Royal Bank of Canada

Senior Application Manager

Royal Bank of Canada$100K — $170K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in related field or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of Application Management experience
  • Minimum of 2+ years of people leadership experience
  • Strong communication and facilitation skills
  • Experience with conflict resolution and escalations
  • Proficiency in Java11, SpringBoot, Git, Jenkins, Urban Code, JDBC, Openshift Container Platform 3, Apigee
  • Advanced API, Integration, database and data engineering experience
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple high-profile projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of developers and application specialists, including FTEs, contractors, and interns.
  • Provide direction, expertise, feedback, coaching, and development to team members.
  • Collaborate closely with Product Owners and Technical resources aligned to business partners.
  • Define technical direction for applications initiatives ensuring alignment in infrastructure and strategy.
  • Contribute to creating technical strategy and roadmap for the applications portfolio.
  • Consult on technical and management decisions, focusing on cross-functional partnerships.
  • Manage daily resource allocation and anticipate staffing needs for projects.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits
  • Support for professional development through coaching and opportunities
  • Work in a dynamic, collaborative, and high-performing team
  • Access to a world-class training program in financial services
  • Possibility to take on challenging work
  • Opportunities for increased responsibilities and accountabilities.
Full Job Description
Job Description

You will lead a technical team that develops, focused on data management, data engineering and data services for US Wealth Management. You will be leading the team to collaborate with business partners to ensure that scalable, performant technology solutions, improve client experience, and enable our peer teams to be more efficient. Manage and provide leadership to the applications staff and ensure the successful completion of projects and department priorities on time, within budget and meeting quality and regulatory requirements. We value positive attitude, willingness to learn, open communication, transparency, extreme collaboration, teamwork and commitment.

What will do you do?
  • Lead a team of development and application specialist resources; including FTEs, contractors, and interns.
  • Provides direction, expertise, feedback, coaching and development to build the capability of the staff and empower the team.
  • Partners closely with Product Owners and Technical resources aligned to our Business Partners.
  • Sets technical direction for all internal applications initiatives ensuring adherence to overall IT direction.
  • Key contributor in the creation of technical strategy, roadmap and technical currency for applications within portfolio.
  • Expert consultant on technical and management direction for applications and processes within area of responsibility, with a focus on the cross-functional partnerships.
  • Ensures departmental priorities are completed by identifying and defining details necessary for successful completion.
  • Manages day to day allocation of resources and anticipates any staff shortages or surpluses and proactively addresses any issues and hiring needs.
  • Monitors assigned cost center budget(s) on a recurring basis and participates in annual budget process.
  • Ensures adherence to all internal and external regulatory regulations with timely resolution of identified Risks or findings.
  • Researches emerging trends/best practices and determines implications of proposed solutions on meeting business unit strategy.
  • Identifies technical and business opportunities to take advantage of cross organizational knowledge, best practices and reusability to expedite solutions and enhance quality.
  • 3rd party vendor relationships - establishes and maintains positive relationships by effectively communicating through a variety of techniques and collaboration, including daily standups and regular partnership meetings.


What do you need to succeed?
Must haves:

  • Bachelor's Degree in related field or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of Application Management experience
  • Minimum of 2+ years of people leadership experience
  • Strong communication and facilitation skills
  • Experience with conflicts resolution and escalations
  • Java11, SpringBoot, Git, Jenkins, Urban code, JDBC, Openshift Container Platform 3, Apigee
  • Advance API, Integration, database and data engineering experience
  • Highly organized and proven track record of managing multiple high-profile projects/initiatives in parallel.


Nice to haves:
  • Experience in Banking, Finance and / or Wealth Management
  • Experience with AI Applications and tools


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
  • Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
  • A world-class training program in financial services
  • Opportunities to do challenging work
  • Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities


The expected salary range for this particular position is $100,000-$170,000, 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.

Job Skills
Application Development, Application Integrations, Application Maintenance, Applications Architecture, Commercial Acumen, Enterprise Application Delivery, Information Technology Management, Programming Languages, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), System Applications

Additional Job Details

Address:

250 NICOLLET MALL:MINNEAPOLIS

City:

Minneapolis

Country:

United States of America

Work hours/week:

40

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-07-06

Application Deadline:

2026-07-17
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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