Senior Manager Software Development (RIBS)

Application Deadline: September 11, 2026

This role can be located in the Caribbean Banking Market or in Canada where the successful candidate resides

What is the opportunity?

The Senior Manager, Software Development (RIBS) will lead a distributed development team in building end-to-end solutions for the RIBS Core Banking platform and interfaces across five business lines: Caribbean Retail, Wealth Management, Treasury Management, Capital Markets, and Canadian FCA Corporate and Retail Banking. You'll partner with business and IT stakeholders to translate strategic priorities into scalable, production-ready systems while ensuring regulatory compliance and operational resilience.

What will you do?

• Lead a development team including contractors both onshore and offshore, with accountability for talent development, performance management, and succession planning
• Coach and mentor technical talent to enhance capabilities and career progression
• Drive delivery of RIBS Core Banking project initiatives aligned with client needs and organizational goals, incorporating best practices and technologies into the program delivery.
• Establish clear priorities, manage risks and dependencies, and ensure clear communication across business and technical stakeholders
• Direct the evolution of RIBS Core Banking applications using DevOps, Agile methodologies, APIs, and cloud platforms
• Define technical direction and deepen engineering best practices across the team. Own roadmap development in collaboration with business and architecture partners
• Ensure compliance and adherence to risk management frameworks for RIBS and related applications.
• Oversee engagement and coordination with support teams in providing SME support for production systems availability and stability, driving continuous improvement in operational processes. 

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• Strong leadership/facilitation skills, with experience managing cross functional technical teams, and ability to define, influence and impact the technical direction
• Strong understanding of core banking systems (accounts, deposits, loans, payments) and experience deploying business critical production solutions
• Proficiency with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub, UrbanCode), automated testing frameworks, and enterprise security concepts and methodologies (SSO, SSL, encryption, authentication, role-based access controls)
• Strong systems knowledge including different programming languages, IT standards, methodologies, capability maturity model (CMM), audit requirements, and middleware technologies
• Experience embedding AI coding tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Claude) into development workflows and CI/CD pipelines, with strong judgment on code quality, reliability standards for regulated environments, and appropriate use cases

Nice-to-have:

• Experience working in a matrix organization within a large financial institution.
• Exposure to multiple business lines (Personal/Commercial Banking, Wealth Management, Capital Markets).
• Development experience on IBMi platform/COBOL400

What’s 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.

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• The advantage of working with a dynamic, collaborative, and high performing team where initiative and hard work are recognized and rewarded
• Opportunities to do challenging work
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities

Job Skills

Application Development, Application Integrations, Application Maintenance, Applications Architecture, Commercial Acumen, Enterprise Application Delivery, Information Technology Management, Programming Languages, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), System Applications

Additional Job Details

RBC WATERPARK PLACE, 88 QUEENS QUAY W:TORONTOTorontoCanada37.5Full timeTECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONSRegularSalaried2026-09-022026-09-12

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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