Director & Head, Global Capital Markets (GCM) Product, GCM Transformation - Toronto, ON

Scotiabank - Global Banking and Markets; Toronto; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Scotiabank - Global Banking and Markets in Toronto, ON seeks a Director & Head of Global Capital Markets (GCM) Product within the GCM Transformation program. The role leads product strategy for capital markets journeys, aligning business priorities with engineering capacity to deliver value across trading, financing, and client platforms.

The incumbent partners with Front Office, Operations, Technology, Risk and Finance to drive discovery, delivery, and adoption, while modernizing platforms and

Responsibilities

• Contributes to defining and maintaining the product vision, strategy and multi-year roadmap for assigned Capital Markets investment journeys.
• Owns product backlog prioritization and investment sequencing by balancing business value, client impact, regulatory requirements, operational efficiency, technology dependencies, capacity constraints and benefits realization
• Acts as business product lead and subject matter expert for assigned Capital Markets platforms and workflows across front, middle and back-office functions
• Partners with Desk Heads, Business Leads, Technology, Operations, Risk, Finance and Architecture teams to translate strategic objectives into product roadmaps, requirements, business capabilities and delivery priorities
• Leads discovery, business case development and prioritization activities to establish a transparent, value-based investment backlog aligned to business outcomes and strategic objectives
• Drives modernization of trading, financing, risk, operations and client-facing platforms through automation, workflow optimization, data integration and process simplification
• Partners with agile delivery teams establish sprint priorities, manage dependencies, remove delivery impediments and ensure successful execution against committed outcomes
• Establishes and monitors product performance metrics, including revenue enablement, client adoption, operational efficiency, risk reduction, platform stability, delivery predictability and business value realization
• Supports governance forums including portfolio planning, backlog refinement, prioritization reviews and executive reporting to provide transparency across demand, capacity, delivery and outcomes
• Maintains

Job description

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Director & Head, Global Capital Markets (GCM) Product, GCM Transformation – Toronto, ON

Global Banking and Markets

Global Banking and Markets (GBM) conducts the Bank’s wholesale banking and capital markets business with corporate, government and institutional investor clients. GBM is a full-service wholesale bank and investment dealer in Canada and Mexico and offers a range of products and services in the U.S., Latin America and in select markets in Europe and Asia‑Pacific.

More specifically, GBM provides clients with: corporate lending; transaction banking (including payments, trade finance and cash management); investment banking (including corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions); fixed income and equity underwriting, sales, trading and research; prime services (prime brokerage and stock lending); foreign exchange sales and trading; commodity derivatives; and collateral management.

Purpose

The Director & Head, GCM Product, contributes to defining and executing the product vision, roadmap and delivery strategy for one or more Global Capital Markets (GCM) investment journeys. The role is responsible for aligning business strategy, investment priorities and engineering capacity to deliver measurable business outcomes across trading, sales, financing, structured products, commodities, FX, equities and supporting platforms. The Director partners closely with Front Office, Operations, Technology, Risk, Finance and Data teams to drive product discovery, prioritization, delivery and value realization while modernizing platforms, automating workflows, improving controls and enhancing client and employee experiences. The role acts as the primary product leader for their investment journey, ensuring clear ownership from strategy through execution and adoption.

What You’ll Do

• Contributes to defining and maintaining the product vision, strategy and multi-year roadmap for assigned Capital Markets investment journeys, ensuring alignment to GBM strategic priorities, revenue objectives, risk management requirements and technology modernization goals
• Owns product backlog prioritization and investment sequencing by balancing business value, client impact, regulatory requirements, operational efficiency, technology dependencies, capacity constraints and benefits realization
• Acts as business product lead and subject matter expert for assigned Capital Markets platforms and workflows across front, middle and back-office functions
• Partners with Desk Heads, Business Leads, Technology, Operations, Risk, Finance and Architecture teams to translate strategic objectives into product roadmaps, requirements, business capabilities and delivery priorities
• Leads discovery, business case development and prioritization activities to establish a transparent, value-based investment backlog aligned to business outcomes and strategic objectives
• Drives modernization of trading, financing, risk, operations and client-facing platforms through automation, workflow optimization, data integration and process simplification
• Partners with agile delivery teams establish sprint priorities, manage dependencies, remove delivery impediments and ensure successful execution against committed outcomes
• Establishes and monitors product performance metrics, including revenue enablement, client adoption, operational efficiency, risk reduction, platform stability, delivery predictability and business value realization
• Supports governance forums including portfolio planning, backlog refinement, prioritization reviews and executive reporting to provide transparency across demand, capacity, delivery and outcomes
• Maintains