Royal Bank of Canada

Senior Product Owner (High Value Payments)

Royal Bank of Canada$100K — $130K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in the payments industry
  • Strong knowledge of payments rails, including SWIFT and ISO 20022 standards
  • Experience in delivering initiatives within enterprise settings
  • Exceptional collaboration and stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to document business requirements and prioritize team backlogs

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive the product vision and strategy for payment initiatives
  • Manage stakeholder communications and lead agile product development cycles
  • Translate business goals into actionable product requirements and user stories
  • Measure and communicate program performance against business objectives
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams for timely delivery of solutions
  • Prioritize features based on stakeholder alignment and strategic goals
  • Remove barriers to ensure optimal delivery and develop contingency plans

Benefits

  • Make a significant impact on enterprise-wide payment solutions
  • Work within a dynamic, high-performing team
  • Engage in challenging and meaningful work
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the opportunity?

In this role within the High Value Enterprise Payments team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering enterprise-wide payments product solutions, with a specific focus on global high-value payments platforms and the BESS migration program. This position requires advanced expertise in payments product development, cross-border solutions, and large-scale transformation projects. You will lead end-to-end requirements delivery, from planning and analysis to execution, while guiding cross-functional teams to drive strategic outcomes.

What will you do?
  • Define and drive the product vision, roadmap, and strategy for Payment initiatives
  • Manage stakeholder communication and lead agile product development cycles from ideation to release
  • Translate business goals into actionable product requirements and user stories with clear acceptance criteria
  • Measure and communicate program performance and outcomes against business objectives
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery and iteration of solutions
  • Work closely with stakeholders to prioritize features and ensure alignment with strategic goals
  • Ensure optimal delivery by removing barriers and developing contingency plans
  • Perform stakeholder analysis and facilitate collaborative sessions for requirements discovery


What do you need to succeed?

Must have:
  • 7+ years of experience in the payments space with a strong understanding of payments rails, including SWIFT and ISO 20022 standards, and the Canadian payment ecosystem.
  • Proven experience delivering initiatives in an enterprise setting.
  • Strong collaboration skills with ability to work cross-functionally and influence across multiple cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Ability to document high-level business requirements and prioritize team backlogs in accordance with our business drivers.
  • A commitment to seeing initiatives through to execution; a willingness to tack tasks directly, regardless of the challenge.

What's in it for you?

  • 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
Collaboration, Communication, Stakeholder Communications, Stakeholder Management

Additional Job Details

Address:

RBC WATERPARK PLACE, 88 QUEENS QUAY W: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:

2026-07-02

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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