Technical Product Owner - Sanctions
RBC — TORONTO, Ontario, Canada
Posted 2026-08-06
Job Description What is the opportunity? We are seeking a highly experienced Sanctions Technical Product Owner to support the modernization and ongoing evolution of enterprise sanctions screening capabilities within payment processing environments. The successful candidate will possess deep expertise in SWIFT MT/MX messaging standards, ISO 20022, sanctions-integrated payment processing, and AI-assisted delivery practices. This role will act as the bridge between business stakeholders, compliance, operations, architecture, and engineering teams — owning the product vision, backlog, and delivery of mission-critical sanctions solutions within a highly regulated financial services environment. What will you do? Key Responsibilities Own the product backlog, roadmap, and delivery outcomes for sanctions screening and SWIFT message processing initiatives. Lead requirements gathering and produce detailed HLRs, User Stories, Business Rules, NFRs, and Process Flows for SWIFT MT/MX scanning and integration. Manage the full requirements lifecycle from discovery through implementation and validation. Partner with Compliance and Risk teams to embed sanctions controls into SWIFT message processing