What is the opportunity?

The Senior Director of Enterprise Identity and Access Management Strategy and Product Management is responsible for leading Strategy and Roadmap for all EIAM, capabilities and solution enhancements. This role provides thought leadership globally for EIAM solutions and supports a high performing team that prioritizes capabilities and delivers against approved roadmaps. Participates in vendor management of EIAM providers and leads cross functional teams overseeing IT development/delivery of EIAM services to ensure strategic goals and objectives are accomplished within approved time, scope, and budget.

In this senior role, you will be responsible for driving technical strategy and roadmap for Enterprise IAM Capabilities, hands-on guidance, and strategic engagement across technical teams, functions, and lines of business for EIAM. You will collaborate with technology research, planning, design, development, and implementation of diverse and highly complex Identity & Access Management (EIAM) systems. Moreover, you will work with your peers on the Strategy team to formulate the overall strategic goals and prioritization.

What will you do?

• Accountable for the EIAM IT strategic direction; provide technology thought-leadership and strategic solutions that enhances and supports business processes and enables IT Risk Functional Unit in achieving their goals

• Develop comprehensive EIAM roadmaps and deliver detailed product requirements, workflows, and user stories to ensure project investments are moving RBC in the direction of the articulated future-state.

• Provides leadership and expert counsel in establishing and implementing standards, guidelines, and best practices for the development and deployment of solutions across all EIAM technologies.

• Works with Enterprise Architecture and various Business partners to enhance and drive the overall technology strategy and to achieve business alignment and strategic business objectives

• Participates and contributes to the definition of overall systems architecture to support the business objectives and to ensure that there is a consistent use of technology and architecture.

• Collaborating with internal and external customers, vendors, and cross-functional teams to ensure the successful development and rollout of new features for EIAM.

• Champions the creation of metrics and manages with a higher level of information i.e., at the trends and management indicator level; differentiates between project and program metrics

• Promotes innovative or improved methods to get the work done and implements best practices.

What do you need to succeed?

Must have:

• 10+ years of experience in IAM with significant experience in EIAM capabilities, architecture, and strategy.

• Deep knowledge of IAM products, relevant technology, and industry best practices.

• Ability to identify and mitigate gaps in all aspects of an organization’s IAM maturity

• Extensive experience in Enterprise Identity and Access management (PAM, Authentication, Authorization, IGA, Access Request and Provisioning)

• Diverse and Hands-on technical experience with a variety of technologies/standards including Mobile, Web, Directories, MFA, SCIM, SAML, OAuth, OIDC, Cloud

Nice to have:

• Undergraduate Degree or equivalent experience

• CISSP and relevant product certifications

• Knowledge of IT Standards, Methodologies, CMM, and audit requirements

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

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Job Skills

Adapt Quickly, Always Learn, Business Functions, Communication, Critical Thinking, Cyber Security Management, Decision Making, Detail-Oriented, Drive to Impact, Information Security, Information Security Management, Information Technology Security, Interpersonal Relationship Management, IT Architecture, IT Security Architecture, Performance Management (PM), Strategic Direction

Additional Job Details

16 YORK ST:TORONTOTorontoCanada37.5Full timeTECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONSRegularSalaried2026-01-202026-02-10

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.

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