Manager, Data Strategy

rbc; Toronto; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

RBC is seeking a Manager Data Strategy to lead data strategy initiatives for Wealth Management Canada, aligning with RBC's AI and Digital Transformation program and coordinating data ingestion, domain design and data products with data engineers and business stakeholders.

The role emphasizes governance, data cataloging, data quality, and protection across the organization, with a focus on Snowflake platforms and enabling AI-powered advisor tools for clients.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience with Snowflake.
• 5+ years of data analysis and data modeling experience with SQL knowledge.
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking; able to make data-driven decisions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; strong cross-functional collaboration.
• Knowledge of data governance, data quality, and data management lifecycle.

Skills

Snowflake

SQL

Data modeling

Stakeholder mgmt

Data governance

Data analysis

Job description

What is the opportunity?

Manager Data Strategy manages all aspects of Data Strategy to enable Wealth Management Canada (WMC) with key data and insights to provide high quality, differentiated services for our clients that ultimately drive commercial outcomes for the business. The successful candidate will support the development and execution of a comprehensive data strategy aligned with WMC and RBC's broader objectives including migration of raw source data from source of record applications, transformation of data to reusable, domain specific assets, and management of data products. The successful candidate will be at the core of our broader enterprise-level AI and Digital Transformation (ADT) program to deliver AI-powered advisor-facing tools by leading data ingestion management, coordinating with business stakeholders and providing advice to data engineers.

What will you do?

Support Sr Manager Data Strategy with managing strong relationships with key stakeholders across Wealth Management Canada and RBC, fostering collaboration and alignment to a shared vision. Engage closely with stakeholders to get feedback and deliver centralized and documented WMC data catalog with clearly defined business fields and logic. Collaborate with DMO to ensure data is protected, managed, governed, and aligned to Wealth Management Canada and Wealth Management Global Data Strategy and enterprise data best practices. Reducing data duplication and fragmentation by consolidating multiple sources into unified data domains. Help drive the design and maintenance of data domains and products that meet business needs for AI and operational use cases. Collaborate with Business System Analysts, Data Engineers, Data Architects to drive data mapping, data modeling, database design, while maintaining data fields and data products on Snowflake accurate, consistent and aligned to business expectations. Work with business stakeholders to create a consistent data dictionary, ensuring data quality and integrity across the organization. Provide senior leadership, direction and methodology for analysis, structure and storage of critical organizational data. Develop and maintain a deep understanding of business requirements and data needs, using this knowledge to inform data product development. Monitoring and aligning to major organizational transformation programs and projects to ensure important data needs are anticipated and met. Overseeing the integrity and maintenance of WMC data. Reviewing and aligning to policies and procedures for collecting and managing organization data by RBC's Data Management Office (DMO).

What you need to succeed?

Must haves:

• 2+ years of experience with Snowflake
• 5+ years of data analysis and data modeling experience, including SQL knowledge and ability to translate operational system data into clear business data domains and data products
• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions.
• Strong collaboration skills and demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally, driving alignment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex data insights to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, and data management lifecycle.

Nice-to-have:

• Previous work experience in the Banking industry preferably in Wealth Management is a plus

Job Skills

Analytical Reports, Analytics Insights, Business, Communication, Critical Thinking, Data Science, Data Strategies, Enterprise Data, Exploration, Finance, Machine Learning (ML), Python (Programming Language), Snowflake (Platform), Statistics, Structured Query Language (SQL), Visualization Techniques

Additional Job Details

Address: RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO City: Toronto Country: Canada Work hours/week: 37.5 Employment Type: Full time Platform: WEALTH MANAGEMENT Job Type: Regular Pay Type: Salaried Posted Date: 2026-10-16 Application Deadline: 2027-01-31 Note : Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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