Lead Business Analyst

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

Are you passionate about delivering successful, high-impact transformation initiatives with a financial services leader in Canada and across the globe? At RBC we are searching for a dynamic Lead Business Analyst to join our team. You will be at the forefront of regulatory initiatives that will shape Banking's future.

As a Lead Business Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in shaping business solutions and driving strategic initiatives. You will consolidate and analyze data, influence document business requirements, and collaborate with stakeholders to develop high quality innovative solutions that address complex business challenges. By leveraging industry best practices and RBC's frameworks, you will ensure alignment with business objectives while championing continuous improvement and stakeholder engagement.

What will you do?

• Regulatory Compliance: Maintain a thorough understanding of regulatory initiatives and sanctions system capabilities, gaps, and opportunities. Support regulatory traceability documentation and technical testing, including Business Acceptance Testing and User Acceptance Testing.

• Requirements Management: Lead and manage requirements planning, elicitation, documentation, and validation processes, ensuring traceability and alignment with business objectives.

• Business Process Modelling: Lead process modelling by engaging stakeholders to create or modify business process maps following RBC standards. Identify opportunities or gaps and recommend improvements.

• Business Analysis: Gather, consolidate, and analyze relevant data from various sources to provide meaningful insights that support business decisions and strategic direction.

• Business Agility: Align with the product owner and participate in agile routines, supporting backlog management, user story writing, sizing, and prioritization.

• Stakeholder Management: Identify and prioritize stakeholder requirements, ensuring effective onboarding and communication of strategic direction. Build trust through reliability and transparency, facilitating negotiations and managing conflict resolution.

• Process Improvement & Innovation: Identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and gaps in business processes, leveraging methodologies like Lean, Six Sigma, and Design Thinking to drive improvements.

• Data Analysis & Reporting: Conduct data mining and analysis to generate insights supporting regulatory initiatives. Propose analytical measurement methodologies, including Key Performance and Key Risk Indicators, and deliver scheduled and ad-hoc reporting

What do you need to succeed?

Must have:

• 5–7 years of experience as a Business Analyst or Product Owner within large and complex programs.

• Expertise in analyzing complex business problems, proposing data-driven solutions, and presenting insights in a structured, compelling manner.

• Advanced requirements management skills with experience leading diverse stakeholders through requirements gathering, elicitation techniques, and documentation.

• Highly skilled in business process modeling, requirements documentation, and user story mapping.

• Experience in business process modeling and process consulting

• Advanced communication and facilitation skills to lead requirements gathering and deliver complex information to diverse audiences, including senior-level stakeholders.

• High proficiency in stakeholder and relationship management to build strong partnerships and influence outcomes with senior leaders.

• Expertise with one of more of the following tools: Jira, Confluence, Tableau, Mural, and Visio.

Nice to have:

• SixSigma Black Belt or willingness to get one

• Agile delivery experience, including backlog grooming, sprint planning, and writing effective user stories with clear acceptance criteria.

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

• A world-class training program in financial services

• Opportunities to do challenging work

• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities

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Job Skills

Agile Methodology, Business Data Analysis, Business Process Modeling, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Group Problem Solving, Interpersonal Relationship Management, Requirements Analysis

Additional Job Details

Address:

745 THURLOW ST:VANCOUVER

City:

Vancouver

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-03-12

Application Deadline:

2026-03-26

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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