Lead Technical Program Manager (Cloud)

About the role

RBC is looking for a Lead Technical Program Manager (Cloud) in Toronto to own the delivery of complex, cross-team cloud programs, including migrations, platform and landing zone builds, environment and capacity readiness, and the modernization of on-prem infrastructure. The role is accountable for the outcome: a complete plan, visible dependencies, a sequenced delivery path to production and clear status for leadership. It works with engineers and architects who own the technical decisions, in a regulated environment, with scaled agile delivery and AI-enabled ways of working as foundations.

Key responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of multiple concurrent hybrid cloud programs across AWS, Azure and on-prem, from business case through release and closure, and bring trade-offs on scope, timelines, capacity and budget to senior leadership.
• Manage resource program allocation with finance, product and engineering partners, including the cost impact of delivery decisions.
• Build a working understanding of cloud platform components (compute, networking, storage, Kubernetes/OpenShift, databases) and map the route from commit to production, with clear ownership and delivery targets.
• Identify cross-team dependencies such as namespaces, landing zones, network connections, certificates and vendor and security reviews, and place them on the plan.
• Challenge estimates on what they include and identify gaps such as environment provisioning, access requests, pipeline changes, security sign-off, integration testing, observability and rollout work.
• Understand release approaches such as blue-green, canary and phased rollout, and set go/no-go criteria with technical leads.
• Ensure architecture and design decisions are raised early and owned by engineers and architects.
• Manage RAID logs and delivery health metrics (predictability, throughput, cycle time) and report to steering committees and senior stakeholders.
• Work with security, risk, architecture and compliance teams so deliverables meet regulatory, resiliency and control requirements.

Required profile

• 7+ years of experience leading technical programs, with a proven ability to identify, track and mitigate risks, dependencies and blockers proactively.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field.
• Experience delivering cloud, infrastructure or platform programs into production, such as migrations, platform builds or environment readiness.
• Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure and on-prem, and of the path to production including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, security scans and change approval.
• Able to explain lift-and-shift, re-platforming and re-architecting, and to link each option to cost, timeline and risk.
• Plans security and compliance into delivery from the outset, including IAM, network segmentation, encryption and audit requirements.
• Experienced in executive reporting with delivery metrics, and proficient in Jira and Confluence.

Nice to have

• Prior banking-related experience.
• Experience leading cultural or organizational change in engineering organizations.
• Certifications such as PMP, PgMP, SAFe.
• Familiarity with GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, Visual Studio Code or similar AI-assisted platforms.

What we offer

• Total Rewards Program including bonuses, flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions and stock where applicable.
• Leadership coaching and development opportunities.
• A dynamic, collaborative, high-performing team in a regular, full-time position (37.5 hours per week).