Director, Technology Lead

What is the opportunity?

Are you interested in working as Director, Technology Lead on the Personal & Commercial Credit Technology (PCCT) team in Technology & Operations (T&O) at the Royal Bank of Canada?

RBC`s PCCT team is responsible for providing solutions supporting Financing Products, Credit Cards, and other credit related products to personal & commercial clients.

As a Director, Technology Lead, you will work as part of an agile delivery team to delivery critical solutions to our retail credit related products at RBC. We are looking for top notch technical leaders who are great team players, constantly think outside the box and passionate about the quality of the products. You will have the opportunity to grow and expand your capabilities and expertise within the PCCT development community via learning and sharing.

What will you do?

• Provide technical leadership and hands-on contribution to software solutions if required
• Manage a team of developers responsible for delivering a top-tier product.
• Collaborate other technical leads, product leads and business lead to deliver comprehensive technology solutions
• Provide leadership and expert counsel in establishing and implementing standards, guidelines and best engineering practices.
• Support the transformation program leads to set vision and establish strategic roadmap from technical perspective
• Building exciting, customer-focused, engaging applications by focusing on software engineering / design / architecture excellence.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• 7+ years technical leadership experience in delivering high resilient software solutions
• Strong technical delivery and team building experience
• Excellent interpersonal and highly developed communication skills (verbal and written) from both technical and business perspectives
• Creative and analytical thinker who is self-driven and capable of working in a fast-paced environment
• Strong technical background in both modern backend and frontend technologies, including JAVA, Sprint Boot, Angular etc.
• Strong technical experience in developing and deploying on distributed cloud applications (OpenShift, Docker, Azure)
• Excellent team player who has great collaboration skills with other tech leads, product leads and business lead etc. to move things forward

Nice-to-have

• Familiarity with Business Process Model Notation (BPMN) and Decision Model Notation (DMN) is a plus, including Camunda, Pega, etc.
• Experience and context knowledge in Home Equity Finance (HEF) industry, including mortgage origination, adjudication and fulfillment is a plus
• Experience with GitHub Co-pilot or other Gen-AI tools is a 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 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 and stock where applicable
• Participate in fun events and gamification challenges to help build your career tool kit while enjoying a work-life balance
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and learning opportunities

• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive and highly performing team
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Enjoy a comfortable work environment with the option to dress casually
• Opportunities to do challenging work

Job Skills

Agile Delivery, Application Development, Application Maintenance, Applications Architecture, Building Architecture, Enterprise Application Delivery, Information Technology Management, Information Technology Trends, Programming Languages, Software Solutions, System Applications, Technical Delivery, Technical Leadership

Additional Job Details

RBC WATERPARK PLACE, 88 QUEENS QUAY W:TORONTOTORONTOCanada37.5Full timeTECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONSRegularSalaried2025-06-122025-07-04

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

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At 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.