RBC Ventures is a new kind of business – one that marries the strength of one of the world’s most trusted and successful financial institutions with a mission to reimagine the role we play in people’s lives – to move RBC ‘beyond banking’. We’re building a world-class organization focused on designing exceptional experiences, exploring new business models and creating exponential value. In 2020, we were named by Fast Company as one of the 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators and we’re looking for team members with the curiosity to explore, the capabilities to build and capacity to help us deliver our mission.

About Mydoh

Mydoh is seeking to change the financial landscape for kids. At Mydoh, we understand the importance of financial literacy and believe that developing good money habits should start early – our product gives children the opportunity to learn money management first-hand and build confidence in their financial skills.

It offers a Smart Card and money management app for parents and their children, giving kids their first experience of financial freedom while allowing for parental oversight and security.

We are a strong cross-functional team striving to deliver a seamless user experience to families that is robust and scalable behind-the-scenes.

What is the opportunity?

To support our mission, we are looking for a leader with demonstrated strategic capability, and a strong understanding of how to turn great strategy into execution.

The Director of Product will be accountable for defining and owning product strategy, building and maturing the product management function, and providing senior leadership across Mydoh at large. The successful candidate will work closely with business and technology leadership in order to ensure we deliver a product that meets and exceeds customer expectations.

What will you do?

Define Product Vision & Strategy: Turn our vision into a product strategy and build a tangible plan. Incorporate relevant external and internal considerations and incorporate tactical execution roadmaps
Build and Deliver: Build a superior product delivery infrastructure, and ensure timely, effective and efficient delivery and execution
Lead and Collaborate: Lead by an example on product execution; effectively collaborate with engineering and design teams to ship new, impactful features
Customer Centric: Obsesses over creating a market leading customer experience, and build a culture of iteration based on experimentation, evidence-based decision making and accountability

Build strong knowledge of market trends, customer insights, emerging/disruptive technologies

Providing management, coaching, mentoring and support to direct reports, and cross-functional team members
Providing leadership for Mydoh as a member of the senior management team
Working closely with cross-functional teams such as Operations, Technology and Marketing/Growth to support achievement of their objectives
Contributing to the RBC Ventures Product ‘Community of Practice

What do you need to succeed?

You are committed to seeing things through to execution, and when required you roll up your sleeves to get the job done, no matter the task at hand.

Extensive Product domain and industry experience (10+ years) building product management capabilities ideally in a Mobile product
Experience of having successfully launched a product working closely with engineers
An outstanding leader with a strong track record of successfully delivering Product strategy and transformation within customer centric and commercially minded business

Experience scaling B2C or B2B product
A nurturing manager with experience in coaching and mentoring talent

Entrepreneurial mindset
Product experience with a consumer tech company or a FinTech is a strong plus

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 ventures thrive and clients 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
Flexible work/life balance as part of a remote, distributed team
Opportunities to do challenging work
Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
Opportunities to building close relationships with various business units within RBC

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JOB SUMMARY
City:  Toronto
Address:  88 Queens Quay
Work Hours/Week:  37.5
Work Environment:  Office
Employment Type:  Permanent
Career Level:  Experienced Hire/Professional
Pay Type:  Salaried
Required Travel (%):  0-25
Exempt/Non-Exempt:  N/A
People Manager:  Yes
Application Deadline:  10/29/2021
Platform:  Strategy
Req ID:  341043
Ad Code(s): RBC Ventures