The company is looking to achieve the reductions across all functions.
It has also announced the planned retirement of chief operating officer Don Thompson, who has been on temporary medical leave, and has changed the responsibilities of some executives.
Thorsten Heins, formerly chief operating officer, product engineering, is taking the expanded role of chief operating officer, product and sales.
Patrick Spence, formerly vice-president of EMEA is taking on the role of managing director, global sales and regional marketing, reporting to Heins.
RIM said Spence would work with Heins to "tightly couple the execution of product development and regional business operations around the world, enable faster local execution tailored to local market needs, and support the needs of RIM's valued operator and distributor partners".
The changes appear to make Spence the most senior marketer in the organisation, chief marketing officer Keith Pardy having deciding to leave for "personal reasons" in March.
A RIM spokeswoman declined to comment further.
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