Requisition ID: 205465
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

Global Wealth Engineering (GWE) supports the end-to-end technology needs of Scotiabank's Global Wealth Management business, including a broad range of products from Canadian Wealth Management, Asset Management and International Wealth. Joining our team gives you access to great opportunities with a wide range of traditional and emerging technologies while delivering innovative solutions for our business applications and platforms.

Foundational Maintenance is a diverse team that manages the Technology Risk profile for Global Wealth Management, including Software Currency Risk Management (IT Audit, Vulnerabilities, etc.) and Cloud Acceleration.

We are looking for an energetic and results-driven Senior Project Lead/Technical Navigator. The role acts as the link between the business and the technical teams across the Bank to make sure that the project teams deliver quality Software Currency solutions that are optimized, secure, highly scalable, and flexible - all while maintaining a strong customer focus. Balancing the business needs versus technical constraints while keeping customer satisfaction as a top priority.

Is this role right for you? In this role you will:

• Show proven ability to deliver projects using Agile methodologies and lean approach techniques.
• Communicate proactively with all stakeholders to provide encouragement, identify problems, create solutions. and implement efficiency improvements.
• Establish priorities, standards, and strategies consistent with technology roadmap, business goals and economic viability.
• Work with application owners to help understand Software Currency needs, and technical constraints to establish the scope of the project and define and deliver complex features.
• Understand business requirements & Bank standards and translate them into technical guidelines for development.
• Lead Software Currency initiatives and manage diverse projects by providing guidance to development teams around intricacies and complexities of zero-based development.
• Provide input to the continuous improvement of processes and adopting latest technologies and methodologies.
• Coach for effective teamwork, communication, collaboration, and commitment across groups to help create an agile culture in the team.
• Coach teams to re-build or build from scratch applications based on latest technology.
• Meet product owners, project sponsors, project stakeholders on a regular basis and help technical teams to identify, define, and specify solutions.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We'd love to work with you if you have:

• A solid CS foundation including experience in a software engineering and development role, experience with scalability issues and multi-tiered integration solutions
• Passionate about technology, maintains superior knowledge of emerging industry trends across multiple disciplines
• Thinks outside of the box and able to lead the teams to innovate
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects of varying complexity in a sophisticated matrix management organization.
• Good knowledge of Global Wealth products and services – nice to have
• Good relationship building, influencing and negotiation skills to build and maintain strong supportive relationships with stakeholders across the organization.

What's in it for you?

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employee to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans.
• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - We value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.
• Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.
• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days and benefits will start on day one.
• Dynamic Ecosystem - Free tea & coffee, universal washrooms, and lots of space for team collaboration.
• Community Engagement - No matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more!

Working location condition: Hybrid

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Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto
Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.
At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, please click here. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.