Engineering Lead- Global Payments Engineering

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Flexible vacation

Tuition assistance

Benefits start day one

Employee resource groups

Job summary

Scotiabank is seeking an Engineering Lead for Global Payments Engineering in Toronto, Ontario. You will elevate delivery capability by fostering agility, coaching Agile teams, and aligning engineering with product strategy to achieve measurable business value.

You will mentor Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and new Agile practitioners, promote accountability, and drive data-driven improvements across Core Banking Engineering initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience leading Agile transformations in large organizations.
• Ability to mentor Scrum Masters, Product Owners and agile practitioners.
• Knowledge of scaling approaches (SAFe, LeSS) and Lean practices.

Responsibilities

• Elevate delivery capability and foster agility across teams.
• Mentor and coach Agile roles to adopt modern practices.
• Guide alignment of product strategy with engineering delivery.
• Promote accountability and data-driven decision making.
• Lead transformation initiatives and improve flow and predictability.

Skills

Agile coaching

Mentoring

Scrum/Kanban/SAFe

Stakeholder management

Communication

Storytelling

Cloud platforms

Education

Post-secondary education in relevant field

Certifications such as CSP/CEC/SAFe

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

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Title: Engineering Lead- Global Payments Engineering

Requisition ID: 277796
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

Scotiabank continues to be an industry leader for Payment’s technology and innovation. We have a history of safely leveraging new tools to enable new experiences for our customers, focusing on ensuring we protect their interests and goals. The result of this leads to modernization programs which aim to offer enriched information and transparencies to support the rapidly evolving payments community.

The Role

The Engineering Lead is responsible for elevating the organization’s delivery capability by fostering a culture of agility, continuous improvement, and human centered collaboration. This role partners with engineering teams, product leaders, and engineering leads to guide the adoption and maturity of the Agile mindset. This role serves as a mentor, facilitator, and change agent, helping teams improve ways of working, strengthen product engagement, and achieve measurable outcomes that align with strategic business value. This role will contribute to the overall success of the Core Banking Engineering teams to elevate our team’s growth potential and execute on top organizational priorities.

What You’ll Do:

• Leverage previous experiences in adapting core principles to real-world application – using this to upskill our leads and team members.
• Mentor Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and new Agile practitioners to build the right mindset.
• Help leaders understand their role in supporting Agile teams and shifting traditional command and control behaviors.
• Act as a trusted advisor on Agile practices, product strategy alignment, and organizational impediments.
• Promote a culture of accountability within the team.
• Introduce, measure, and refine Agile metrics using delivery data such as cycle time, throughput, and trends to evaluate team health and customer value delivery.
• Use qualitative and quantitative insights to guide improvement experiments and support evidence based planning - improving delivery practices, and adopting data driven decision making.

Coaching & Transformation

• Maintain awareness of industry best practices and incorporate modern coaching techniques and tools.
• Support the design and rollout of delivery strategies across departments or portfolios.
• Coach teams on Agile values, principles, and mindset to improve flow, predictability, and quality.
• Observe, evaluate, and lead-by-example on Agile ceremonies (e.g., retrospectives, sprint planning, standups) while enabling teams to self facilitate.
• Partner with leaders to build an environment where autonomy, trust, psychological safety, and continuous learning can thrive.
• Promote cross functional collaboration to improve end-to-end delivery flow.

Organizational Expectations

• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of their respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, its Code of Conduct, and the Global Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk.
• Champions a high performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.

What You'll Bring:

Education & Certifications

• Post-secondary education and/or experience in relevant positions or field of employment
• Relevant certifications are an asset, for example:
• Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) or Certified Agile Coach (CEC/CTC)
• SAFe, Kanban, or Lean certifications

Professional Experience

• Working experience in Agile environments across engineering or product domains.
• Successful engagements in previous roles as Agile Coach, Scrum Master, or Delivery Lead coaching multiple teams.
• Proven experience driving organizational level transformations or modernization efforts.
• Deep knowledge of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, XP, Lean) and scaling approaches (SAFe, LeSS, or similar).
• Strong facilitation, mentoring, and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to coach at all levels—from hands on delivery teams to senior leadership.
• Demonstrated success improving team health, delivery flow, and customer centric practices.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to influence without authority.
• A passion for continuous learning, psychological safety, and fostering inclusive team culture.

What's in it for you?

• You’ll join a team focused on building cloud platforms as products, enabling delivery teams across the enterprise rather than acting as a centralized gatekeeper or operating within a narrow delivery focus. This role offers exposure to a wide range of technologies, problem domains, and stakeholders.
• 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.
• Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs.

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.