Senior Delivery Lead - Spanish

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Scotiabank in Toronto, Canada, is seeking a Senior Delivery Lead to serve as Scrum Master and Delivery Manager within Global Wealth Management. You will guide an Agile scrum team (Product, Engineering, Design, Analytics) and ensure effective application of Agile principles, remove impediments, and manage schedules, risks, and governance for multiple projects.

You will coordinate with risk, legal, and audit stakeholders, lead sprint ceremonies, and provide regular status updates while promoting

Qualifications

• 5 years' experience in managing and delivering complex software projects.
• Must be fluent in Spanish.
• Demonstrates strong knowledge of Agile methodology with Scrum certification (CSM/PSM).
• Expert knowledge of project management practices, disciplines, tools, and methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Track projects through all phases of the lifecycle.
• Collaborate with dependent teams and prepare execution plans.
• Coordinate end-to-end project delivery across multiple teams.
• Ensure milestones are met and gates are completed.
• Document status and maintain information repositories.
• Maintain risk tracker and communicate risks to management.
• Create work back schedules, roadmaps, and capacity planning.
• Balance team capacity and workload to ensure delivery.
• Support app releases and rollout activities.
• Keep stakeholders informed of status and blockers.
• Set expectations and communicate clearly to stakeholders.
• Identify risks/issues needing leadership attention.

Skills

Agile leadership

Scrum Master

Delivery management

Stakeholder management

Spanish language

Communication

Project governance

Education

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Professional Scrum Master (PSM)

Job description

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Requisition ID: 267026
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

As a Senior Delivery Lead, you will act as the Scrum Master and Delivery Manager within an Agile environment. You will ensure the successful delivery of software products within Global Wealth Management. You will lead and support an Agile scrum team (Product, Engineering, Design, Analytics) and ensure the Agile methodology and principles are executed effectively. You will identify, elevate and remove release and team impediments. As a Senior Delivery Lead, you will also manage schedule, risks, issues, reporting and governance of projects.

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

• Tracking projects through each phase of project lifecycle
• Work with all the dependent teams and prepare execution plan
• Working with various teams to achieve end-to-end project delivery
• Ensure milestones are met and project has gone through all approval gates
• Document project status & assist team in maintaining information repositories
• Maintain project risk tracker and communicate project risks to management
• Prepare work back schedules, roadmap and capacity planning at a project level
• Ensure a balance between team capacity and workload is kept in order to achieve a successful project delivery
• Support app releases & rollout related activities
• Keep all stakeholders up to date on project status and roadblocks
• Ability to set expectations with all stakeholders, execute and communicate accordingly
• Identification of risks and issues that require ScotiaTech leadership attention
• Ability to articulate and clearly communicate complex problems and solutions in a simple and logical manner following stakeholder field of expertise
• Ability to work effectively with engineering Sr Managers and team when needed to remediate risk around project delivery.
• Engage stakeholders (e.g. risk, legal, audit) as needed for consultation throughout the course of the project.
• Contribute to the productivity and culture of the scrum team
• Supporting project team members in challenging situations (resource / release challenges, cross-team communication)
• Scheduling ad-hoc meetings to solve for disagreements or ambiguities in order to reduce risk of jeopardizing milestones and or artifacts
• Ease conversations and promote constructive conversations and attitude
• Facilitate and ensure healthy communication between project team members
• Scheduling and chairing scrum ceremonies.
• Accountable for conducting regular retros and addressing team’s feedback
• Monitor scrum team progress by preparing reports/charts

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

• 5 years' experience in managing and delivering complex software projects
• Must be fluent in Spanish
• Demonstrates strong knowledge of Agile methodology while delivering IT projects. Ideally has Certified Scrum master certification (CSM / PSM)
• Expert knowledge and understanding of project management practices, disciplines, tools, and methodologies.
• Strong problem solving, critical thinking and analytical skills to rapidly assess problem situations.
• Demonstrates creativity and adaptability when identifying solutions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to communicate on a broad spectrum (from deep technical discussions to high level executive vision)
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and relationships management skills
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple complex initiatives
• Demonstrates proactivity and accountability.

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 our 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.