Director, Strategic Support

Job Summary

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

This role offers a unique opportunity to work alongside John Stackhouse, Senior Vice-President to advance RBC’s thought leadership platform across key issues shaping the future. In this hands-on, fast-moving role, you’ll help amplify John’s voice and ideas internally and externally by managing strategic priorities, coordinating across teams, and ensuring timely execution of high-impact content, projects, and engagements.

You’ll be responsible for preparing briefing notes, tracking deliverables, managing content coordination, and supporting his public presence—from speaking engagements and podcast production to social media and partner outreach.

What will you do?

• Develop and maintain forward-looking strategic calendar that includes engagements with all stakeholders, market visits, speaking requests and events
• Develop material and briefing packages, liaising with internal and external stakeholders, to curate insights for events, engagements, meetings, roundtables, social media and podcast
• Shape agendas, track and follow up on actions (internal and external) for priorities and commitments across strategic partnership groups
• Identify key stakeholders, map out an engagement plan and lead outreach with both internally and externally
• Support in the development and preparation for podcast, planning sessions, and coordination with media teams.
• Collaborate with internal and external teams to amplify content and commentary across channels including social media
• Track and follow up on internal and external priorities and commitments.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• 7–10 years’ experience in executive-level support, communications, public policy, or government
• Strong ability to prioritize competing requests and effectively allocate resources while consistently meeting high standards of quality in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong relationship builder who can engage senior leaders and external stakeholders with ease
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and working independently in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communications skills and ability to confidently influence and provide strategic guidance to senior leaders.

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 and flexible benefits, competitive compensation
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• Opportunities to do challenging work
• Flexible work/life balance options

Job Skills

Adaptability, Commercial Acumen, Creative Visioning, Decision Making, Long Term Planning, Managerial Courage, Organizational Leadership, Organizational Savvy and Politics, Strategic Thinking

Additional 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 CEO

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2025-04-14

Application Deadline: 2025-05-03

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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