Director - Enhanced Monitoring (Global Security)

Job Summary

Job Description

What is the Opportunity?

We are looking for an experienced Insider Risk Enhanced Monitoring Director within the greater Toronto area. The role focuses on identifying indicators of behavior and collaborating with cross-functional teams to establish and investigate early indicators to help proactively highlight events and action them prior to them becoming exposures. The incumbent will be responsible for working closely with global security, investigations, IT, HR, legal, and privacy teams to refine insider risk detection mechanisms, establishing key metrics and enabling effective oversight functions while fostering a culture of ongoing protection and trust while maintaining strong employee privacy protection practices.

What will you do?

• Develop and expand risk-based early indicators to detect and intervene before they become incidents or exposures.
• Review, use, and expand collection of key metrics to help monitor employee behaviors, access patterns, and data movement to detect early signs of exposures.
• Analyze behavioral indicators, anomalies, and contextual risk factors to help detect potential risks before they materialize.
• Develop risk scoring methodologies to assess employee behaviors based on trends, access, and external stressors.
• Collaborate with HR, Legal, and Privacy teams to ensure employee monitoring aligns with privacy, regulatory, and Policy/Standard requirements.
• Work with security teams to optimize user activity monitoring, data loss prevention, and aggregate incident and event management practices.
• Create and maintain sustainable procedures and process documentation.
• Create, lead, and manage a team while collaborating across RBC.

What do you need to succeed?

Must have:

• A practical understanding of data protection risk, exposures, and effective controls.
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience.
• Experience in employee and behavior-based monitoring and protections.
• Continuously evaluate and improve insider risk detection capabilities based on emerging threats and lessons learned from past incidents.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Highly motivated with the ability to work independently and effectively manage multiple priorities.
• A willingness to make a difference and help protect business areas and data.
• Audit, operational support, data protection, or governance/risk management experience.

Nice to have:

• Industry-related certification – e.g. CITPM, CFE, CISSP.
• Background in digital forensics, behavioral psychology, or advanced analytics.
• Experience in law enforcement, intelligence, or corporate investigations.
• Knowledge of financial services business line(s) and associated applications and processes.
• Information Technology standards, methodologies, and audit requirements.

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 in 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.
• A world-class training program in financial services.
• Flexible work/life balance options.
• Opportunities to do challenging work.

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Job Skills

Audits Compliance, Communication, Critical Thinking, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Data Gathering Analysis, Data Protection, Decision Making, Financial Regulation, Identifying Risks, Industry Knowledge, Interpersonal Relationship Management, People Management, Privacy Protection, Product Services, Risk Management, Strategic Thinking, Teamwork.

Additional Job Details

Address: 330 FRONT ST W:TORONTO

City: TORONTO

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2025-04-07

Application Deadline: 2025-05-05

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above.

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At 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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