Royal Bank of Canada

Senior Product Manager - HNW Lending

Royal Bank of Canada$70K — $130K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-8 years of progressive product management experience in financial services, with a focus on lending, payments, or wealth management products
  • Deep knowledge of HNW lending products such as Securities-Based Lending and mortgages
  • Proven leadership in managing cross-functional teams within an agile framework
  • Experience in building or enhancing digital platforms for client and advisor-facing channels
  • Strong capability in translating business requirements into technical specifications
  • Excellent communication skills for presenting to senior leadership and influencing teams
  • Strong analytical skills for data-driven decision making

Responsibilities

  • Define and evolve the product roadmap based on market needs and business priorities
  • Architect new lending platforms to deliver measurable client value
  • Collaborate with various teams to ensure informed product decisions and organizational alignment
  • Translate business needs into actionable requirements through collaboration
  • Conduct user research and data analysis to inform design and improvements
  • Identify and resolve technical issues affecting platform performance
  • Monitor and analyze product performance against KPIs to drive improvements

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards Program with competitive compensation and flexible benefits
  • Support for personal development through coaching and management opportunities
  • Opportunities for meaningful impact and community contribution
  • Dynamic and collaborative work environment
  • Challenging work opportunities that foster skill growth
  • Building close client relationships
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the opportunity?

The Senior Product Manager - HNW Lending leads a cross-functional agile team within Banking & Lending Digital Products to deliver innovative HNW lending solutions. You will drive the next phase of growth across Securities-Based Lending (SBL), Tailored Lending, and Mortgage product lines by building, maintaining, and enhancing lending platforms that address target audience needs while advancing product strategy and vision. This role is accountable for product innovation, platform reliability, and business performance across the HNW lending portfolio.

What will you do?

1. Product Strategy & Vision
  • Define, socialize, and evolve the future-state product roadmap based on market needs, stakeholder input, technical feasibility, and business priorities
  • Envision and architect new lending platforms and enhancements to existing solutions that deliver measurable value to clients, advisors, and internal users
  • Drive the next phase of growth across SBL, Tailored Lending, and Mortgage product lines while maintaining competitive positioning in the HNW market


2. Cross-Functional Collaboration & Organizational Alignment
  • Partner with design, research, technology, legal, risk, and compliance teams to make informed product decisions and drive alignment across functional groups
  • Work across RBC business units to deliver a seamless, integrated OneRBC lending experience that strengthens customer engagement and brand consistency
  • Lead cross-functional agile initiatives involving product, engineering, UX, operations, risk, and compliance teams to bring new products and enhancements to market


3. Requirements Definition & Evidence-Based Design
  • Translate business needs into clear, actionable requirements in collaboration with technology, business, and control partners
  • Conduct end-user research and leverage data analysis to validate assumptions, inform requirements, and guide wireframe design
  • Regularly present findings, progress updates, and recommendations to key stakeholders including senior leadership and product governance forums


4. Process Optimization & Platform Reliability
  • Collaborate with legal, compliance, risk, technology, and operations teams to identify inefficiencies, streamline workflows, and enhance lending product processes
  • Identify, diagnose, and collaborate with technology teams to resolve technical issues and system errors impacting lending platform performance
  • Participate in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Post-Implementation Validation (PIV) testing to ensure solutions meet business requirements and deliver quality outcomes


5. Backlog & Roadmap Stewardship
  • Actively review and curate backlog items, prioritize against roadmap, retire outdated items, and clarify ambiguous requirements by engaging original submitters
  • Maintain product backlog health and ensure clear prioritization aligned with strategic objectives and business targets
  • Balance innovation initiatives with operational excellence and technical debt management


6. Vendor Partnership & Third-Party Integration
  • Engage and coordinate with external vendors to evaluate solutions, manage integrations, and support product delivery timelines
  • Assess vendor capabilities against product requirements and ensure seamless integration with existing lending platforms
  • Manage vendor relationships to drive cost efficiency and product quality


7. Business Performance & KPI Management
  • Deliver against agreed business targets and key performance indicators to ensure product success and ROI realization
  • Monitor product health through KPIs and KRIs (e.g., adoption rates, application completion rates, loan approval rates, system performance)
  • Conduct post-launch analysis and continuous monitoring to validate product assumptions and drive iterative improvements


What do you need to succeed?

Must-Haves
  • Experience: Minimum 5 to 8 years of progressive product management experience in financial services, with substantial focus on lending, payments, or wealth management products
  • Product Expertise: Deep, hands-on knowledge of HNW lending products, including Securities-Based Lending, mortgages, and/or tailored lending offerings; familiarity with loan origination, underwriting, and servicing workflows
  • Agile & Cross-Functional Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams in an agile environment; experience managing product through development cycles from conception to deployment
  • Digital Platform Experience: Proven track record building or enhancing digital platforms for advisor and/or client-facing channels (portals, mobile, desktop platforms)
  • Requirements Definition & Design: Strong ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications, participate in design activities, and drive evidence-based product decisions
  • Stakeholder Communication: Exceptional ability to present findings, articulate product vision, and influence cross-functional teams and senior leadership
  • Analytical & Problem-Solving: Strong analytical skills with ability to use data to inform decisions, troubleshoot issues, and optimize processes


Nice-to-Haves
  • Advanced degree (e.g., MBA) or relevant certifications (e.g., Certified Product Manager, Six Sigma)
  • Direct experience with loan origination systems (LOS) or lending platforms
  • Familiarity with regulatory requirements in lending (e.g., Reg T, Dodd-Frank, Truth in Lending Act)
  • Prior experience working in a wealth management or high-touch, advisor-driven environment
  • Knowledge of fraud prevention and risk management in lending contexts
  • Experience managing product P&L or business metrics within a lending product line


Key Partnerships: Credit Risk, Legal & Compliance, Technology, Operations, Market Research, Field Enablement

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 include competitive compensation and flexible benefits, such as 401(k) program with company-matching contributions, health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, and paid-time off.
  • 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.
  • Opportunities to do challenging work.
  • Opportunities to build close relationships with clients.


The expected salary range for this particular position is $85,000-$145,000 for New York, $77,000-$143,000 for Florham Park, NJ, $70,000-$130,000 for Minneapolis and Charlotte 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


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:

1211 6TH AVENUE:NEW YORK

City:

New York

Country:

United States of America

Work hours/week:

40

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-07-29

Application Deadline:

2026-08-05
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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