Strategic Tech Risk & Audit Lead

RBC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Flexible benefits

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Job summary

RBC in Toronto seeks a Lead Technical Risk Specialist to drive organizational resilience and audit readiness across our technology portfolio. You’ll own risk initiatives, coordinate with senior leadership, and manage vulnerabilities and audit findings to minimize exposure.

You’ll develop centralized risk dashboards, establish controls and documentation standards, and present risk status and remediation recommendations to executives weekly.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of risk management, compliance, or audit experience in a technology or IT environment.
• Demonstrated track record leading risk initiatives and driving remediation to completion.
• Experience with vulnerability management tools and security assessments.
• Knowledge of governance processes and ability to work effectively with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Proven ability to communicate and influence across all levels—from technical teams to senior leadership—translating complex risk information into clear, actionable insights and securing buy-in for remediation priorities and timelines

Responsibilities

• Lead risk management initiatives including compliance, audit findings, and vulnerability remediation across our technology environment.
• Serve as the primary liaison between technology teams and governance leadership on all risk-related matters.
• Develop and maintain centralized risk tracking systems and dashboards to monitor vulnerabilities, findings, and compliance gaps.
• Build and maintain an Audit Readiness Program to ensure continuous preparedness for internal and external audits.
• Present risk status, metrics, and recommendations to senior leadership on a weekly basis.
• Establish controls, documentation standards, and repositories for all risk data and tracking information

Skills

Risk management

Audit readiness

Vulnerability remediation

Governance coordination

Stakeholder communication

Education

CRISC certification

Tools

Dynatrace

PagerDuty

Observability tools

Job description

RBC in Toronto seeks a Lead Technical Risk Specialist to drive organizational resilience and audit readiness across our technology portfolio. You’ll own risk initiatives, coordinate with senior leadership, and manage vulnerabilities and audit findings to minimize exposure.

You’ll develop centralized risk dashboards, establish controls and documentation standards, and present risk status and remediation recommendations to executives weekly.