Director, Risk, Controls and Regulatory (Global Security)

RBC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

RBC seeks a Director, Risk, Controls, & Regulatory to lead a team delivering comprehensive risk management, controls, and regulatory governance for the Cyber Technology Office. You will partner with CTO leadership and cross-enterprise stakeholders to ensure timely, high-quality risk responses and governance outcomes.

You will set strategic direction, drive regulatory and audit readiness, and mentor a team through complex challenges across cyber domains, with emphasis on governance, stakeholder

Qualifications

• Experience in GRC, audit, or comparable risk governance role.
• Ability to set and drive strategic direction and guide teams through complex challenges.
• Strong leadership, mentorship, and coaching capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and set strategic direction for risk, controls, and regulatory governance within the CTO.
• Drive results and ensure tasks meet risk, compliance, and regulatory obligations with quality deliverables.
• Communicate effectively with project managers, program teams, executives, and sponsors across the organization.
• Provide strategic and tactical direction for risk management across regulatory programs and governance domains.
• Partner with control testing, GRC, and 1st/2nd/3rd line of defense teams to ensure project execution.
• Identify and address program/domain risks, gaps, and inefficiencies.

Skills

GRC risk mgmt

Regulatory governance

Leadership & mentoring

Cybersecurity knowledge

Stakeholder mgmt

Job description

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

Reporting to the Senior Director, Risk, Controls & Regulatory, the Director, Risk, Controls, & Regulatory will lead a team to provide comprehensive risk management, controls, and regulatory governance and oversight in support of the Cyber Technology Office (CTO) and its functionally aligned with RBC subsidiaries. With strong leadership and risk management experience and expertise, you will partner closely with stakeholders within the CTO and across the Enterprise to drive effective risk management and governance while ensuring the department meets and successfully delivers on its regulatory, audit, risk, compliance, and governance obligations.

What will you do?

• Lead and set the strategic direction and vision for the risk, controls, and regulatory function within the CTO with a focus on governance.
• Drive results and hold stakeholders accountable to bring tasks to closure, meeting risk, compliance, and regulatory obligations with high quality deliverables.
• Execute effective communication with project managers, program teams, stakeholders, executives, and sponsors across the organization.
• Provide strategic and tactical direction for effective risk management across regulatory programs and governance domains.
• Partner closely with control testing, GRC, first, second, and third-line of defense teams to ensure effective execution of projects.
• Manage conflicting priorities between various stakeholder groups.
• Identify, raise, and address, where feasible, program/domain risks, ongoing process and program improvements, operational gaps, and inefficiencies.

What do you need to succeed?

Must Have:

• Experience in GRC, Audit, or comparable risk management or governance role.
• Proven experience in setting and driving strategic direction, ensuring alignment with organizational goals while effectively guiding teams through complex challenges.
• Demonstrated strong leadership abilities, including the capacity to inspire, mentor, and coach team members to achieve their full potential.
• Experience with various cyber technology domains such as network security, cloud security, endpoint security, etc.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong stakeholder and relationship management skills.
• Keen attention to detail with an aptitude for problem-solving, challenging the status quo, and thinking outside the box.
• Effective time management and organization skills with the ability to multi-task and flexibly adapt to changing priorities.

Nice to Have:

• One or more related professional designation such as CRISC, CISA, CISM, CISSP.
• Experience responding to and/or participating in regulatory requests and exams.
• Experience building and leading governance of a cybersecurity domain.
• Proven track record of driving complex initiatives to completion on time.
• Strong Cyber Security Technical Background

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, flexible benefits and competitive compensation
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Opportunities to work with the best in the field
• 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

Job Skills

Critical Thinking, Cyber Security Management, Decision Making, Detail-Oriented, Information Security Management, Information Technology Security, Interpersonal Relationship Management, IT Security Architecture, Performance Management (PM)

Additional Job Details

Address:

16 YORK ST: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:

2026-03-10

Application Deadline:

2026-09-04

Note :

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