Senior Manager, Global IGA Governance

What is the opportunity?

You will play a key role in the Global IGA Governance Office (GIGO) team, ensuring the portfolio of intragroup arrangements (IGAs) remains compliant with all RBC regulations and policies. In this role, you will establish and strengthen relationships across Supplier Management Offices (SMOs), Business Units, and the Centre of Governance (CoG) to drive effective supplier lifecycle management. You will be responsible for executing Supplier Management processes and methodologies in accordance with the Third Party Policy, establishing best practices in supplier management, tools, and technologies across the organization.

As a people leader, you will manage, coach, and develop a team of professionals while ensuring completion of all Third Party Risk (TPR) reporting requirements. You will also drive the execution of strategic initiatives set forth by the GIGO head, positioning the team as a trusted governance partner across the enterprise.

What is the opportunity? You will play a key role in the Global IGA Governance Office (GIGO) team, ensuring the portfolio of intragroup arrangements (IGAs) remains compliant with all RBC regulations and policies. In this role, you will establish and strengthen relationships across Supplier Management Offices (SMOs), Business Units, and the Centre of Governance (CoG) to drive effective supplier lifecycle management.

You will be responsible for executing Supplier Management processes and methodologies in accordance with the Third Party Policy, establishing best practices in supplier management, tools, and technologies across the organization.

As a people leader, you will manage, coach, and develop a team of professionals while ensuring completion of all Third Party Risk (TPR) reporting requirements. You will also drive the execution of strategic initiatives set forth by the GIGO head, positioning the team as a trusted governance partner across the enterprise.

• Execution lead on day to day operations, oversight and driving Risk Management and Reporting activities as outlined by RBC Third Party Risk Management
• Advise Business Partners, Sr Management and Executives from multiple geographies on supplier risk practices and work with Business partners and Compliance groups to ensure all identified supplier risk issues have mitigation plans and are actioned
• Responsible for operations, tracking and reporting of the inventory of intragroup arrangements, ensuring compliance to RBC Bank Policy and regulatory agencies and to Third Party Risk and other risk committees as required
• Support the development and oversight of all Regulatory, Compliance and Risk Management activities under the team’s accountability in order to ensure that risks are identified; appropriately managed and properly coordinated.
• Recognize business complexity and help facilitate trade-off decisions to prioritize appropriate actions to achieve productivity and efficiency objectives
• Resolve operational issues, risks and conflicts, work in collaboration with the key stakeholders, and when applicable, applying appropriate escalation practices.
• Drive continuous improvements to ensure operational excellence; including maintenance, quality control, gap analysis, and opportunity of improvement of process and procedures.
• Provide SME leadership and management oversight to the team, ensuring direction and motivation of staff.

• 3+ years of experience in an operational leadership role with expert knowledge in Supplier Relationship management, Third party supplier management program or Operational Risk process
• Mature business acumen, confident decision making, and comfortable with ambiguity
• Confidence to advise senior leaders and respectfully challenge leaders
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and through impactful presentations
• Growth mindset, resting on a relentless appetite to learn, be challenged and develop new skills

• University degree in Business or similar discipline
• Project and Change management experience
• Working knowledge Ivalua, Archer

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