Head of Digital Service Strategy

RBC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total rewards

Career development

Impactful work

Collaborative team

Challenging projects

Client relationships

Job summary

RBC in Minneapolis seeks a Head of Digital Service Strategy to optimize workflow efficiency across branches, home office, and client-facing operations. You will identify bottlenecks and design integrated technology and process solutions that align with RBC's digital transformation goals.

Lead cross-functional teams, translate business needs into technology priorities, and convert strategy into a practical roadmap.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of wealth management experience across advisor, branch and client interactions.
• Experience in technology or digital strategy; understands building and scaling digital products.
• Proven ability to drive cross-functional initiatives across business, technology, data and operations.
• Strong track record of influencing senior stakeholders and aligning without direct authority.
• Collaborative and able to build trust across competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Own the Service Strategy: define and drive flow strategy between branches, clients and home office.
• Bridge Business, Technology, Data and Operations: translate needs into priorities and outcomes.
• Diagnose and Redesign Workflows: map processes, identify breakdowns, implement scalable improvements.
• Partner Deeply: build trust across teams and influence without authority.
• Translate Strategy into Execution: create a roadmap with milestones and accountability.
• Bring Client/Advisor Perspective: ground decisions in improving client and advisor experiences.

Skills

Agile Methodology

Business Case Design

Business Oriented

Communication

Decision Making

Long Term Planning

Process Management

Software Product Management

Software Quality Assurance

Time Management

Job description

What is the opportunity?

The

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

Head of Digital Service Strategy is responsible for optimizing workflow efficiency and process effectiveness across RBC's business units, including branches, home office, and client-facing operations. You will be responsible for identifying workflow bottlenecks and process breakdowns, for developing and implementing technology and process solutions that bridge capability gaps between advisor needs and client experience, and for ensuring alignment with RBC's digital transformation objectives. This role will work closely with senior leadership, operational partners, and technology teams to assess end-to-end workflows, design integrated solutions, and oversee the execution of process improvement initiatives in alignment with RBC's strategic priorities and operational excellence standards.

What will you do?

• Own the Service Strategy: Define and drive the strategy for how work flows between branches, clients, and home office, identifying friction, redundancy, and opportunities to modernize how service gets delivered.
• Bridge Business, Technology, Data, and Operations: Serve as the connective tissue across functions that don't always speak the same language, translating business needs into technology priorities and technology capabilities into business outcomes.
• Diagnose and Redesign Workflows: Map how work currently moves through the organization, pinpoint where it breaks down, and design practical, scalable improvements, not just diagrams, but changes that stick.
• Partner Deeply, Not Just Broadly: Build real working relationships across business, technology, data, and operations teams. Influence without relying on authority and earn trust by understanding each partner's world well enough to speak their language.
• Translate Strategy into Execution: Turn a long-term vision for digital service delivery into a roadmap with clear priorities, milestones, and accountability.
• Bring the Client and Advisor Perspective: Ground every decision in what actually helps advisors serve clients better, not just what's technically possible.

What do you need to succeed?

• 15+ years of experience in wealth management, with direct, tangible exposure to how advisors, branches, and clients interact with the firm day to day.
• Meaningful experience in technology or digital strategy, you understand how digital products and platforms get built and scaled, even if you're not the one building them.
• Demonstrated success driving cross-functional initiatives across business, technology, data, and operations.
• Strong track record of influencing senior stakeholders and driving alignment without direct authority.
• Highly collaborative, with the ability to build trust across teams with different priorities and different definitions of success.

Nice-to-have

• Experience specifically improving workflow, service delivery, or operating models within a branch/advisor-based wealth management structure.
• Familiarity with the tools and platforms wealth management firms use to move client and account work between teams.
• Comfort operating in a matrixed, highly regulated environment.
• A bias for practical action, someone who'd rather ship an improvement than perfect a deck about one.

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, commissions, and stock where applicable
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• Opportunities to do challenging work
• Opportunities to build close relationships with clients

The good-faith expected salary range for the above position is $140,000 - $230,000 depending on factors including but not limited to the candidate’s experience, skills, registration status; market conditions; and business needs. This salary range does not include other elements of total compensation, including a discretionary bonus and benefits such as a 401(k) program with company-matching contributions; health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; and paid time-off plan. RBC’s compensation philosophy and principles recognize the importance of a highly qualified global workforce and plays a critical role in attracting, engaging and retaining talent that:

• Drives RBC’s high-performance culture
• Enables collective achievement of our strategic goals
• Generates sustainable shareholder returns and above market shareholder value

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Job Skills

Agile Methodology, Business Case Design, Business Oriented, Communication, Decision Making, Long Term Planning, Process Management, Software Product Management, Software Quality Assurance (SQA), Time Management

Additional Job Details

Address

250 NICOLLET MALL:MINNEAPOLIS

City

Minneapolis

Country

United States of America

Work hours/week

40

Employment Type

Full time

Platform

WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Job Type

Regular

Pay Type

Salaried

Posted Date

2026-08-19

Application Deadline

2026-10-28

Note

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

Our Employment Opportunities

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