Director - Digital Trading

What Is the Opportunity
Director – Digital Trading provides strategic leadership and oversight of digital product initiatives within RBC US Wealth Management. They manage a team of Product Owners, align product strategy with core brokerage and trading objectives, and drive innovation across the digital client experience for our portfolio management and trading tools. This role focuses on trading systems including advisor order entry, order processing and execution systems. You’ll work with vendors and internal development partners to ensure the best overall experience for our clients and advisors.

What Will You Do
Strategic Leadership

Define digital product strategy for trading platforms, portfolio analytics, risk management, and execution systems

Establish roadmaps aligned with business goals and client needs

Identify opportunities in algorithmic trading, analytics, and workflow automation

Ensure regulatory compliance across all initiatives

Team Leadership

Hire, mentor, and develop Product Owners

Coach on product strategy, regulatory requirements, and capital markets best practices

Set performance expectations and foster cross-functional collaboration

Portfolio & Financial Management

Oversee product performance and ROI across the trading and portfolio management portfolio

Manage budget allocation and prioritize investments

Monitor trading volumes, execution quality, and client retention metrics

Stakeholder Engagement & Cross-Functional Leadership

Manage relationships with traders, portfolio managers, clients, compliance, and risk teams

Represent the product function in regulatory discussions

Act as "the glue" between vertical silos within project teams – including operations, risk/compliance and other technology delivery teams

Partner across business, tech, design, research, communications, training, compliance, legal, and risk functions

Enable partners by equipping communications/training teams with data, digital messaging, and timely updates

Provide regular visibility and updates to senior leadership on project status and releases

Product Development & User Engagement

Lead user engagement through pilot management, research, and feedback collection

Align product teams with user experience and increase speed to delivery through agile ways of working

Conduct user research, design solutions, and iterate through agile cycles (Research, Design, Build, Pilot)

Own end-to-end requirements

Move from fragmented digital environments to deliver cohesive user experiences across advisor-facing, branch-facing, and client-facing platforms

What Do You Need to Succeed?
Must Have

12+ years of product management experience in financial services in money movement

5+ years leading product management teams

Proven track record of scaling digital products in highly regulated banking environments

Strong understanding of banking industry, deposit products, credit products, and lending operations

Experience navigating regulatory compliance, risk management, and consumer protection in financial services

Excellent strategic thinking and executive communication abilities

Deep knowledge of agile and digital product development methodologies

What’s in it for you?

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

A world-class training program in financial services

Flexible work/life balance options

Opportunities to do challenging work

The good‑faith expected salary range for the above position is $140,000–$230,000 depending on factors including but not limited to the candidate’s experience, skills, registration status, market conditions, and business needs. This salary range does not include other elements of total compensation, including a discretionary bonus and benefits such as a 401(k) program with company-matching contributions; health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; and paid time‑off plan.

Job Skills: Business Case Design, Critical Thinking, Knowledge Organization, Product Development Lifecycle, Product Development Methodology, Product Manufacturing, Product Services, Product Testing, Results-Oriented, Waterfall Model

Additional Job Details

Address: 250 NICOLLET MALL, MINNEAPOLIS

City: Minneapolis

Country: United States of America

Work hours/week: 40

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2026-07-17

Application Deadline: 2026-08-28

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