Principal Solutions Architect

What is the opportunity? The Wealth Management Architecture team is driving innovative solutions to accelerate RBC’s growth in the US wealth market. In this role, you will design scalable, enterprise‑grade solution architectures that meet RBC standards while advancing our target‑state vision. You will be engaged across the full lifecycle—from research and solution development through stakeholder alignment and delivery—partnering across all levels of leadership to translate strategy into results. This is a technical leadership role. What will you do? Design and implement solutions for complex architecture projects, ensuring alignment with business and technology strategies. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams and stakeholders to analyze business requirements, resolve complex technical challenges, and provide actionable recommendations that influence outcomes. Mentor junior architects and technical team members, fostering skill development and promoting best practices within the team. Research emerging technologies to identify opportunities for innovation and maintain a competitive edge. Execute architecture tasks or projects, requiring advanced problem solving, decision making and strategic thinking with some ambiguity. Drive decisions on complex issues to develop clear, actionable recommendations for management, ensuring alignment on processes, tools and services with impact across other areas. Leverage advanced and creative skills to resolve complex architecture‑related problems, fostering cross‑functional collaboration to identify and implement innovative solutions. Lead and facilitate cross‑functional collaboration efforts, fostering strong internal relationships across the organization and external partnerships to achieve impactful business outcomes. What do you need to succeed? Must have: Experience navigating complex matrixed environments. Ability to facilitate between and influence key decision makers and drive clear outcomes. Strategic thinker with excellent interpersonal skills to work across functions and businesses. Strong technical background with recent hands‑on experience. Strong understanding of technology and/or financial services industry (preference for candidates with wealth‑management experience). Ability to provide guidance, recommendation, and decisions in an agile environment. Nice to have: Strong organizational, project management and time‑management capabilities. Good understanding of architecture practice frameworks (e.g., TOGAF). Good understanding of AIDLC. What’s in it for you? 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. Flexible work/life balance options. Opportunities to do challenging work. Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities. Access to a variety of job opportunities across business. The good‑faith expected salary range for the above position is $90,000 - $160,000 depending on factors including but not limited to the candidate’s experience, skills, registration status; market conditions; and business needs. This salary range does not include other elements of total compensation, including a discretionary bonus and benefits such as a 401(k) program with company‑matching contributions; health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; and paid time‑off plan. RBC’s compensation philosophy and principles recognize the importance of a highly qualified global workforce and play a critical role in attracting, engaging and retaining talent that drives RBC’s high performance culture, enables collective achievement of our strategic goals, and generates sustainable shareholder returns and above‑market shareholder value. Location: 250 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN, United States. #J-18808-Ljbffr RBC