Director Payments Software Development

What is the opportunity?

Are you a Developer turned Technical Manager? Do you have strong understanding of banking products in one or more of the following: US ACH Payments, FedWire, SWIFT, Real Time Payments, FedNow, Payment Channels, or Commercially Available Payment Solutions, then we would like to talk to you!

This role is part of our US Technology Organization focused on Payments Technology Transformation for City National Bank.  This offers an opportunity to work collaboratively with the RBC Global Payments Technology organization to deliver and support next generation payment solutions supporting the US payments market.  You will develop innovative ideas and solutions supporting our clients and operations colleagues to modernize the payments domain.

You will lead a team of Technology & Operations software developers who build, integrate, and transform into next-generation technologies that change how commercial clients and consumers execute and receive payments.  This critical work enables them to reach their business and financial aspirations.

What will you do?

• Maintaining relationships with business partners, payment network providers, and third-party payment solution providers; communicating with IT and business management; monitoring prompt response and support for technical issues.

• Ensuring high standards and quality of technical work. Directing reviews of tools and technologies for improving performance, reducing costs and time to market.

• Directing, managing and participating in the delivery of large and complex application development projects.  A strong focus on execution is expected.

• Defining strategies and delivering solutions to support client needs using the latest technologies and development practices in support of business capabilities and outcomes, helping to shape the future of business banking.

• Leading and managing high performing teams, building engineering capability within the team through employee hires and contractors and a strong focus on retaining top talent and developing employee skills and future technical leaders.

• Contributing to Architecture and design work and developing code structures that align to approved Architectures.

• Ideation includes high level scoping and estimation to support effort prioritization and planning.

• You will actively seek out knowledge about new technologies and how they can be used to solve current and foreseeable challenges.

What do you need to succeed?

Must have:

• 10+ years of banking industry experience within the payments domain.

• Strong understanding of banking products in one or more of the following: US ACH Payments, FedWire, SWIFT, Real Time Payments, FedNow, Payment Channels, or Commercially Available Payment Solutions.

• Experience leading teams responsible for architecting, designing and building mission critical software services on .Net platforms.

• Experience leading teams to develop highly complex and concurrent applications.

• Ability to contribute and work well in a team setting.

• Ability to navigate complex, high-pressure situations and resolve conflicts constructively.

• Good communication skills.

Nice to have: 

• Proven people management skills.

• Proactively identify operational risks/ control deficiencies in the business.

• Technology delivery background.

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.

The expected salary range for this particular position is $160,000-$275,000, 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.

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