What is the opportunity?

The Head of Technology Infrastructure Group (CUSO) provides senior leadership and horizontal influence across the RBC US operations to drive the delivery of secure, scalable, and resilient technology infrastructure services. This role focuses on enabling superior member experiences, regulatory compliance, and competitive digital capabilities by shaping strategy, enhancing service delivery, and fostering collaboration across multiple lines of business and enterprise functions in a dynamic financial landscape.

This position influences the harmonization and optimization of technology infrastructure services, emphasizing service excellence, operational efficiency, cybersecurity strength, and seamless delivery through cross-enterprise impact and partnership.

What will you do?

U.S. Technology Senior Leadership Team Guidance

• Influence the development and execution of the long-term technology infrastructure strategy by advising and championing forward-looking solutions. Promote the objectives of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and meets the entitys business objectives.
• Drive effective delivery of enterprise-grade technology infrastructure servicesincluding networks, servers, storage, endpoints, data centers, and hybrid cloud platformsby collaborating across teams to ensure high availability, performance, and security of critical systems supporting core processing, digital banking and payments
• Influence and champion an enterprise-wide cybersecurity and risk management approach focused on threat detection, vulnerability management, incident response, and compliance with FFIEC, and other US regulatory standards to safeguard data and protect infrastructure through cross-functional collaboration in a highly regulated multi-client financial
• Develop, document, and implement infrastructure controls, standards, and procedures to safeguard facilities, technology, data, and personnel. Coordinate services between the data processing area and other departments
• Ensure high availability, performance, and security of critical systems supporting core processing, digital banking, payments, and member services.
• Represent US Technology Infrastructure in relevant governance forums, management committees and regulators. Act as single point of contact and escalation for all infrastructure technology matters
• Own, develop and report of US specific KPI, KRI, KCI including regulatory, audit and risk remediation activities
• Oversee IT Asset Management processes to track, manage, and report on the firms information and technology assets
• Implement and maintain strong controls for data protection, access management, and infrastructure security in a highly regulated financial environment
• Contribute to operational efficiency and service optimization by supporting cost-effective delivery models, automation, and modernization initiatives while helping ensure consistent achievement of service level agreements and high client satisfaction
• Influence and support the development of a high-performing, geographically distributed team of infrastructure engineers, architects, security professionals, and operations staff while promoting a collaborative, innovative, service-oriented culture

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• 12+ years of deep IT risk tech infrastructure experience in a global Financial Institution
• Experience leading key capabilities of tech infrastructure organization such as hosting, network, storage, middleware, 24x7 operational support and business continuity
• Deep understanding of US & Canadian regulatory environment including reporting requirements.  
• Vast experience building and managing an enterprise size organization with emphasis on large programs or multiple projects with multiple interfaces and/or 3rd parties.
• Proven experience leading and successfully delivering programs with very high level of value (benefit/cost), complexity and uncertainty.
• Expert level Influencing, Negotiating, Communication, Presentation and Facilitation skills.
• Demonstrated change management capabilities, including enablement, and stakeholdering.
• Innate people management skills related to talent management process (recruitment/selection, performance management, performance development/coaching, reward/ recognition)

Whats 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 make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• Flexible work/life balance options
• Opportunities to do challenging work
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities  
• Access to a variety of job opportunities across business

The good-faith expected salary range for the above position is $200,000 - $340,000 depending on factors including but not limited to the candidates experience, skills, registration status; market conditions; and business needs.  This salary range does not include other elements that comprise our total compensation package, which includes the following: commission sharing eligibility for select roles, a discretionary bonus, a paid time-off plan, our 401(k) program with company-matching contributions, and our health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance.

RBCs 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 RBCs high performance culture

       Enables collective achievement of our strategic goals

       Generates sustainable shareholder returns and above market shareholder value

Job Skills

Auditing, Audits Compliance, Business Analytics, Decision Making, Financial Risk Management (FRM), Information Security Management, Occupational Safety and Health, Operational Delivery, Quality Management, Results-Oriented, Risk Management, Security Management, Strategic Thinking, Training Programs

Additional Job Details

GOLDMAN SACHS TOWER, 30 HUDSON STREET:JERSEY CITYJersey CityUnited States of America40Full timeTECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONSRegularSalaried2026-04-292026-06-05

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.

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.