Director and Head of Risk Technology

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Scotiabank Director and Head of Risk Technology in Toronto, Ontario

Director and Head of Risk Technology

Requisition ID: 212329

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

Purpose

Director and Head of Risk Technology will be responsible for the strategic direction, leadership, and oversight of the Technology team with a focus on modernization of application portfolio and delivery of solutions to support the business needs globally.

You provide expertise and engineering excellence as an integral part of an agile team to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. Leverage your advanced technical capabilities and collaborate with colleagues across the organization to help solve complex business issues from strategy to execution.

We are looking for a results-oriented, creative, highly motivated individual with a curious mindset, strong technical and leadership skills, who is passionate about challenges and wants to contribute to the success of the Bank.

This role needs to be based out of Toronto as it mandates fostering strong stakeholder relationships and building trust and credibility.

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

1. Act as a Strategic Thinker:

   Ability to translate details into bigger picture implications driving the business forward, challenging the status quo. Understands industry, market, and organizational dynamics with the ability to deal with growing complexity and ambiguity. Aligns the right resources to the task at hand; foresees and plans around obstacles.

2. Lead & Adapt to Change:

   Thrives in a changing, dynamic environment and can drive operational efficiencies that map to changing needs. Look for opportunities to optimize reuse, enterprise software architecture, and delivery tools/methods that are targeted to increase productivity and reduce time to market. Show up with a continuous learning mindset - fostering a value-driven work culture. Leads and drives a customer-focused culture throughout their team to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge. Set annual goals, drive continuous improvement and effectiveness, and a great employee working experience in the achievement of Technology Operations goals and desired outcomes.

3. Implement controls and develop metrics:

   Measure the effectiveness of all assigned portfolios; embed a continuous improvement mindset into business-as-usual operations of these portfolios that prioritize.

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

Technology’s strategic goals

1. Lead the Technology Productivity Program and other financial optimization efforts to close gaps to Technology operational budget targets and continuously improve financial efficiency.
2. Oversee the Bank’s Enterprise Delivery Framework (EDF), ensuring that it provides a user-friendly and effective mechanism to control project and technology delivery risk according to the Bank’s risk appetite.
3. Manage focused operational programs including W4, real-estate, and student internship programs to ensure they continuously support Technology strategy and goals.
4. Build a high-performing technology operations team that attracts and retains talent and ensures smooth operations through robust succession planning.
5. Direct day-to-day activities in a manner consistent with the Bank’s risk culture and the relevant risk appetite statement and limits. Communicates the Bank’s risk culture and risk appetite statement throughout their teams.
6. Create an environment in which all portfolio teams pursue effective and efficient operations in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, its Code of Conduct, and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, risk and other internal processes.
7. Build a high-performance environment and implement a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops, and motivates portfolio teams by fostering an inclusive work environment and using a coaching mindset and behaviours; communicating vision/values/portfolio strategy; and managing succession and development planning for the teams.
8. Lead a team accountable for specific operational portfolios across Technology’s global footprint.

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 employees 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.

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!

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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.