Director Cloud Product — Platform Control Plane

Job Description Product Strategy & Vision Own end-to-end product strategy for platform control plane components — resource lifecycle management, authentication/authorization, policy enforcement, and compliance automation — ensuring coherent horizontal services that underpin both IaaS and PaaS offerings Translate infrastructure complexity into simple, self-service developer experiences — championing the principle of "abstracted complexity, consistent experience" Define and drive the multi-year roadmap for horizontal platform capabilities, ensuring coherence across all cloud providers and on-premises environments Technical Product Leadership​​ Partner with platform architects and engineering leads to define technical product direction for multi-tenant infrastructure governance — including admission control, infrastructure resource lifecycle management, and policy enforcement at the control plane layer Own the infrastructure controls engine — the enforcement runtime, policy evaluation framework, and audit evidence pipeline. Vertical product leads define domain-specific policy criteria; this role ensures they execute reliably, coherently, and in compliance with cross-cutting regulatory requirements Drive convergence of compliance and controls capabilities into a programmable engine — translating regulatory requirements (OSFI, internal risk frameworks) into automated, auditable platform controls that reduce manual overhead for consuming teams Define and enforce platform contracts: what service providers must implement vs. what the control plane provides horizontally Execution & Delivery Evaluates and prioritizes platform investments based on tenant adoption metrics, developer experience friction, compliance coverage gaps, and infrastructure cost efficiency — presenting trade-offs and recommendations to senior leadership Defines and measures product success through platform health metrics — tenant onboarding velocity, self-service adoption rates, policy compliance coverage, and control plane reliability (availability, latency, reconciliation time) Monitors the cloud-native ecosystem (CNCF projects, hyperscaler platform patterns, open-source control plane tooling) to inform build-vs-adopt decisions and maintain architectural currency across the platform Lead OKR-based planning and delivery for the control plane product team with rigorous backlog discipline and transparent escalation of blockers Stakeholder & Executive Engagement​ Coordinates across vertical product leads (IaaS, PaaS), platform engineering, security, and enterprise architecture to ensure horizontal services meet the needs of 1,000+ engineering teams while maintaining platform integrity and operational reliability Serve as the primary product voice for the control plane to executive leadership Translate platform strategy into business impact narratives: cost avoidance, time-to-production reduction, compliance posture, and developer productivity Partner with FinOps on consumption models, chargeback design, and unit cost economics​ Collaborate with Security, Build, and Compliance teams to ensure the control plane enforces governance-by-default Job Skills Business Case Design, Critical Thinking, Knowledge Organization, Product Development Lifecycle, Product Development Methodology, Product Manufacturing, Product Services, Product Testing, Results-Oriented Additional Job Details Address: RBC CENTRE, 155 WELLINGTON ST W:TORONTO City: Toronto Country: Canada Work hours/week: 37.5 Employment Type: Full time Platform: TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS Job Type: Regular Pay Type: Salaried Posted Date: 2026-08-10 Application Deadline: 2026-08-31 Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above Our Employment Opportunities At RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One RBC. 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The Director will own the end-to-end product strategy for platform control plane components, ensuring coherent horizontal services across IaaS and PaaS offerings. They will lead cross-functional teams to define technical direction, automate compliance controls, and drive platform adoption through rigorous product management.

The role requires extensive experience in infrastructure governance, policy enforcement, and cloud-native platform development. Candidates must demonstrate strong leadership skills to coordinate across engineering, security, and executive stakeholders to deliver scalable, compliant platform solutions.

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• Product Strategy
• Cloud Infrastructure
• Platform Engineering
• Governance
• Policy Enforcement
• Compliance Automation
• Resource Lifecycle Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Technical Product Leadership
• FinOps
• Cloud-native Ecosystem
• Infrastructure Governance
• Business Case Design
• Critical Thinking
• Product Development Lifecycle
• Product Development Methodology
• Policy Evaluation
• Cloud-Native Computing
• Workplace Inclusivity
• Policy Compliance
• Planning
• Cloud Financial Management (FinOps)
• Auditing
• Authentications
• Automation
• Reconciliation
• Business Case
• Business Continuity Planning
• Leadership
• Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS)
• Innovation
• Enterprise Architecture
• New Product Development
• Operations
• Platform As A Service (PaaS)
• Product Family Engineering
• Product And Manufacturing Information
• Product Testing
• Self Service Technologies
• Tooling
• Authorization (Computing)
• Lifecycle Management
• Reliability
• Multi-Tenant Cloud Environments

• Technology
• Management & Leadership
• Software
• Engineering
• Finance & Accounting
• Cloud Platform Engineer
• Cloud Product Manager
• Research and Development Managers
• Marketing Managers

Minimum experience

10+ years

Posting language

English

Working hours

38 hours per week