to influence without direct authority.
Nice-to-Have Qualifications
  • Strong knowledge of RBC business lines, products and systems.
  • Familiarity with enterprise data governance frameworks and operating models, with experience implementing them.
  • Experience with automation technologies (RPA, low-code, Power Automate, Alteryx).
  • Track record of building and executing roadmaps and delivering measurable business outcomes.
What's in it for you?Join a high-performing, experienced team with progressive thinking, delivering trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper.• Drive meaningful impact: Support the Director in shaping Finance's data and automation strategy while seeing your execution initiatives move from planning to live operations, with measurable results in the near term.• Work with cutting-edge technologies: Opportunities to leverage latest data platforms, automation tools, and enterprise systems.• Build accountability and ownership: Take on progressively greater delivery and implementation accountabilities.• Develop strategic relationships: Build close working relationships with Finance leadership, IT partners, the CDO team, and the Director while shaping how the bank manages its most critical data and automation capabilities.Job SkillsCritical Thinking, Data Administration, Data Governance, Data Governance Framework, Data Management, Data Warehousing (DW), Enterprise Data Strategy, ERP TransformationAdditional Job Details

Address:

ROYAL BANK PLAZA, 200 BAY ST:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

OFFICE OF THE CFO

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-01-15

Application Deadline:

2026-07-31Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date aboveOur Employment OpportunitiesAt RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One RBC. We believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.

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