Project Lead Development

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyshp

Accessibility & Workplace Accommod

Upskilling through online courses

Competitive rewards program

Dynamic team environment

Community engagement

Job summary

Scotiabank is seeking an experienced delivery leader to drive end-to-end delivery for complex mortgage-related systems within Canadian Banking Technology. You will align technology solutions with business strategies, mentor teams, and ensure adherence to standards and roadmaps while collaborating with stakeholders across the bank.

The role requires 10+ years in delivery, strong Agile skills, and hands-on experience with cloud platforms (GCP), mainframe interactions, and SOAP/REST services.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in managing the end-to-end delivery of complex systems built with diverse technologies.
• 10+ years of experience driving development teams to deliver projects in collaboration with business and system partners.
• Strong technical background with ability to read code and provide feedback; knowledge of software design patterns.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple complex projects as a delivery leader.
• Align technology solutions with business strategies with key stakeholders.
• Mentor team members and enforce standards in line with the technology roadmap.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Agile project delivery

Cloud platforms (GCP)

SOA/RESTful services

Mainframe experience

Mortgage domain knowledge

Stakeholder management

Code reading / feedback

Team collaboration

Communication

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

SOAP/RESTful services

CI/CD tooling

Mainframe interfaces

Job description

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Requisition ID: 263461

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

Contributes to the overall success of the Term Lending System (Mortgage) inside Canadian Banking Technology in Canada ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.

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

• Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
• Work with peers and customers to support agile lab designs and ensure deliverables are according to Scotiabank's internal policies, standards and templates based on business, project and systems specs
• Participate in project planning, estimate and review processes
• Ability to showcase progress in projects/initiatives/programs, holding people accountable to their commitments and making sure we are on track for successful delivery
• Assisting senior management to enforce standards and methodology; ensuring solutions are in line with the technology standard/roadmap and mentoring the technical team members on a project to project basis
• Works with key stakeholders within all business functions to align technology solutions with business strategies
• Demonstrates an informed knowledge of business functions to resolve problems and capitalize on improvement opportunities
• Work on multiple complex projects/initiatives as a delivery leader
• Present and leverage technical information and solutions in a way that establishes trust relationships, persuades stakeholders and achieves understanding and consensus at all levels
• 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 his/her respective areas 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, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk.
• Champions a high performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.

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

• 10+ years of experience in managing the E2E delivery in complex system built various technology.
• 10+ years of experience in driving dev team to meet project/initiative with collaboration with business and other system partners.
• Strong technical background (i.e. ability to read code, provide feedback, knowledge of software design patterns);
• Working experience in an Agile environment with complex project delivery;
• Flexible and ready to adapt to a dynamic environment;
• Solid understanding of software release process (environments, binary repositories, CI/CD);
• Attention to details, high standards for quality, ability to balance risk with technological advancements;
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills with ability to build and foster relationships with business users, project stakeholders, strategic technology partners and external vendors;
• Hands-on technical working experience in modernizing legacy systems or similar transformational initiatives.
• 10+ years of experience with banking domain (specially in Mortgage area) is an asset.
• Experience with Cloud-based applications (Google Cloud Platform).
• Experience with SOAP/RESTful services is an asset;
• Mainframe interaction experience is an asset;

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 - 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.

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