Data Strategist

Requisition ID: 222992

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

Are you ready to make a significant impact on our digital products and customer experience? Join Scotiabank’s Canadian Analytics Team as a Data Strategist and be at the forefront of integrating cutting-edge analytics capabilities into our bank's digital landscape.

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

• Build and nurture strong relationships with digital product teams, business lines, and performance management teams, driving data-driven decision-making.
• Dive deep into performance trends, uncover growth opportunities, and proactively provide actionable insights.
• Collaborate across functions to define and execute a data strategy and analytics roadmap for digital initiatives, working closely with Digital Banking, analytics teams, and the data office.
• Lead the charge in identifying and implementing analytics solutions to enhance customer experience, partnering with Data Scientists.
• Conduct thorough data analysis to influence product development and shape overall business strategies.
• Translate complex data analytics into clear, actionable business insights, both verbally and in writing, with a keen understanding of business needs.
• Communicate and coordinate with teams to implement data-driven strategies, ensuring progress is measured and goals are met.
• Present performance results and insights to business line stakeholders and across the bank, making data come alive through compelling storytelling.
• Develop and produce analyses, reports, and insights that drive strategic decision-making in support of Canadian Banking goals.
• Work closely with data scientists, data engineers, and operational teams to implement quality controls and automate data feeds and report generation.
• Champion a culture of data literacy, analytics, and informed decision-making throughout the bank.
  
  

• You have a strong business acumen and excel at developing and communicating analytics insights to senior leadership.
• Your communication and stakeholder management skills are exceptional, enabling you to lead meetings, captivate the audience, and ensure accountability.
• You are a self-starter who thrives with minimal direction, proposing solutions rather than seeking instructions.
• You have extensive experience communicating insights (not just data) to stakeholders at the director level and above.
• You can create compelling PowerPoint dashboards that highlight your analyses and tell a story that resonates with business stakeholders.
• You have experience with Google Cloud Platform, AWS, or other cloud data platforms.
• You are proficient in SQL (a must) and have experience with Adobe Analytics (a plus) and Python (a plus).
• Your data visualization skills are exceptional, and you are an expert with Power BI (preferred) or similar software.
• You possess strong business and financial acumen, understand how to determine success, and have a track record of setting KPIs.
• You can speak the language of both data and business, bridging the gap between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• You are not afraid to challenge the status quo and have a deep curiosity about data, processes, and customer behavior.
• You can pivot and adapt to change, diving in, taking ownership, and picking up new things with ease.
• You are eager to mentor, teach, and share your ideas in a team environment.
  
  

• Post-secondary education in Business, Economics, Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field. Equivalent experience will also be considered.
• Multiple years of experience providing insights, conducting deep-dive analysis, and presenting results to senior leadership.
• Proven data literacy and excellent storytelling — the ability to simplify and describe complex analytical concepts to stakeholders outside of analytics.
• Experience with Big Data ecosystem tools (e.g., Hive, Pig, Sqoop, Spark, Google Cloud Platform) and are comfortable with creating large and streamlined queries.
• Experience using visualization tools like Power BI, Tableau, or QlikView.
• Top-notch analytical skills allowing you to interpret and consolidate large amounts of information into actionable recommendations.
• Experience cleaning, transforming, and visualizing large data sets working with various data formats (e.g., unstructured logs, XML, JSON, flat files, images).
• Ability to leverage digital analytics tools such as Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics, or Splunk.
• Ability to manage processes and planning, facilitate teamwork, and coordinate the execution of multiple deliverables.
  
  

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto