Job Description

What is the opportunity?

Unlock the Future of Performance Excellence at RBC

Are you a visionary leader passionate about transforming how organizations drive success? As Director, Performance Management, you'll lead a reimagination of how RBC cultivates talent, accelerates growth, and links performance to bold outcomes. This is your opportunity to shape a performance management ecosystem that connects performance, potential and reward so every employee and leader thrives through clear expectations, purposeful feedback and dynamic coaching.

Why This Role Matters

At RBC, performance isn't just measured--it's elevated. You'll lead a high-impact team redefining the future of performance management, collaborating with leaders and partners across HR and the enterprise to design and deploy a transformative performance approach and experience. Your work will directly fuel RBC's competitive edge, ensuring our people are empowered, aligned, and poised to excel in a rapidly evolving landscape

What You'll Do

Design the Transformation

: Co-create a cutting-edge Performance Management Strategy that raises the bar for employee and leader capabilities, fostering a culture of continuous growth and accountability.

Drive Cross-Functional Synergy

: Collaborate with HR COEs to embed performance excellence across all business lines, functions and regions, ensuring strong integration and adoption.

Champion Change with Impact

: Leverage your expertise in organizational dynamics and change management to navigate complexity, creating enthusiasm for transformative practices.

Generate Insights with Data

: Craft compelling dashboards, reports, and presentations that translate KPIs into actionable strategies for senior leadership, driving decisions with precision and foresight.

Orchestrate End-to-End Program Delivery

: Lead the comprehensive program management of RBC's Performance Management framework, ensuring seamless execution across design, implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement phases. This includes establishing governance structures, defining success metrics, managing timelines/budgets, and mitigating risks to deliver a cohesive, enterprise-wide performance ecosystem

Pioneer Innovation

: Stay ahead of global trends in performance management, curating and adapting best practices to keep RBC at the forefront.

What do you need to succeed?

8+ years of experience in consulting, strategy, or HR advisory with track record of leading and delivering complex projects in an enterprise environment Strong communication, presentation, and storytelling skills (oral and written) with the ability to express ideas clearly and concisely to senior audiences. Comfort and ability to navigate and adapt through ambiguity, complexity, and continuous change. Demonstrated ability to work with cross-functional teams to meet tight timelines and manage multiple deliverables. Bachelor's or graduate degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or comparable work experience; MBA or post-secondary degrees are a plus

What's in it for you?

Whether it's developing new skills, opportunities to innovate and grow, modern and comprehensive benefits, or the flexibility to enjoy the moments that matter, at RBC you have everything you need at your fingertips to build your career and life and make it yours.

A supportive, inclusive culture and team that celebrates your unique perspectives, background and experience so you can bring your whole self to work, every day. Leaders who are invested in your success and provide opportunities to learn, to grow and to try new things. Flexible work arrangements and leaders who support your needs--both personal and professional

Job Skills

Change Management, Coaching, Communication, Consulting, Decision Making, HR Strategy, Human Capital Strategies, Human Resources Operations, Human Resources Policies, Innovation, Leadership, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Savvy and Politics, Performance Management (PM), Setting Direction, Strategic Vision

Additional Job Details

Address:

ROYAL BANK PLAZA, 200 BAY ST:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

HUMAN RESOURCES & BMCC

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2025-12-18

Application Deadline:

2026-01-08

Note

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

I

nclusion

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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