Royal Bank of Canada

Technical Product Owner - Payments

Royal Bank of Canada$90K — $110K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3-5 years in Financial Services or Payments Technology, with 2 years in Technical Product Ownership or equivalent role.
  • Experience with Correspondent Payment routing and understanding of payment message flows.
  • Familiarity with High-Value Payments and SWIFT MT/MX messaging or ISO 20022 standards.
  • Knowledge of sanctions screening, AML controls, and regulatory compliance in payments.
  • Experience in Agile, Scrum, or SAFe environments with effective communication skills.
  • Strong organizational skills to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

  • Support product backlog and roadmap for payment platform modernization.
  • Translate business objectives into functional and technical requirements.
  • Participate in requirements gathering and solution design across business lines.
  • Document payment capabilities focused on Correspondent Payment routing.
  • Integrate regulatory requirements into payment workflows.
  • Identify risks and collaborate on mitigation strategies.
  • Contribute to AI-assisted practices for delivery improvement.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and bonuses.
  • Coaching and world-class training opportunities.
  • Progressive responsibilities in a high-performance team.
  • Collaborative culture built on mutual success.
Full Job Description
Job Description

What is the opportunity?

Our Enterprise Payments team is modernizing high-value and real-time payment platforms, and we're looking for a motivated Technical Product Owner to grow with us. In this role, you will serve as a key connector between business stakeholders, operations, compliance, and engineering - supporting the analysis, design, delivery, and validation of payment solutions in a regulated financial services environment. You will contribute to outcomes across the product lifecycle, helping embed regulatory controls and best practices into every stage of delivery. If you have a foundation in payments technology and a drive to expand your expertise across complex, cross-functional initiatives, this is the role for you.

What will you do?
Key Responsibilities
  • Support the product backlog, roadmap, and delivery activities for payment processing and platform modernization initiatives under the guidance of senior team members.
  • Translate business objectives into clear functional and technical requirements across concurrent priorities.
  • Participate in requirements elicitation, solution design, and cross-functional alignment across multiple lines of business.
  • Analyze and document payment capabilities with a focus on Correspondent Payment routing, and contribute to initiatives spanning Domestic and Cross-Border payments, SWIFT MT/MX messaging, and ISO 20022 standards.
  • Support the integration of sanctions screening, AML controls, and regulatory requirements into payment workflows and system design.
  • Identify potential issues, conflicts, and risks; escalate and collaborate on mitigation strategies as needed.
  • Contribute to AI-assisted delivery practices across the SDLC to support automation and continuous improvement.
  • Build working relationships across business units and platforms, collaborating with teams to define deliverables and ensure initiatives are effectively integrated into procedures and processes.


What do you need to succeed?
What You Bring
  • 3-5 years in Financial Services, Payments, or Banking Technology, with at least 2 years in Technical Product Ownership, Business Systems Analysis, or an equivalent role.
  • Hands-on experience with Correspondent Payment routing, including an understanding of payment message flows, routing logic, and settlement processes.
  • Exposure to High-Value Payments, SWIFT MT/MX messaging, or ISO 20022 standards (deep expertise not required).
  • Familiarity with sanctions screening, AML controls, or regulatory compliance considerations in a payments context.
  • Experience working in Agile, Scrum, or SAFe delivery models with the ability to communicate effectively with technical and business stakeholders.
  • Strong written and oral communication skills with the ability to document requirements clearly and present findings to diverse audiences.
  • Organized, deadline-driven, and able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
Key Skills
  • Correspondent payment routing
  • SWIFT MT/MX • ISO 20022 •
  • Sanctions & AML •
  • Product Backlog Management •
  • Agile/SAFe •
  • Stakeholder Management •
  • System Integration Analysis •
  • AI-Assisted Delivery •
  • JIRA • Confluence


What's in it for you?
  • Competitive compensation, bonuses, flexible benefits, and stock options where applicable.
  • Coaching, stretch opportunities, and world-class training.
  • Progressive accountabilities in a high-performing, collaborative team.
  • Culture built on mutual success.


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Job Skills
Agile Methodology, Business Data Analysis, Business Process Modeling, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Group Problem Solving, Interpersonal Relationship Management, Requirements Analysis

Additional Job Details

Address:

180 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO

City:

Toronto

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2026-08-06

Application Deadline:

2026-09-06
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

RBC is presently inviting candidates to apply for this existing vacancy. Applying to this posting allows you to express your interest in this current career opportunity at RBC. Qualified applicants may be contacted to review their resume in more detail.

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