RBC

Director of Product Management – EIAM, Authorization

RBC

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Toronto • Canada

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

CloudMicroservices

About the role

  • Own end-to-end product strategy and roadmap for authorization capabilities: policy engines, entitlement management, access decision frameworks, and real-time enforcement
  • Define authorization patterns and standards (ABAC, RBAC, attribute-based policy models) that scale across RBC's diverse application ecosystem
  • Lead requirements definition for policy information points (PIPs) and policy decision points (PDPs) enabling dynamic, risk-informed access decisions
  • Establish authorization best practices, frameworks, and guardrails aligned with Zero Trust Architecture principles
  • Integrate identity risk scoring, HR performance data, and critical application sensitivity into real-time authorization decisions
  • Define product requirements for JIT access models that shift from standing access to time-limited, context-aware provisioning
  • Develop authorization policies that evolve based on risk signals (anomalous behavior, policy violations, regulatory triggers)
  • Establish audit, logging, and compliance reporting capabilities for all authorization decisions and policy enforcement
  • Drive authorization policy harmonization across lines of business, reducing inconsistency and risk exposure
  • Ensure authorization capabilities meet regulatory requirements (FRB, Part 30, OSFI, SOX, GLBA)
  • Define separation of duties (SoD), conflict of interest (CoI), and policy violation detection and remediation workflows
  • Establish compliance monitoring and 3LOD independent review processes for authorization controls
  • Define integration patterns for authorization across applications, APIs, microservices, and cloud environments
  • Lead standardization of authorization frameworks to reduce application sprawl and inconsistent access control implementations
  • Develop product requirements for API-first authorization services enabling ease of adoption by application teams
  • Collaborate with architecture and infrastructure teams to embed authorization enforcement at scale
  • Define requirements for AI/ML capabilities in authorization: intelligent policy recommendations, anomaly detection, access pattern analysis
  • Establish governance frameworks for AI-driven authorization decisions, including explainability and audit capabilities
  • Develop use cases for Agentic AI in policy optimization, entitlement analytics, and access review automation
  • Ensure responsible AI principles are embedded in authorization product enhancements
  • Lead product management working groups with Engineering, Architecture, Security, Compliance, and Application Teams
  • Communicate authorization strategy and product roadmap to executive sponsors and business leaders
  • Manage relationships with application owners, security teams, and compliance stakeholders
  • Mentor product management team members on authorization strategy and best practices

Requirements

  • 12+ years in product management or technical leadership, with minimum 7 years in Identity and Access Management (IAM), Authorization, or Access Control systems
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience designing or implementing authorization platforms (policy engines, entitlement management, access control frameworks)
  • Deep expertise in authorization technologies: RBAC, ABAC, XACML, OAuth 2.0, SAML, API security, and policy-driven access control
  • Strong understanding of enterprise security architecture, Zero Trust models, and least-privilege principles
  • Proven experience translating business and compliance requirements into authorization policy frameworks
  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams in complex, regulated environments (banking/financial services preferred)
  • Proficiency with agile product delivery and automation frameworks
Benefits
  • 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
authorization capabilitiespolicy enginesentitlement managementaccess decision frameworksABACRBACXACMLOAuth 2.0SAMLAPI security
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationmentoringcollaborationcross-functional team leadershipstrategic thinkingrelationship managementproblem-solvingadaptabilitycompliance understanding