Royal Bank of Canada
Job title:
Senior Director, Stakeholder Engagement, Climate
Company
Royal Bank of Canada
Job description
Job Summary The Climate Strategy & Governance Team (CS&G) takes a OneRBC approach to own and accelerate RBC’s climate ambition, ensuring strong alignment cross-enterprise on climate-related initiatives, monitoring the external market, managing public engagement, tracking commitments and targets, leading disclosures, driving best practices and thought leadership, and managing a climate funding and resource pool.
Reporting to the VP, Enterprise Climate Strategy, the Senior Director, Stakeholder Engagement supports CS&G by building relationships with key stakeholder groups and disseminating insights internally. The role will develop and implement a comprehensive and structured approach to stakeholder engagement, and look to build long term trusted relationships with groups. This will help to draw out insights of evolving stakeholder expectations to inform our strategy.
Job Description
What is the Opportunity?
The Climate Strategy & Governance Team (CS&G) takes a OneRBC approach to own and accelerate RBC’s climate ambition, ensuring strong alignment cross-enterprise on climate-related initiatives, monitoring the external market, managing public engagement, tracking commitments and targets, leading disclosures, driving best practices and thought leadership, and managing a climate funding and resource pool.
Reporting to the VP, Enterprise Climate Strategy, the Senior Director, Stakeholder Engagement supports CS&G by building relationships with key stakeholder groups and disseminating insights internally.
The role will develop and implement a comprehensive and structured approach to stakeholder engagement, and look to build long term trusted relationships with groups. This will help to draw out insights of evolving stakeholder expectations to inform our strategy.
What will you do?
- Work across the enterprise to build relationships with key external stakeholders
- Focus on relationships where there are opportunities for building deeper partnerships such as research or investments.
- Determine cadence of engagement, leveraging internal partners and specific topics of interest
- Represent RBC with key stakeholders (bringing in other internal climate SMEs as appropriate)
- Lead on key industry group climate relationships
- Lead on RBC engagements with investors and shareholders on climate topics
Track engagements to capture insights and follow ups
What do you need to succeed?
Must-Have
- 10+ years of experience in stakeholder relations with preference for experience with an NGO, governmental organization and/or financial services; experience in climate/ sustainability roles a benefit
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate and build a variety of stakeholder relationships with varying degrees of needs and navigating large, complex and matrixed organizations.
- Demonstrated passion and interest in driving environmental and social change within and beyond the enterprise
- Deep business knowledge and acumen, and a strong understanding of relevant climate and sustainability issues
- Outstanding interpersonal, communication, relationship building and storytelling skills
- Ability to interact across all levels of the organization with impact and influence, acting as a climate ambassador across the organization
Ability to work horizontally across businesses and functions
Nice-to-Have:
MBA, accounting designation and/or CFA
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, and competitive compensation.
Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
Flexible work/life balance options
Job Skills Adaptability, Commercial Acumen, Creative Visioning, Decision Making, Long Term Planning, Managerial Courage, Organizational Leadership, Organizational Savvy and Politics, Partnership Management, Strategic, Strategic Thinking
Additional Job Details
Address: BAY WELLINGTON TOWER, 181 BAY ST:TORONTO
City: TORONTO
Country: Canada
Work hours/week: 37.5
Employment Type: Full time
Platform: STRATEGY AND ADMINISTRATION
Job Type: Regular
Pay Type: Salaried
Posted Date: 2024-02-26
Application Deadline: 2024-03-10
Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment
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Expected salary
Location
Toronto, ON
Job date
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 23:13:42 GMT
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