Job Summary

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

Our Client Data Science & Engineering team is responsible for building and utilizing some of the largest data sets in Canada.   Our Digital Data, a key source of behavioural insights, underpins our ability to optimize marketing, design digital products and deliver hyper personalized experiences to consumers. 

We are looking for a digitally savy data leader with a proven background setting the strategic direction and delivering high quality data solutions.  Adhering to Privacy Standards, the Director, will shepherd the collection of data across RBC’s digital and physical channels. In this role, the ideal candidate will take on a “product” mindset to leverage tools such as Google Tag Manager (Server-side), Google Analytics 4, ObservePoint, SnowPlow and other technologies to partner across the organization to deliver high quality, trusted, AI ready data.

What will you do?

Oversee the instrumentation of best in class client-side data across RBC’s digital channels (i.e/ Mobile Apps), ensuring accurate, privacy-compliant, and business-aligned tracking using Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager.

Define and execute a roadmap focused on consumer-facing data collection, digital privacy consent and related privacy considerations across Web, Mobile and internal applications

Work with external and internal partners to continuously enhance RBC’s data collection practice taking advantage of new technologies to improve depth and breadth of data with a focus on efficiency.

Provide strategic direction on analytics tagging frameworks, data collection governance, and tool adoption (e.g., Snowplow).

Author strategic presentations and overviews to represent team’s work to leadership and stakeholders

Champion the quality, usability, and availability of digital behavioral data for downstream activation and modeling.

What do you need to succeed?

Must Have

Expert knowledge of Google Tag Manager, Firebase, Google Analytics, JavaScript and Swift

Understanding of server side tagging solutions and privacy preserving analytics implementation

Domain experience in Programmatic Marketing, Digital Products and/or UX

Ability to work closely with Product Owners to align data collection practices and needs to internal strategies while continuously scanning external solutions to keep RBC at the forefront of the industry

Proven track record building team culture, coaching and collaboration

Experience leading end-to-end product development – roadmaps, prioritization and agile delivery

Willingness to communicate and share knowledge

Nice to Have

Experience with Snowplow, real-time streaming Apache Flink, and other event streaming or behavioral data tools.

Past work in a data engineering role where you work with large data set via Python or SQL

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

A world-class training program in financial services

Opportunities to do challenging work

Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities    

Opportunities to building close relationships with clients

Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies.

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Job Skills

Analytics Implementation, Big Data Management, Cloud Computing, Database Development, Data Mining, Data Tools, Data Warehousing (DW), Digital Data, ETL Processing, Google Analytics, Leadership, Mobile Applications, ObservePoint, Quality Management, Requirements Analysis, Software Product Management, Waterfall Model

Additional Job Details

Address:

RBC WATERPARK PLACE, 88 QUEENS QUAY W:TORONTO

City:

TORONTO

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

PERSONAL & COMMERCIAL BANKING

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2025-06-26

Application Deadline:

2025-07-15

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

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At 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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