What is the opportunity?

The Director of Identity Data & Workflow Engineering leads the engineering strategy and delivery of identity data services, workflow automation, and cross-product IAM APIs across the Enterprise Identity and Access Management (EIAM) ecosystem. This role owns the engineering capabilities that power identity request workflows, privileged account inventory, global directory services, and the API layer that enables consistent, secure access to IAM capabilities across the enterprise.

Identity data and workflow engineering is foundational to delivering secure, efficient, and scalable identity services. The quality and accessibility of identity data — and the workflows and APIs that act on it — directly determine how quickly the organization can onboard users, detect risk, and respond to regulatory demands. This leader will build and operate the platforms that turn identity data into a strategic asset and provide a trusted foundation for downstream consumers including controls, reporting, governance, and emerging AI capabilities.

What will you do?

• Solution Delivery, development, engineering and integration

• Own the engineering roadmap and delivery for IAM workflow platforms, privileged account inventory, global directory services, and the cross-product IAM API layer
• Establish a clear platform roadmap with measurable milestones for capability uplift, performance, and consumer experience
• Define engineering standards, architecture patterns, and operational practices for identity data, workflow, and API platforms
• Drive engineering excellence through automation, observability, and SRE practices across all owned services
• Ensures that new projects / programs meet enterprise architectural and technology standards.

• Collaborative working with other IAM teams

• Supports IAM framework implementation with monitoring, reporting, escalation, trend identification, and security issue resolution
• Provides project estimates and integration recommendations while ensuring consistency across business and technical functions
• Recommends process improvements for build/deployment automation and identifies cost-saving and operational efficiency opportunities
• Advises on agile delivery optimization and leads technical forums to foster team innovation
• Partners with Architecture, Product, Support, and Operations to align strategy with engineering execution

• Relationships & Communications:

• Develops and maintains strong relationships with the IAM managers, quality assurance analysts, business analysts, project managers, architects, business sponsors and technical staff.
• Excellent communications ability, both written and oral.
• Able to effectively present as required to all levels of Technology and Operation management.

• Developing & Coaching

• Lead a multi-disciplinary engineering team (senior managers, senior engineers, engineers); manage span of control, career growth, and technical depth
• Recruit, mentor, and develop high-performing talent with growth opportunities and performance objectives
• Establish a culture that attracts, retains, and motivates a diverse workforce; foster high engagement and deliver reliable, flexible, innovative solutions
• Drive team efficiency, effectiveness, and performance to excellence standards through quarterly reviews and comparative feedback
• Apply HR best practices and talent management to build capability and sustain a high-achievement environment
• Model continuous self-development

• Managerial Excellence:

• Ensures that employees understand RBC vision; support and reinforce targeted behaviors that contribute to RBC goals.
• Provides focus and clarity in establishing individual goals, driving performance management, supporting career development, and rewarding strong performance.
• Leverages the value in unit, department, and enterprise-wide teams to develop better solutions and achieve a cross-enterprise mindset.
• Accepts and successfully executes change while supporting employees through the process and keeping them focused on business priorities.
• Monitors configuration and software delivery automation trends and best practices ensuring the unit’s strategies and execution are aligned appropriately.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have:

• 10+ years software/platform engineering; 5+ years leading engineering teams in Identity and Access Management
• Hands-on leadership with directory services (Radiant Logic, Active Directory, Entra ID) and identity workflow platforms (ServiceNow, SailPoint)
• Proven track record delivering enterprise-scale identity data, integration, and API platforms
• Experience managing multi-layer engineering organizations (senior managers and individual contributors)
• Knowledge of banking/financial services regulatory landscape (FRB, Part 30, OSFI); experience designing identity platforms meeting regulatory and audit requirements
• Proficiency in modern engineering practices: CI/CD, GitOps, Infrastructure-as-Code, API design/governance, automated testing, SRE
• Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives in complex, matrixed environments
• Experience evolving and converging capabilities in large enterprise environments

Nice-to-have:

• Certifications (MS Entra ID, Auth0, Terraform, SailPoint, CyberArk)
• Experience with RESTful APIs, microservices architectures, and enterprise API gateways/developer portals
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (Splunk, Datadog, ELK Stack)
• Knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud deployment methodologies
• Understanding of compliance frameworks, regulatory requirements, and audit processes
• Exposure to networking/security technologies (load balancers, firewalls, SSL certificates)
• Background in cybersecurity, identity governance, or GRC
• Experience with privileged account discovery, inventory tooling, and identity data virtualization
• Knowledge of identity federation, synchronization patterns, and exposing identity data to analytics/AI-ML platforms

What is 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.

• Ability to have influence and lasting impact.

• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.

• A world-class training program in financial services.

• Opportunities to do challenging work.

Job Skills

Decision Making, Group Problem Solving, Identity Access Management (IAM), Information Security, Information Technology Security, IT Systems Integration, Negotiation, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Additional Job Details

16 YORK ST:TORONTOTorontoCanada37.5Full timeTECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONSRegularSalaried2026-05-142026-06-12

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

Our Employment Opportunities

At RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One RBC. We believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.

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