What is the chance?
This role is responsible for managing and continuously improving GRM TMO governance standards, processes, and execution assurance practices. The Senior Manager will partner with the Director to operationalize governance strategy, embed enterprise requirements, strengthen delivery discipline, and enable consistent execution across GRM initiatives.

What will you do?
Governance Operations & Standards

Oversee development and maintenance of governance templates, checklists, guidance documents, and reference materials

Manage the governance process and standards repository, including version control, accessibility, and ongoing currency

Lead governance standard review and refresh cycles to ensure continued relevance and effectiveness

Coordinate governance enhancement initiatives, including requirements gathering, design, piloting, and implementation

Support the Director in communicating governance updates and changes to senior leadership

Ensure governance documentation is clear, practical, and reflects enterprise expectations

Execution Assurance

Lead the health check and delivery assurance program, including methodology development, assessment execution, and findings analysis

Develop governance maturity assessment frameworks and conduct periodic organizational governance assessments

Collect, synthesize, and analyze governance review findings to identify enterprise-level trends, themes, systemic risks, and improvement opportunities

Prepare governance assurance reports and executive insights for the Director and senior leadership, with recommendations for enterprise action

Recommend targeted improvements and corrective actions, distinguishing between program-specific issues and enterprise-level governance gaps

Oversee implementation of governance recommendations and track sustained improvement

Provide advisory support to programs requiring governance intervention or coaching

Establish governance metrics and KPIs that measure assurance program effectiveness and governance health

What do you need to succeed?
Must-have
Governance, Risk & Delivery Expertise

7+ years of progressive experience in governance, project/program management, transformation delivery, risk management, or PMO environments





Strong understanding of portfolio/program governance, delivery controls, execution risk management, and assurance practices

Experience interpreting enterprise policies, standards, or regulatory requirements and translating them into practical operating processes

Ability to identify governance gaps, assess impacts, recommend solutions, and drive sustainable improvements

Stakeholder & Advisory Skills

Strong relationship management skills with the ability to influence project teams, senior leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders

Ability to provide effective challenge while maintaining trusted advisor relationships

Comfortable facilitating discussions, presenting insights, and communicating complex topics clearly

Process & Continuous Improvement

Demonstrated ability to design, simplify, and improve processes, templates, frameworks, and operating practices

Strong analytical skills with ability to identify themes, trends, risks, and opportunities across multiple initiatives

Experience supporting change adoption through communication, training, and practitioner enablement

Delivery & Tool Knowledge

Knowledge of waterfall, agile, and hybrid delivery methodologies

Experience with portfolio/project management tools (e.g., PlanView, Jira, Confluence, reporting platforms)

Strong understanding of data quality, reporting discipline, and governance metrics

Nice to Have

Experience working within financial services, risk management, regulatory, audit, or control environments

Familiarity with RBC Enterprise Delivery Risk Standards, Enterprise Project Delivery Life Cycle (EPDLC) or equivalent enterprise delivery frameworks

PMP, Agile, Prosci, Lean, or equivalent certification

Experience supporting large-scale transformation programs

Exposure to executive-level portfolio reporting and insights





Experience partnering with technology/tool enablement teams to improve workflow automation and adoption

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
Data Gathering Analysis, Effectiveness Measurement, Ethical Business, Fraud Management, Internal Controls, Long Term Planning, Process Management, Results-Oriented, Risk Management, Strategic Thinking

Additional Job Details
Address: 20 KING ST W:TORONTO

City: Toronto

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: GROUP RISK MANAGEMENT

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2026-07-15

Application Deadline: 2026-09-05

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

Our Employment Opportunities
At RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One 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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📌 Senior Manager, Governance Standards & Execution Assurance (Ontario)
🏢 RBC
📍 Ontario