Manager, Environmental Impact - Quebec and Atlantic

Royal Bank of Canada; Montreal (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Manager for Environmental Impact in Montreal. This role is responsible for advancing local and regional community investment strategies and building partnerships in support of environmental initiatives. Required qualifications include a degree or diploma in a related field and 3+ years of relevant experience, with strong bilingual communication skills. The position requires project management abilities and a passion for climate solutions. Competitive compensation and development opportunities are offered.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

Bonuses and flexible benefits

Opportunities for development

Qualifications

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in the environmental not-for-profit or philanthropic sector.
• Strong presentation and public speaking skills required.
• Bilingualism in English and French is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Advance RBC’s environmental impact strategy and relationship management.
• Activate partnerships for environmental programs and brand attribution.
• Manage the regional community investment budget effectively.

Skills

Climate Change Adaptation

Climate Change Mitigation

Communication

Community Investment

Community Partnership Development

Emotional Intelligence

Public Speaking

Stakeholder Collaboration

Education

Post-secondary degree or diploma in a related field

Job description

What is the opportunity?

The Manager, Environmental Impact – Quebec and Atlantic is responsible for advancing RBC’s environmental impact community investment and donation strategy at a local and regional level across Quebec and the Atlantic Region in support of the goals and objectives outlined in RBC’s Community Investment Strategy and more broadly the RBC Purpose Framework.

Working with the Director, Regional Environmental Impact, and collaboratively within and across teams in support of the Regions, this role will support partnership development and activation with charitable and not-for-profit organizations, promote strong and responsive relationships between RBC and the communities it serves, while strengthening RBC’s brand positioning across multiple audiences.

This position will support community investments in Quebec and the Atlantic regions. The role is located in Montreal, with periodic travel to the Atlantic provinces.

What will you do?

Portfolio and Partnership Development and Management

• Execute on RBC’s environmental impact strategy and drive charity and not-for-profit partnership pipeline to ensure we are actively managing relationships with our partners and responding to incoming requests for support.
• Lead relationship manager for suite of partnerships as well as support Regional Directors, Marketing and Citizenship on building and stewarding larger partnerships, ensuring organizations have a best-in-class experience.
• Ensure effective and impactful regional community investments strongly aligned with RBC’s ambition to support the transition to a net zero economy.
• Ensure all donations align to the Global Community Investment Policy and are responded to within the 90-day SLA as defined by the Enterprise Environmental Impact team.
• Practice strong due diligence on all community investment partnerships to ensure minimal exposure to brand reputation risk for RBC and the partner.
• Build subject matter knowledge and relationships across the environmental and philanthropic sector in the region in order to enhance program delivery and credibility.

Partnership Activation and Brand Attribution

• Collaborate with regional and national teams to activate appropriate environmental partnerships and high impact programs at the local market level, to help drive brand attribution and environmental impact storytelling in the region.
• Represent RBC externally as an environmental subject matter expert, as directed, at regional partner events and other regional community activations under the net-zero economy ambition area.
• Support regional management on identification, execution and promotion of employee engagement and learning activities associated with environmental impact community partnerships.

Financial Management and Reporting

• In consultation with the Director and relevant Regional Director(s), Marketing and Citizenship, help manage the regional community investment budget, ensuring sound planning and execution, and optimizing resources through cross-team synergies and points of integration.
• Work with Director to ensure all reporting is up to date and Smart Simple SLA is met.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Post-secondary degree or diploma in a related field and 3+ years of experience, ideally gained in the environmental not-for-profit and/or philanthropic sector.
• Understanding of regional community-led climate mitigation and/or nature-based solutions, ideally with an established network of contacts in the environmental not-for-profit and / or philanthropic sectors.
• High emotional intelligence as it relates to partnership management.
• Self-starter with ability to manage multiple projects and work collaboratively across a diverse network of partners, both inside and outside of the bank.
• Strong presentation, public speaking and written skills, and ability to communicate project, program plans and community investment impact across stakeholder groups internally and externally.
• Bilingualism (English and French) required, as you will regularly serve our clients and do business with RBC partners and/or employees across Canada with English and French speaking needs.

Nice-to-have

• Experience working with corporate-charitable partnerships and related internal and external storytelling and activation opportunities.
• Confidence working with senior leaders.

What’s in it for you?

You will have the opportunity to work alongside a dedicated team of colleagues who are committed to supporting the transition to a net‑zero economy and working with not‑for‑profit and charitable partners towards this goal. 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. Powering Ideas for People and Planet is the core of what we do.

• 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.

Work Type: On‑site 4‑days/week and option for one remote day, with travel to Atlantic provinces 3‑4 times/year

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Job Skills

• Climate Change Adaptation
• Climate Change Mitigation
• Communication
• Community Investment
• Community Partnership Development
• Community Partnerships
• Decision Making
• Emotional Intelligence
• Group Problem Solving
• Internal Communications
• Knowledge Organization
• Long Term Planning
• Nature Based Solutions
• News Media
• Public Relations (PR)
• Public Speaking
• Senior Leader Engagement
• Stakeholder Collaboration
• Teamwork
• Work Collaboratively
• Written Presentation

Additional Job Details

Address: 1 PLACE VILLE MARIE:MONTRÉAL

City: Montréal

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: HUMAN RESOURCES & BMCC

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2025-06-11

Application Deadline: 2026-02-27

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

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