Senior Director AI and Operations Engineering

Banque Nationale du Canada; Montreal; Hybride; CAD 180 000 - 260 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health and wellness program

Employee share ownership plan

Employee assistance program

Preferential banking services

Community involvement

Virtual sleep clinic

Résumé du poste

National Bank seeks a Senior Director of AI and Operations Engineering to accelerate hyper-automation across Wealth Management Operations. You will design and deploy AI-driven automation, software and agent technologies, to simplify processes, raise capacity, and enhance client experiences.

You will lead ~12 engineers, collaborate with key stakeholders, and travel Montreal/Toronto as needed. A strong background in AI, security, and transformational leadership is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, AI, data science or related field or equivalent experience.
• 7–10 years of relevant leadership and technical experience in operations/tech.
• Experience in wealth management or capital markets.
• Experience transforming processes with automation and AI.
• Strong knowledge of software development, APIs, cloud, and security.
• Familiarity with RPA, low-code/no-code & generative AI.
• Strong leadership and change-management skills.

Responsabilités

• Identify high-value automation and AI opportunities within operations.
• Select appropriate technologies and rapidly prototype secure, scalable solutions.
• Lead a ~12-person engineering team within operations.
• Drive adoption of new automations and measure benefits.
• Ensure cost, security, and resilience considerations are built in.

Connaissances

Python

APIs

Cloud architecture

Git

CI/CD

Testing

Monitoring

Automation

Leadership

AI/ML concepts

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Outils

Git

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Description du poste

Senior Director AI and Operations Engineering

Hybrid

Job number

36322

Category

Manager

Status: Permanent

State

Country

Canada

Schedule: Full-Time

27-Oct-2026

Area(s) of interest: Information technology, Operations

Location(s): Montreal, Toronto

A career as Senior Director, AI and Operations Engineering in the Wealth Management Operations team at National Bank means acting as a leader in accelerating the transformation of wealth management operations by designing and deploying hyper-automation solutions that combine AI, automation, software development and agent technologies to simplify processes, increase operational capacity, improve the client experience and employé.es and sustainably reduce the cost of service.

You act as a field technology leader, able to identify high-value opportunities, select the right technology, rapidly prototype and industrialize secure, resilient and economically viable solutions. It is by relying on your experience in transformation, technology and with your knowledge of the investment sector and/or capital markets that you have a positive impact on the experience of our users, our employees, as well as on our ability to be a growth partner of choice for our organization.

• Identify processes or automation, AI where agentic capabilities can drive the most value
• Choose the simplest technology that effectively solves the problem rather than always applying the same technology
• Remain concretely involved on the technical level and be able to quickly transform an operational issue into a functional solution
• Accelerate process transformation, drive adoption of new solutions, and drive initiatives from idea to prototype, ensuring delivery of expected benefits
• Ensure the economic viability of solutions: infrastructure, licenses, consumption, model costs and value generated
• Building solutions where security, privacy, traceability and operational resilience are "Build by design"
• Develop strong engineering expertise within operations to accelerate the adoption of automation and artificial intelligence in their ways of doing things
• Generate business value through automation and optimization of operational capacity by ensuring the quality of solutions and controlling the risks associated with automation
• Monitor the performance of solutions and measure the gains made

Your team

Within the Wealth Management Operations sector, you are part of a team of 650 colleagues and report to the Vice-President, Wealth Management Operations.

As a leader, you lead an engineering team of about 12 people, composed of two directors, developers and citizen developers, directly integrated into operations.

Our team stands out for our expertise, our understanding of our processes, our proximity to our business lines and our technology teams, our rigor, our ambition to be the best operational center and our "One team" culture. Being part of our team means being part of a winning team that succeeds in combining pleasure, ambition and results.

You benefit from a hybrid work model with a required presence in the office three days a week (minimum) and the option to work remotely the other two days, promoting both in-person collaboration and flexibility.

You will be required to travel occasionally between Montreal and Toronto in order to promote close collaboration with teams and partners.

We favor a variety of forms of continuous learning to enrich your development, including learning in action, training content made available to you and working in collaboration with colleagues with diverse expertise and profiles.

Prerequisites

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, artificial intelligence, data science or related technology field or any other combination of education and experience deemed equivalent
• 7 to 10 years of relevant experience in managing operational and technological teams, including management of managers.
• Experience in the wealth management and/or capital markets industry.
• Recognized experience in organizational transformation, process optimization and continuous improvement, particularly in the management of major changes involving operational, technological, human and risk management issues.
• Strong knowledge of software development, Python, APIs, integration, and cloud architecture, as well as modern software engineering practices such as Git, CI/CD, testing, and monitoring.
• Expertise in automation and artificial intelligence, including workflows, RPA, low-code/no-code solutions, generative AI, large language models (LLMs) and agentic technologies.
• Good understanding of the economics of AI, including model consumption, inference costs, and trade-offs between performance and cost.
• Good knowledge of the principles of cybersecurity, data protection and responsible AI, including access management, auditability and resilience.
• Builder mentality, strong operational acumen and mobilizing leadership, with an ability to experiment quickly, simplify processes, collaborate with subject matter experts and evolve prototypes into secure, resilient and deployable solutions at scale.

Languages:

Reason to require this language: you will need to discuss frequently with our service providers or partners who speak a language other than French.

Artificial Intelligence Communication Critical Thinking Emotional Intelligence Innovation Management Risk Management Stress Management Technical Leadership Business Alignment Decision Making Mobilization Partner Development Strategic Vision Strategy Execution Managerial Courage

In addition to competitive compensation, upon hiring you’ll be eligible for a wide range of flexible benefits to help promote your wellbeing and that of your family such as:

• Health and wellness program, including many options
• Employee Share Ownership Plan
• Employee and family assistance program
• Preferential banking services
• Involvement in community initiatives
• Virtual sleep clinic

We have an offer that keeps up with trends as well as your needs and those of your family.

Our dynamic work environments and cutting-edge collaboration tools foster a positive employee experience. We value employees’ ideas. Whether through our surveys or programs, regular feedback and ongoing communication are encouraged.

Making a bold move in a people-first environment

We’re a bank on a human scale that stands out for its courage, entrepreneurial culture, and passion for people. Our mission is to have a positive impact on people’s lives. Our core values of partnership, agility, and empowerment inspire us, and inclusion is central to our commitments. We aim, wherever possible, to provide a barrier-free and accessible environment to all employees.

We strive to provide accessibility measures throughout the recruitment process within the limits of our available resources. If you require accommodations, feel free to let us know during our initial conversations. We welcome all candidates! What can you bring to our team?

Why work at National Bank?

There are many varied opportunities for you to progress and develop, and move ahead in your career. This includes on-the-job learning and training, co-development and pairing with other employees, professional support and mentoring, internal career days or discussion forums with our leaders.

For an inclusive and diverse environment

We foster inclusion in an environment where each person’s unique qualities, whether visible or invisible, are celebrated and valued. We welcome all candidates! What can you bring to our team?