Royal Bank of Canada

Product Manager

Royal Bank of Canada$80K — $100K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Finance, or Economics.
  • 1-3 years in product management or related roles, including internships.
  • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to synthesize user needs into product specifications.
  • Proactive self-starter who thrives in collaborative settings.
  • Interest in financial markets and emerging technologies, especially AI/ML.

Responsibilities

  • Support the entire product lifecycle for trading analytics features on MATA.
  • Build strong relationships with internal users and gather requirements through stakeholder engagement.
  • Lead user research initiatives to understand trader workflows and inform product decisions.
  • Track product metrics to analyze usage patterns and inform prioritization decisions.
  • Coordinate product launches, including creating documentation and training materials.
  • Contribute to roadmap planning by assessing feature requests and business value.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and remove obstacles throughout the product development process.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits.
  • Supportive leadership that promotes professional development.
  • Opportunity to make a significant impact on the business.
  • Dynamic and collaborative team environment.
  • World-class training program in financial services.
  • Flexible work/life balance options.
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the Opportunity?

We are seeking a Product Manager to join our Capital Markets digital platform team, specifically supporting the Multi Asset Trade Analytics (MATA) platform. MATA is a comprehensive analytics platform that serves trading desks across multiple asset classes, providing critical insights and data that traders rely on to make informed decisions daily.

As a Product Manager on the MATA platform team, you will play a key role in bringing product concepts to reality, bridging technical, business, and user needs through collaboration and partnership. You will work closely with cross-functional teams including Technology, Engineering, Trading Desks, Sales, and Operations to evolve and scale the MATA platform as it expands to support multiple new initiatives across Capital Markets.

In this role, you will focus on core product execution for trading analytics capabilities, translating trader workflows and business requirements into actionable product features. You will be responsible for gathering requirements, conducting user research, managing feature delivery, and driving adoption of analytics tools that traders rely on daily to make critical decisions.

This role offers the opportunity for an early-career product professional to gain hands-on experience across the full product lifecycle while working on high-impact products in a fast-paced capital markets environment. You will collaborate with talented engineers, data scientists, and business stakeholders, with direct exposure to trading desks, institutional clients, and senior leadership. As MATA continues to grow and expand its capabilities, you will have the opportunity to take on increasing ownership and help shape the future of trading analytics at RBC.

If you are passionate about building products that solve real business problems, thrive in collaborative environments, and are eager to develop your product management skills in financial services, we encourage you to apply.

What will you do?
  • Product Development & Delivery: Support the end-to-end product lifecycle for trading analytics features on the MATA platform. Write user stories, define acceptance criteria, manage backlogs, and work with engineering teams to deliver high-quality releases on time.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong relationships with traders, sales, operations teams, and other internal users. Conduct interviews, observe workflows, and gather requirements to understand pain points and opportunities. Translate business needs into clear product specifications.
  • User Research & Testing: Lead user research initiatives including interviews, usability testing, and feedback sessions. Develop deep understanding of trading workflows, data needs, and decision-making processes to inform product decisions.
  • Data & Analytics: Track product metrics including feature adoption, usage patterns, and user engagement. Analyze data to identify trends, measure impact, and inform prioritization decisions. Create dashboards and reports for stakeholders.
  • Go-to-Market Support: Coordinate product launches by working across teams to align on timing, communications, and training. Create user documentation and training materials. Support product demos and onboarding sessions to drive adoption.
  • Roadmap Contribution: Contribute to roadmap planning by gathering feature requests, assessing business value and technical feasibility, and researching competitive products. Help prioritize initiatives based on impact and strategic alignment.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with engineering, design, data science, and business teams throughout the product development process. Facilitate alignment, clarify requirements, and help remove blockers to keep initiatives moving forward.
  • Product Communication: Create internal artifacts including requirement documents, user flows, and product specifications. Communicate progress, decisions, and trade-offs clearly to stakeholders at all levels.


What do you need to succeed?

Must-Have:
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Finance, Economics, or related field
  • 1-3 years of experience in product management, business analysis, consulting, or related roles (internships and co-op experience count)
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, with ability to work effectively with both technical and business stakeholders
  • Demonstrated ability to gather requirements, synthesize feedback, and translate user needs into product specifications
  • Self-starter who takes initiative, asks thoughtful questions, and thrives in collaborative environments
  • Comfort with ambiguity and ability to adapt in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
  • Interest in financial markets, capital markets technology, or enterprise software
  • Strong interest in AI/ML applications in financial services, including generative AI and emerging technologies. Curiosity about how AI can transform workflows, enhance productivity, and create new ways of working in capital markets


Nice to Have:
  • Experience with trading workflows, market data, or financial analytics products
  • Understanding of asset classes such as equities, fixed income, FX, or derivatives
  • Data analysis experience
  • Programming or scripting experience (Python, KDB+/q, SQL, or similar)
  • Familiarity with agile development methodologies and product management tools (Jira, Confluence, etc.)
  • Prior exposure to B2B enterprise software or fintech products
  • Experience working with APIs, data platforms, or analytics tools
  • Basic understanding of databases or software architecture


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.
  • Flexible work/life balance options.


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Job Skills
Business Case Design, Communication, Critical Thinking, Effectiveness Measurement, Financial Regulation, Interpersonal Relationship Management, Product Development Lifecycle, Product Development Methodology, Product Services, Results-Oriented, Waterfall Model

Additional Job Details

Address:

ROYAL BANK PLAZA, 200 BAY ST:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

CAPITAL MARKETS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-07-17

Application Deadline:

2026-08-31
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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