# Director, RBC IS Middle Layer

**Company**: Royal Bank of Canada
**Location**: Toronto, Ontario
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

The Director will own the strategy, business architecture, roadmap, operating model, and business outcomes for the RBC IS Middle Layer and associated Shared Services capabilities.

Responsibilities:

- Own the Middle Layer strategy, architecture, roadmap, and evolution as a reusable, business-configurable platform

- Establish a scalable, configurable data and processing platform supporting business ownership of data governance

- Drive the sequencing and target model of integration and rationalization of existing platforms, applications, and processes

- Lead Market Data and Reconciliation as connected, managed shared services

- Drive simplification, standardization, automation, reuse, and cost efficiency across all capabilities

- Partner with Technology, Operations, Product, Architecture, and Data Governance to execute transformation

Requirements:

- 10+ years of experience in data management, platform architecture, or product leadership in financial services or complex enterprise environments

- Proven track record building or leading business-configurable platforms, data governance frameworks, or shared services organizations

- Strong understanding of data architecture, ETL/ELT patterns, reconciliation processes, and middle-layer/integration layer design

- Experience managing cross-functional teams and partnering with technology, operations, and business stakeholders to deliver transformation initiatives

- Demonstrated ability to balance strategic vision with operational excellence, comfortable both setting direction and managing day-to-day service delivery

- Executive presence and communication skills to influence senior leadership and drive organizational change across multiple business units

Nice to Have:

- Experience with investment data platforms, market data management, or reconciliation services in asset management or custody environments

- Familiarity with modern cloud native/AI native data platforms

- Background in Asset Servicing/Custody Services or knowledge of Asset Servicing products, platforms, and operating model

- Experience implementing Specification-Driven Development, AI-driven discovery, or business-configurable workflow platforms

- Track record of successful technology rationalization or platform consolidation initiatives that reduced costs and improved efficiency

Benefits:

- A Total Rewards program that includes flexible benefits, work/life balance and career development programs and investment and retirement savings plans

- Competitive pay and high-earning potential

- All the tools, training, and team support you need to grow your career

- Flexible work/life balance options

- RBCI software tools to boost your productivity

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## Skills

### Required
- Accountability
- Analytics
- Business Management
- Business Strategies
- Continuous Improvement
- Data Delivery
- Data Management
- Innovation
- Leadership
- Operational Excellence
- Services Management
- Strategic Direction
- Strategic Vision

### Nice to have
- Experience with investment data platforms
- Familiarity with modern cloud native/AI native data platforms
- Background in Asset Servicing/Custody Services
- Experience implementing Specification-Driven Development
- Track record of successful technology rationalization

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