Head of Engineering- RBC Ventures (Dr. Bill)

Job title: Head of Engineering- RBC Ventures (Dr. Bill)

Job description: RBC Ventures is a new kind of business – one that marries the strength of one of the world’s most trusted and successful financial institutions with a mission to reimagine the role we play in people’s lives – to move RBC ‘beyond banking’. We’re building a world-class organization focused on designing exceptional experiences, exploring new business models and creating exponential value. In 2020, we were named by Fast Company as one of the 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators and we’re looking for team members with the curiosity to explore, the capabilities to build and capacity to help us deliver our mission.

About Dr.Bill

We are a growing venture within a large established company, going beyond banking to improve the billing process for Canadian physicians. We are one team, with one goal and we opt to make things better over the status quo. We have access to the resources of a fortune 500, with the momentum of a startup. Our venture is at the beginning of a transformational shift and we intend to lead the industry, with integrity, accountability and care for our employees and our customers.

What is the opportunity?

We are looking for a technically strong and business-minded individual to lead technical delivery and operations for Dr Bill. In this role, you will coach, mentor and lead a diverse software development team. You will collaborate with business and product leadership in order to ensure we deliver and operate a high-quality, high-performance product.

Reporting to the CTO of Dr. Bill, this position will manage all facets of software engineering within our product development function. You will manage managers and senior technical staff members as well as drive process improvements and team growth.

What you will do?

• Provide management, support and coaching to direct reports including working with business and product teams
• Work closely with peers and provide mentorship for those new to the practice
• Be a sounding board and consultant for the technical decisions the application development team makes in building and enhancing our software products
• Support the decision-making process with business and product teams by taking into consideration product roadmap, target metrics, budget constraints, etc
• Ensure the roadmap for the platform is aligned to support business goals and timelines
• Motivate the engineering team and provide technical direction and guidance
• Continuously evaluate and optimize the overall engineering efficiencies, quality and reliability of deliverables
• Identify opportunities for technical and people management training for the team to help them evolve their skills
• Ensure operational best practices including effective IT controls, insights and logging, application performance monitoring, application health monitoring and effectively supporting issues in the production environment

What do you need to succeed?

Must Have

In this role, you’ll report directly to the CEO, and will also collaborate closely with RBC Ventures HR and Employee Experience leadership.

• 10+ years of overall work experience with at least 5 years’ in software leadership
• A willingness to get “in the weeds” when necessary, to drive initiatives to completion
• Proven analytical, quantitative and problem solving skills
• Strong time management capabilities, with the ability to perform multiple tasks and objectives in short periods of time
• A low ego and team first approach: running towards problems and helping teammates succeed
• Strong communications (written and oral) and interpersonal skills; a proven and willing collaborator
• Comfort with ambiguity
• Results oriented, flexible and willing to work in a multi-task and dynamic work environment
• Strong sense of initiative and accountability and a self-starter who can work equally well in groups and on their own
• Excellent knowledge and industry experience (8+ years) with modern software development practices ideally in a SaaS context
• Experience leading and managing software engineers in an Agile development environment (Scrum or Kanban)
• Understanding of servant leadership and an appreciation of EQ and empathy in people management
• Excellent understanding of DevOps principles and CI/CD
• Experience with AWS cloud infrastructure
• Extensive experience with n-tier cloud-based application architecture
• Extensive experience (5+ years) in people management of varying levels of seniority
• Experience in translating business strategy into resourcing plans to meet timeline and budgetary requirements
• Experience with operating and supporting public-facing web and mobile applications
• Experience planning and building budgets

Nice to Have

• Experience working for a top-tier consulting firm
• Experience working in a venture backed technology company
• Familiarity with Finance and Banking industry
• Experience in large matrixed organizations

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 do challenging work

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JOB SUMMARY
City: Toronto
Address: Remote
Work Hours/Week: 37.5
Work Environment: Your Home Office
Employment Type: Permanent
Career Level: Experienced Hire/Professional
Pay Type: Salary + Variable Bonus
Required Travel(%): 0
Exempt/Non-Exempt: N/A
People Manager: Yes
Application Deadline: 12/17/2021
Platform: Technology and Operations
Req ID: 434238
Ad Code(s): RBC Ventures

Company: Royal Bank of Canada

Expected salary:

Location: Toronto, ON

Job date: Tue, 07 Dec 2021 23:02:30 GMT

Job Source: Careerjet.ca

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