Royal Bank of Canada

Senior Director, Project & Infrastructure Finance

Royal Bank of Canada$150K — $180K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Undergraduate degree in Business, Economics, or a related field
  • 6-8 years of project finance experience with senior debt credit knowledge
  • Proven leadership in managing deal teams
  • Strong financial modeling and analytical skills
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks under tight deadlines
  • Excellent communication and negotiation skills
  • Demonstrated coaching and mentoring abilities

Responsibilities

  • Lead deal teams to achieve revenue growth and deliver financing solutions
  • Drive business growth in renewable energy and digital infrastructure sectors
  • Conduct market and industry analysis to optimize loan structures
  • Assess risk and return profiles for project finance transactions
  • Collaborate with PIF leadership to maintain a robust business pipeline
  • Monitor and manage the Project and Infrastructure Finance loan portfolio
  • Report on changes in risk and structure, providing actionable recommendations

Benefits

  • Opportunity to make a lasting impact in the community
  • Work within a dynamic, collaborative team
  • Engage in challenging and meaningful work
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the opportunity?

As Senior Director, Project and Infrastructure Finance (PIF), you'll lead a team in structuring, delivering, and managing project finance and public-private partnership (PPP) transactions and will play a key role in contributing to the realization of Corporate Client Group (CCG) objectives. You will bring your extensive market experience, leadership, financial modelling and structuring skills to drive growth in support of the national mandate of the PIF team, with a particular focus on enhancing capabilities related to energy transition and other areas of opportunity.

What will you do?
  • Lead and oversee deal teams to drive revenue growth and deliver financing solutions to project developers and consortiums
  • Play a key role in business growth in renewable energy, digital infrastructure and other opportunities/segments, by leading deal teams to pitch, structure, prepare indicative term sheets, negotiate, deliver, document, close syndicated and bilateral senior debt transactions, including due diligence, credit submissions and transaction presentations
  • Build and maintain collaborative relationships with RBC partners including Group Risk Management, Capital Markets, Investment Banking, Relationship Managers, and others
  • Provide market and industry analysis to support CCG guidance on optimal loan structures that meet client objectives
  • Lead assessment of risk and return profiles for PIF transactions to inform client strategies and transaction responses
  • Work closely with PIF leadership team to maintain a business pipeline, participate in winning new business and close loan transactions sufficient to meet revenue plans.
  • Lead the management and monitoring of the Project and Infrastructure Finance loan portfolio, including timely reporting of material shifts in risk, client needs, and structure, and provide recommendations for action including new marketing opportunities.


What do you need to succeed?
Must have:
  • Undergraduate degree with a focus in Business, Economics or a related field
  • 6-8 years of demonstrated experience in project finance transaction execution with senior debt credit knowledge, experience with renewable energy and non-recourse project finance
  • Proven experience in overseeing and leading deal teams
  • Strong ability to model and interpret financial sensitivity and scenario worksheets
  • Ability to prioritize work and manage multiple tasks while meeting time-sensitive deadlines
  • Effective communication, negotiation, interpersonal and client relationship skills, and ability to work effectively within a team environment
  • Demonstrated coaching and leadership skills
  • Strong computer literacy with emphasis on PowerPoint and Excel


Nice to have:
  • MBA, CPA, CFA or other relevant professional designation
  • Bilingual (French/English) communication skills


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.
  • Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
  • Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
  • Opportunities to do challenging work


Job Skills
Corporate Lending, Credit Structuring, Deal Execution, Energy Project Financing, Infrastructure Financing, Leadership, Public Private Partnerships (PPP), Renewable Energy, Structured Finance, Transaction Execution

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:

PERSONAL & COMMERCIAL BANKING

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-09-09

Application Deadline:

2026-10-03
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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