Senior Manager, SailPoint Engineering (Global Security)
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Description
What is the opportunity?
The Senior Manager, SailPoint Engineering will lead a team of engineers responsible for building, scaling, and securing RBC’s enterprise identity lifecycle and access management platforms. This role is pivotal in driving RBC’s digital identity strategy, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, and enabling seamless, secure access for employees, customers, and partners.
As a leader, you will be accountable for solution design, engineering standards, operational excellence, and delivery of SailPoint capabilities across the bank. You will collaborate with security, compliance, and application teams to deliver innovative identity solutions at scale.
What will you do?
- Leadership & Strategy
- Lead and mentor a team of SailPoint engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous learning.
- Define the engineering roadmap for SailPoint Access Manager, aligning with RBC’s IAM strategy and enterprise architecture.
- Partner with cybersecurity, compliance, and business stakeholders to ensure solutions meet regulatory, security, and operational requirements.
- Engineering & Delivery
- Oversee design, development, integration, and deployment of SailPoint Access Manager capabilities (identity lifecycle, provisioning, access requests, certification campaigns).
- Drive automation and standardization of IAM processes to improve reliability, performance, and scalability.
- Ensure engineering deliverables are secure by design, with strong controls for data in transit and at rest.
- Manage release cycles, incident escalations, and production stability for mission-critical IAM services.
- Governance & Risk Management
- Ensure adherence to RBC’s risk, compliance, and audit frameworks.
- Partner with governance teams to provide evidence, metrics, and reporting for regulatory compliance (e.g., SOX, OSFI, FRB/MRA).
- Proactively identify and remediate technology risks, technical debt, and process gaps.
- Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
- Engage with application custodians, platform teams, and business owners to onboard applications into SailPoint Access Manager.
- Work with security architecture and threat management teams to evaluate and implement emerging IAM technologies.
- Provide transparent communication to executives, including program health, risks, and delivery outcomes.
What do you need to succeed?
Must-have
- Deep expertise in SailPoint IdentityNow / IdentityIQ or equivalent IAM platforms.
- Strong knowledge of identity lifecycle management, provisioning, entitlements, role-based access control (RBAC), and certification campaigns.
- Solid technical foundation in Java, REST APIs, SQL/NoSQL databases, and cloud-native architecture (AWS/Azure).
- Proven track record of leading engineering teams, driving large-scale IAM implementations, and managing operational stability.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and executive reporting skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
- 5+ years of experience in Identity & Access Management (IAM), with at least 3 years in SailPoint engineering or architecture.
- 5+ years in a technical leadership/management role, with experience managing engineering teams of 3-6 people.
- Experience delivering enterprise-grade, high-availability IAM solutions in a regulated industry (financial services preferred).
Nice-to-have
- Master’s degree in computer science, Cybersecurity, or related field.
- Certifications: SailPoint IdentityIQ Engineer/Architect, CISSP, CISM, or AWS/Azure Cloud certifications.
- Hands-on experience with Privileged Access Management (CyberArk), Entra ID/Azure AD, or Okta.
- Exposure to microservices, container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), and modern CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with AI/ML use cases in IAM (e.g., anomaly detection, identity drift tracking).
- Previous experience working in global-scale IAM programs within a top-tier financial institution.
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.
- 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 lead challenging work, and enhanced visibility with senior leadership.
#LI-POST
#TECHCPJ
About RBC
Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance. Our success comes from the 94,000+ employees who leverage their imaginations and insights to bring our vision, values and strategy to life so we can help our clients thrive and communities prosper. As Canada's biggest bank and one of the largest in the world, based on market capitalization, we have a diversified business model with a focus on innovation and providing exceptional experiences to our more than 17 million clients in Canada, the U.S. and 27 other countries. Learn more at rbc.com. We are proud to support a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments and employee volunteer activities. See how at www.rbc.com/community-social-impact.
La Banque Royale du Canada est une institution financière mondiale définie par sa raison d'être, guidée par des principes et orientée vers l'excellence en matière de rendement. Notre succès est attribuable aux quelque 94 000+ employés qui mettent à profit leur créativité et leur savoir faire pour concrétiser notre vision, nos valeurs et notre stratégie afin que nous puissions contribuer à la prospérité de nos clients et au dynamisme des collectivités. Selon la capitalisation boursière, nous sommes la plus importante banque du Canada et l'une des plus grandes banques du monde. Nous avons adopté un modèle d'affaires diversifié axé sur l'innovation et l'offre d'expériences exceptionnelles à nos plus de 17 millions de clients au Canada, aux États Unis et dans 27 autres pays. Pour en savoir plus, visitez le site rbc.com/francais
Nous sommes fiers d'appuyer une grande diversité d'initiatives communautaires par des dons, des investissements dans la collectivité et le travail bénévole de nos employés. Pour de plus amples renseignements, visitez le site www.rbc.com/collectivite-impact-social.
Senior Manager, SailPoint Engineering (Global Security)
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Description
What is the opportunity?
The Senior Manager, SailPoint Engineering will lead a team of engineers responsible for building, scaling, and securing RBC’s enterprise identity lifecycle and access management platforms. This role is pivotal in driving RBC’s digital identity strategy, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, and enabling seamless, secure access for employees, customers, and partners.
As a leader, you will be accountable for solution design, engineering standards, operational excellence, and delivery of SailPoint capabilities across the bank. You will collaborate with security, compliance, and application teams to deliver innovative identity solutions at scale.
What will you do?
- Leadership & Strategy
- Lead and mentor a team of SailPoint engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous learning.
- Define the engineering roadmap for SailPoint Access Manager, aligning with RBC’s IAM strategy and enterprise architecture.
- Partner with cybersecurity, compliance, and business stakeholders to ensure solutions meet regulatory, security, and operational requirements.
- Engineering & Delivery
- Oversee design, development, integration, and deployment of SailPoint Access Manager capabilities (identity lifecycle, provisioning, access requests, certification campaigns).
- Drive automation and standardization of IAM processes to improve reliability, performance, and scalability.
- Ensure engineering deliverables are secure by design, with strong controls for data in transit and at rest.
- Manage release cycles, incident escalations, and production stability for mission-critical IAM services.
- Governance & Risk Management
- Ensure adherence to RBC’s risk, compliance, and audit frameworks.
- Partner with governance teams to provide evidence, metrics, and reporting for regulatory compliance (e.g., SOX, OSFI, FRB/MRA).
- Proactively identify and remediate technology risks, technical debt, and process gaps.
- Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement
- Engage with application custodians, platform teams, and business owners to onboard applications into SailPoint Access Manager.
- Work with security architecture and threat management teams to evaluate and implement emerging IAM technologies.
- Provide transparent communication to executives, including program health, risks, and delivery outcomes.
What do you need to succeed?
Must-have
- Deep expertise in SailPoint IdentityNow / IdentityIQ or equivalent IAM platforms.
- Strong knowledge of identity lifecycle management, provisioning, entitlements, role-based access control (RBAC), and certification campaigns.
- Solid technical foundation in Java, REST APIs, SQL/NoSQL databases, and cloud-native architecture (AWS/Azure).
- Proven track record of leading engineering teams, driving large-scale IAM implementations, and managing operational stability.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and executive reporting skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
- 5+ years of experience in Identity & Access Management (IAM), with at least 3 years in SailPoint engineering or architecture.
- 5+ years in a technical leadership/management role, with experience managing engineering teams of 3-6 people.
- Experience delivering enterprise-grade, high-availability IAM solutions in a regulated industry (financial services preferred).
Nice-to-have
- Master’s degree in computer science, Cybersecurity, or related field.
- Certifications: SailPoint IdentityIQ Engineer/Architect, CISSP, CISM, or AWS/Azure Cloud certifications.
- Hands-on experience with Privileged Access Management (CyberArk), Entra ID/Azure AD, or Okta.
- Exposure to microservices, container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), and modern CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with AI/ML use cases in IAM (e.g., anomaly detection, identity drift tracking).
- Previous experience working in global-scale IAM programs within a top-tier financial institution.
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.
- 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 lead challenging work, and enhanced visibility with senior leadership.
#LI-POST
#TECHCPJ
About RBC
Royal Bank of Canada is a global financial institution with a purpose-driven, principles-led approach to delivering leading performance. Our success comes from the 94,000+ employees who leverage their imaginations and insights to bring our vision, values and strategy to life so we can help our clients thrive and communities prosper. As Canada's biggest bank and one of the largest in the world, based on market capitalization, we have a diversified business model with a focus on innovation and providing exceptional experiences to our more than 17 million clients in Canada, the U.S. and 27 other countries. Learn more at rbc.com. We are proud to support a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments and employee volunteer activities. See how at www.rbc.com/community-social-impact.
La Banque Royale du Canada est une institution financière mondiale définie par sa raison d'être, guidée par des principes et orientée vers l'excellence en matière de rendement. Notre succès est attribuable aux quelque 94 000+ employés qui mettent à profit leur créativité et leur savoir faire pour concrétiser notre vision, nos valeurs et notre stratégie afin que nous puissions contribuer à la prospérité de nos clients et au dynamisme des collectivités. Selon la capitalisation boursière, nous sommes la plus importante banque du Canada et l'une des plus grandes banques du monde. Nous avons adopté un modèle d'affaires diversifié axé sur l'innovation et l'offre d'expériences exceptionnelles à nos plus de 17 millions de clients au Canada, aux États Unis et dans 27 autres pays. Pour en savoir plus, visitez le site rbc.com/francais
Nous sommes fiers d'appuyer une grande diversité d'initiatives communautaires par des dons, des investissements dans la collectivité et le travail bénévole de nos employés. Pour de plus amples renseignements, visitez le site www.rbc.com/collectivite-impact-social.