Associate Director, Innovation Enablement

Job Description

What is the Opportunity?
The Group Risk Management (GRM) Innovation team is part of the GRM Chief Operating Office (COO). Our purpose and passion is growing innovation culture across GRM’s 3000+ employees and making it part of our DNA by accelerating innovation projects, partnerships, and thought leadership to focus our investments where it matters most.

As Associate Director, Innovation Enablement, you will get to support every core part of RBC’s Risk groups, working across multiple programs, platforms and disciplines that require divergent skills. As a baseline, the ideal candidate can communicate well and work through complex and ambiguous challenges independently, supporting senior executives up to and including the C-suite.

What will you do?

• Drive GRM's innovation journey by engaging with partners on transformative projects, with a focus on AI initiatives. This includes business casing, resource allocation, building strategic connections, and issuing communications to support the successful implementation of innovative solutions.
• Lead the planning and execution of ambitious, imaginative, and measurable activities to drive adoption and engagement in a fast-paced environment.
• Deliver and support initiatives that drive innovation culture, such as GRM’s signature Innovation Expo, Innovation Community of Practice and hackathons.
• Create updates for executives that clearly articulate opportunities, timelines, decisions required, and calls to action.
• Ideate and prototype new processes, tools, and capabilities using dynamic data visualization and analytics tools.
• Promote the innovation service catalogue throughout GRM to make innovation services accessible and pervasive.
• Research leading innovation trends and practices applicable to GRM.
• Support idea evaluation and innovation reporting.
• Build a strong network of intrapreneurs within GRM and RBC, creating bridges between innovation programs and research institutions.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• 3 to 5 years of experience working in qualitative research, innovation practices, consulting, or a related field.
• Ability to connect with diverse stakeholders (technologists, business folks, talent managers, risk specialists, etc.) and drive mutually beneficial outcomes.
• Passion for creating smarter ways of visualizing complex ideas and turning them into powerful insights and persuasive stories that drive action.
• Comfort leading without authority and excitement working in dynamic business environments where you take end-to-end ownership of initiative launches.
• Exceptional communication skills to articulate complex ideas with clarity and persuasion, with adaptability in tailoring messaging to diverse audiences with varying perspectives.

• Demonstrated ability to build strong, mutually beneficial relationships

• Entrepreneurial mindset

Nice-to-have

• Ability to manage competing priorities, often balancing between multiple urgent and important tasks, while proactively anticipating leadership’s needs, delivering timely key updates, and sharing valuable insights.
• Interest in learning and sharing knowledge on technology trends like generative AI, machine learning, and data analytics..

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

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