Director, Product Management

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

Join RBC Capital Markets as Director of Product Management for our Compute Fabric Platform, a strategic Kubernetes-based infrastructure powering applications across Capital Markets. This is a high-impact business leadership role where you'll drive platform adoption, deliver measurable value to hundreds of users, and build a thriving platform community. You'll translate cutting-edge cloud-native capabilities into tangible business outcomes, removing barriers to adoption and optimizing investments to maximize ROI. This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of compute infrastructure at one of the world's leading capital markets firms, working at the intersection of technology innovation and business value delivery.

What will you do?

• Define and execute product strategy that aligns platform capabilities with business priorities, building compelling business cases that demonstrate ROI through improved time-to-market, cost savings, and operational efficiency
• Drive platform adoption across Capital Markets by understanding user needs, conducting research and workshops, building community through engagement forums, and creating tailored adoption strategies for different user segments
• Design and deliver comprehensive onboarding programs with self-service capabilities, documentation, and starter kits that enable application teams to realize value quickly while continuously improving the user experience
• Optimize platform investments and resource utilization by implementing transparent cost visibility models, identifying efficiency opportunities through usage analysis, and communicating savings to demonstrate business value
• Build strong relationships with application teams, business stakeholders, and technology leadership, translating technical capabilities into business benefits and presenting impact to senior leadership and governance forums
• Serve as the primary advocate for platform users, gathering feedback continuously, tracking satisfaction and adoption metrics, conducting business reviews with major consumers, and using insights to inform roadmap priorities
• Stay current with cloud-native computing trends and CNCF ecosystem developments, evaluating emerging technologies for business value and bringing external insights to inform platform strategy
• Establish KPIs measuring adoption, user satisfaction, onboarding effectiveness, and cost efficiency, using data and analytics to identify trends, inform decisions, and report on business outcomes
  
  

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• 10 years in product management roles with demonstrated success driving platform adoption, managing stakeholder groups, and delivering measurable business value to internal users at scale
• Strong business acumen with proven ability to translate technical capabilities into business outcomes, build ROI-based business cases, and communicate value across all organizational levels
• Exceptional user focus with experience in user research, adoption strategy, change management, community building, and designing onboarding programs that drive engagement and satisfaction
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with ability to influence without authority, build consensus among competing priorities, and present compellingly to executives and technical audiences
• Understanding of container platforms, cloud infrastructure, and modern application architectures sufficient to engage credibly with technical users and make informed product decisions
  
  

Nice-to-have

• Prior experience in financial services or highly regulated industries with understanding of capital markets technology landscape
• Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts, CNCF projects, and cloud-native ecosystem with ability to evaluate emerging technologies for business value
• MBA or advanced degree with relevant product management certifications
• Experience implementing cost optimization, chargeback/showback models, and resource management strategies for cloud or platform infrastructure
  
  

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 competitive compensation and flexible benefits, such as 401(k) program with company-matching contributions, health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, and paid-time off
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact on how RBC Capital Markets builds and deploys technology
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team building strategic platform capabilities
• Opportunities to do challenging work at the forefront of cloud-native technology adoption in capital markets
• Opportunities to build close relationships with internal clients and drive meaningful business outcomes
  
  

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
  
  

Job Skills

Business Case Design, Critical Thinking, Knowledge Organization, Product Development Lifecycle, Product Development Methodology, Product Manufacturing, Product Services, Product Testing, Results-Oriented, Waterfall Model

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:

CAPITAL MARKETS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-05-22

Application Deadline:

2026-05-30

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

Our Employment Opportunities

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