Delivery Lead

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Flexible vacation

Personal days

Sick days

Benefits start day one

Job summary

Scotiabank is seeking a highly skilled Technology Navigator who also serves as a Delivery Lead to drive Agile delivery, modernization, and cross‑functional execution across Wealth Management, Brokerage, and broader Canadian Banking Technology. You will guide delivery teams, coordinate releases, and ensure alignment with architecture and engineering standards in a fast‑paced financial services environment.

The role emphasizes collaboration with Architects, Product Owners, and technical leads,

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years of technical project delivery experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field
• Strong knowledge of software development practices, engineering workflows, and system integration approaches
• Proven experience applying Agile/Scrum/Kanban methodologies to deliver complex IT projects
• Deep understanding of backlog tracking, workflow metrics, task breakdown, and iterative planning
• Hands-on experience using JIRA/Confluence for planning, tracking, reporting, and team collaboration
• Experience coordinating release management and readiness activities for enterprise applications
• Familiarity with DevOps principles, delivery pipelines, and environment management
• Experience working in Banking, Wealth, or Brokerage digital solutions is highly preferred
• Previous hands-on technical experience (developer, technical lead, or engineering background) is an asset
• Excellent communication, facilitation, conflict management, and stakeholder relationship skills
• Ability to operate independently, drive clarity from ambiguity, and influence teams without formal authority

Responsibilities

• Oversee technical delivery for software currency and technology upgrade projects
• Manage scheduled release cycles and delivery activities for production readiness
• Lead and support end-to-end planning, risk management, and cross-team execution
• Engage with Architects and Tech Leads to ensure architecture and standards alignment
• Contribute to educated estimates for features, stories, and components
• Identify roadmap dependencies and impediments and track them to remove delivery blockers
• Conduct Agile Maturity assessments to drive performance improvements
• Support the Product Owner with backlog readiness and prioritization
• Create reliable delivery plans for software development projects
• Provide standardized reporting on team velocity, status, risks, and decisions
• Coordinate operational readiness with Security, Infrastructure, Network, QA, and Release Engineering teams

Skills

Agile delivery

Enterprise modernization

Cross-functional coordination

End‑to‑end execution

Stakeholder management

JIRA/Confluence

Release coordination

Architecture alignment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/IT/Software Engineering

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

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Requisition ID: 275934
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

We are seeking a highly skilled Technology Navigator who also serves as a Delivery Lead with strong experience in Agile delivery, enterprise modernization, cross‑functional coordination, and end‑to‑end technology execution. This role is critical to enabling successful delivery of digital modernization initiatives across Wealth Management, Brokerage, and broader Canadian Banking Technology. The ideal candidate will have deep experience guiding technology teams, navigating complex system landscapes, coordinating release and operational readiness, overseeing software currency initiatives, and ensuring alignment with architecture and engineering best practices. Knowledge of Agile methodologies, risk/impediment management, and multi‑team integration is essential. Experience in the financial services industry is strongly preferred.

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

• Oversee technical delivery for software currency / technology upgrade projects, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and modernization roadmaps.


• Manage scheduled release cycles and delivery activities, ensuring readiness, proper sequencing, and minimal risk to production systems.


• Lead and support other project delivery management responsibilities, including end‑to‑end planning, risk management, and cross‑team execution.


• Bring technical expertise to drive productive discussions with Architects and Technical Leads, ensuring alignment to architecture, solution design, and technical standards.


• Guide and participate in creating educated estimates for features, stories, and technical components using your knowledge of design patterns and delivery practices.


• Identify roadmap and feature dependencies and impediments, ensuring they are surfaced, tracked, escalated, and removed to maintain delivery flow.


• Conduct Agile Maturity assessments and use results to drive continuous performance improvement.


• Support the Product Owner with story grooming, backlog readiness, prioritization, dependency sequencing, and roadmap clarity.


• Demonstrate expertise in estimation and planning, creating reliable and practical delivery plans for software development projects.


• Provide standardized reporting on team performance including velocity, stories completed, status, risks, and decisions.


• Coordinate operational readiness activities with Security, Infrastructure, Network, QA, and Release Engineering teams.

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

• 5–7+ years of technical project delivery experience in roles such as Delivery Lead, Scrum Master, Technology Navigator, or similar.


• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.


• Strong knowledge of software development practices, engineering workflows, and system integration approaches.


• Proven experience applying Agile/Scrum/Kanban methodologies to deliver complex IT projects.


• Deep understanding of backlog tracking, workflow metrics, task breakdown, and iterative planning.


• Hands‑on experience using JIRA/Confluence for planning, tracking, reporting, and team collaboration.


• Experience coordinating release management and readiness activities for enterprise applications.


• Familiarity with DevOps principles, delivery pipelines, and environment management.


• Experience working in Banking, Wealth, or Brokerage digital solutions is highly preferred.


• Previous hands‑on technical experience (developer, technical lead, or engineering background) is an asset.


• Excellent communication, facilitation, conflict management, and stakeholder relationship skills.


• Ability to operate independently, drive clarity from ambiguity, and influence teams without formal authority.

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 - We offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons.

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.

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.