Associate Product Manager

RBC; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company in Vancouver is seeking a Product Manager to drive AI product development. You will collaborate with teams to turn advanced research into viable products in the financial sector. Ideal candidates have a technical background, product management experience, and a penchant for innovation in AI. The role offers a dynamic work environment and opportunities for growth within the organization.

Benefits

Dynamic working environment

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience building products.
• Ability to define clear objectives for a product.
• Experience in collaborating across stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Drive product strategy and roadmaps.
• Translate business requirements into functional specs.
• Manage project teams to deliver AI products.

Skills

Technical understanding

Customer empathy

Analytical problem-solving

Collaboration

Curiosity about AI

Education

Technical degree (CS/Engineering)

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Overview

What’s the opportunity?

As a member of the Product Management team, you’ll get a chance to build innovative AI products for the financial industry and beyond through a deep understanding of our AI capabilities applied to real-world scenarios. You’ll be responsible for turning research into full-fledged products and will work closely with the business development, engineering, and research teams to deeply understand the problem space and define compelling products.

At RBC Borealis, you’ll be joining a team that works directly with leading machine learning researchers and software developers. Our mission is to think big and go beyond what’s possible today to deliver competitive AI products. This is a rare opportunity to build the skills required to make machine learning work in the enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Drive product-strategy and roadmaps with the Lead Product Manager
• Own and prioritize project plan, driving multi-functional teams in realizing customer value based on ML research
• Translate business and user requirements into engineering and research product requirements
• Collaborate with engineers and researchers to define detailed functional specs to align the team on what we are delivering, and what success looks like
• High touch managing epics and user stories within JIRA keeping deep prioritized backlogs maximizing teams effectiveness
• Manage, develop, and lead hi-performing project teams, collaborating across research, engineering and business development to deliver world-class AI products

Qualifications

• Have a technical degree (CS/Engineering)
• Have 2+ years of experience building products
• Are continually curious and empathetic about customers and are driven to build great products for them
• Are excited about digging into technical details
• Are analytical in your problem-solving approach
• Have a track record of thorough delivery
• Can wade through ambiguity to define clear objectives for a product
• Are great at collaborating across a spectrum of stakeholders, from business partners to researchers to engineers
• Have enthusiasm for learning about machine learning and AI (Bonus points if you have worked in this area)

What’s in it for you

• Be part of a dynamic & flexible working environment
• Become part of a team that thinks progressively and works collaboratively. We care about seeing each other reach full potential
• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock options where applicable
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact from a local-to-global scale

About RBC Borealis

RBC Borealis, an RBC Institute for Research, is a curiosity-driven research center dedicated to achieving state-of-the-art in machine learning. Established in 2016, and with labs in Toronto, Montreal, Waterloo and Vancouver, we support academic collaborations and partner with world-class research centers in artificial intelligence. With a focus on ethical AI that will help communities thrive, our machine learning scientists perform fundamental and applied research in areas such as reinforcement learning, natural language processing, Large Language Models, deep learning, and unsupervised learning to solve ground-breaking problems in diverse fields.

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

RBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans status, Aboriginal/Native American status or any other legally-protected factors. Disability-related accommodations during the application process are available upon request.

Address: 401 Georgia St W, Vancouver

City: Vancouver

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2025-09-17

Application Deadline: 2025-10-22

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

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At RBC, we believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.