Job Description

What is the Opportunity?

As the Director, Capital Markets Talent Acquisition, North America you will lead talent acquisition activity for RBC Capital Markets across the US and Canada. You will be accountable for leading a strong recruitment team that drives talent strategy and enables business growth. In this role, you will collaborate closely with the Director, Early Talent for Capital Markets, who leads our Global Campus recruitment efforts to bring holistic talent acquisition experiences to our business and functional partners. Operating as a key partner to business and HR leaders, you will shape how RBC Capital Markets attracts and hires talent while establishing solid recruitment practices. You will lead through an active, visible leadership presence,  modeling excellence in execution and candidate experience. Collaborating across the Talent Acquisition function, you will leverage market insights to inform recruitment strategy and drive operational excellence.

What will you do?

• Scale and develop a high-performing North American recruitment team that sets industry benchmarks for talent quality, speed, and candidate experience.

• Coach and support recruiters with advanced sourcing techniques, market intelligence gathering, candidate assessment, and consulting capability.

• Actively manage a number of requisitions to maintain a firsthand understanding of the recruiter experience, support team capacity, and ensure the team’s strategic priorities and processes reflect the realities of execution.

• Leverage the RBC Blueprint to cultivate team culture and values that attract and retain top recruitment talent.

• Service as a key point of contact overseeing recruitment lifecycle activities and provide expert advice and counsel to business leaders, HR leaders, and team.

• Partner across the Talent Acquisition function to leverage recruitment metrics, dashboards, and analytics to develop insights and inform our strategy and actions.

• Contribute to continued practice development and functional initiatives to ensure excellence in technology, assessment methodology, branding, etc.

• Partner with Talent Acquisition, business, HR, and functional leaders to develop and execute multi-year talent acquisition strategies that align with Capital Markets' business objectives, competitive positioning, and long-term workforce planning needs.

• Establish a market presence and represent recruitment internally and externally.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have:

• 7+ years of proven experience leading a talent acquisition function in Capital Markets.

• Active, visible leadership style with the ability to model behaviors, unlock performance, take high performers to the next level, and develop emerging talent.

• Proven ability to establish and scale best-in-class practices and drive measurable improvements in recruitment outcomes.

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience leading recruitment across multiple geographies and/or in a matrix organization.

• Prior experience working with Workday and Phenom.

The expected salary range for this particular position is $160,000-$260,000, depending on your experience, skills, and registration status, market conditions and business needs.

You have the potential to earn more through RBC’s discretionary variable compensation program which gives you an opportunity to increase your total compensation, provided the business meets its performance targets and you meet your individual goals.

RBC’s compensation philosophy and principles recognize the importance of a highly qualified global workforce and plays a critical role in attracting, engaging and retaining talent that:

• Drives RBC’s high-performance culture

• Enables collective achievement of our strategic goals

• Generates sustainable shareholder returns and above market shareholder value
   

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, 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.

• Flexible work/life balance options.

• Opportunities to do challenging work.

• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities.

• Access to a variety of job opportunities across business.

Job Skills

Creativity, Effectiveness Measurement, Goal Setting, Interpersonal Relationship Management, Interview Techniques, Knowledge Organization, Long Term Planning, Performance Management (PM), Recruiting, Strategic Thinking

Additional Job Details

Address:

GOLDMAN SACHS TOWER, 30 HUDSON STREET:JERSEY CITY

City:

Jersey City

Country:

United States of America

Work hours/week:

40

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

HUMAN RESOURCES & BMCC

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-07-22

Application Deadline:

2026-08-06

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

Our Employment Opportunities

At RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One 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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