Senior Director, Engineering, Digital Banking

EQ Bank; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company is seeking a Senior Director of Engineering to manage cross-functional teams and oversee technology delivery for their digital banking portfolio. This role involves leading significant technology transformation initiatives and ensuring high-quality delivery within the software development lifecycle. The ideal candidate has a strong background in technology leadership and a proven track record of managing large teams in a complex environment, contributing to the innovative banking solutions EQ Bank offers. Competitive compensation and benefits are included in this full-time position.

Benefits

Competitive discretionary bonus

Market leading RRSP match program

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Employee Share Purchase Plan

Generous vacation policy

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of North American experience in technology roles.
• Experience leading teams of 30 or more.
• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple cross-functional pods for products and features.
• Lead strategic planning and manage a high-performance team.
• Oversee the SDLC including development and quality assurance.

Skills

Leadership Experience

Project Management

Software Development

Team Management

Agile Methodologies

DevOps

Education

Post-secondary degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

React

Node.js

GraphQL

Job description

Join a Challenger

Being a traditional bank just isnt our thing so we challenge ourselves to get creative in providing innovative banking solutions for Canadians.

How do we get there With a talented team of inquisitive and agile challengers that break through the status quo. So if youre passionate about redefining the future of bankingwhile having funthis could be your next big opportunity.

Our company continues to grow and today we serve more than 670000 people acrossCanadathrough Equitable BankCanadasChallenger Bank and have been around for more than 50 years. Equitable Banks wholly-owned subsidiary Concentra Bank supports credit unions acrossCanadathat serve more than six million members. Together we have over$125 billionin combined assets under management and administration with a clear mandate to drive change in Canadian banking to enrich peoples customers have named our EQ Bank digital platform () one of the top banks in Canada on the Forbes Worlds Best Banks list since 2021.

Purpose of Job

The Senior Director Engineering is part of the senior team that will enable EQ Banks Challenger Bank aspiration using cloud-native technologies and modern delivery methodologies. You will manage multiple cross-functional pods dedicated to launching new products features and ongoing business value for a portfolio of apps.

You will evolve our API and Microservice centric architecture web channels and other back-end product systems using the foundational Cloud DevOps API and PaaS services to deliver dozens of production releases per month. You will lead strategic and roadmap planning manage a team of more than 50 internal and external resources / suppliers and be part of C-suite conversations about technology transformation for the Bank.

Reporting to the VP of Technology the Senior Director is accountable for leading the delivery and support of Technology for components of the Digital Banking portfolio which includes EQBank Digital Payments and Open API products. As the primary Technology relationship manager and head of delivery the Senior IT Director will manage all aspects of the delivery portfolio including : strategic and roadmap planning managing a high performance team of approximately 50-100 (including external suppliers) managing budget managing vendor partners and suppliers and contributing to executive level communications and strategy sessions.

The Senior Director will lead their department through all areas of the SDLC including Business Analysis Solution Architecture Design Development Quality Assurance / Automated QA Code Management Release Management and Vendor Management. As new opportunities arise the Senior IT Director will provide technology assessments delivery strategies roadmaps estimates and recommendations for transitioning ideas into execution. The Senior Director will partner closely with Digital Banking business & operations Cloud Platforms Infrastructure & Operations PMO Risk and Compliance / AML / Fraud Management teams.

The Senior Director will oversee the maintenance and support of applications in the portfolio to maintain availability resiliency and currency objectives including championing the resolution / prevention of major incidents through disciplined problem management and proactive activities.

In addition to managing within the portfolio the Senior Director will also provide practice-oversite and continuous improvement for one or more areas of the SDLC. Given the strong Digital and API focus the Senior IT Director for Digital Banking will manage and govern the Application Architecture the components they own and the development standards & processes.

This individual is responsible for ensuring the team is highly productive and achieves strategic outcomes while meeting regulatory and internal delivery / governance requirements.

Main Activities :

• Direct accountability for Application Architecture Business Analysis Quality Assurance Source Code Management Development and Release Management for a Technology Portfolio
• Manage resource demand forecasts and ensure resources and budget are continuously aligned with business priorities; manage elastic demand / supply capacity pipeline including a stable of trusted contract or supplier resources to enable or accommodate fast pivots as necessary.
• Provide business domain expertise to manage delivery teams to ensure maximum project scope feasibility and business viability.
• Provide technical expertise and technology investment recommendations for new technologies and application systems.
• Oversee the creation and maintenance of solution designs based on understanding of business objectives and requirements.
• Ensure applications are developed and operate within acceptable Cybersecurity risk levels.
• Estimate and manage a plan for deliveries using delivery methodology expertise across both Agile Waterfall and hybrid approaches.
• Manage releases delivery planning and estimation approaches for technology changes and processes related to the delivery of services.
• Ensure quality and testing of technology changes are completed with appropriate diligence before implementing changes to production; appropriately balance schedule objectives vs. quality objectives. Maximize automated testing where possible.
• Primary subject matter expert with specialized knowledge relating to architecture design and functionality of the portfolio of systems.
• Manage and resolve production incidents for supported applications and business units (L2 / L3).
• Influence product direction and integrate technology from an architectural perspective within the business environment; partner and consult with Business Units on approaches to strategic opportunities.
• Drive and maintain a multi-year Technology Roadmap which includes future strategic objectives and technology-driven changes to maintain currency capacity and system health.
• Manage application vendor sourcing contracts performance and ongoing costs with support from Enterprise partners.
• Manage one or more functional practices within IT Delivery by defining and evolving the Standards Processes and Tools in this case Development and Architecture.

Knowledge / Skill Requirements :

Minimum 15 years of North American experience in technology roles such as Director Senior Solution Architect Senior Development Manager Senior Technical Delivery Lead with proven experience in leading teams of 30.

Post-secondary degree in Computer Science Engineering or related technical degree or equivalent experience is required.

Strong technical skills with 15 years of experience working within at least 2-3 of the following departments or oversight of these departments : Software Delivery & Development IT Strategy IT Architecture DevOps

Exemplary interpersonal and presentation skills with expert collaboration and customer-relationship skills with a proven ability to engage with all levels of the staff and management across multiple partner teams

Expertise in both Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies with accountability for large scale technology delivery

Strong experience with all facets of the software development life cycle including code management environment management DevOps and Automated QA

Strong track record of project and people management with complex deliverables to drive business outcomes

Proven managerial leadership skills with inspiring coaching and building high performance teams. Demonstrated leadership skills including talent development succession planning and performance management.

Proven track record to lead the product life cycle to build measure and learn from newly introduced products until market fit is achieved

What we offer For full-time permanent roles

Competitive discretionary bonus

Market leading RRSP match program

Medical dental vision life and disability benefits

Employee Share Purchase Plan

Maternity / Parental top-up while you care for your little one

Generous vacation policy and personal days

Virtual events to connect with your fellow colleagues

Annual professional development allowance and a comprehensive Career Development program

A fulfilling opportunity to join one of the top FinTechs and help create a new kind of banking experience

The incumbent will be working hybrid and in office time will be spent working from Equitable Banks additional office space located at 2200-25 Ontario Street Toronto ON .

Equitable Bank is deeply committed to inclusion. Our organization is stronger and our employees thrive when we honour and celebrate everyones diverse experiences and tandem with that commitment we support and encourage our staff to grow not just in their career path but personally as well.

We commit to providing a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment for all applicants. Please let us know of any accommodations needed so that you can bring your best self to the application process and candidates considered for hire must successfully pass a criminal background check and credit check to qualify for hire. While we appreciate your interest in applying an Equitable recruiter will only contact leading candidates whose skills and qualifications closely match the requirements of the position.

We cant wait to get to know you!

Required Experience :

Exec

Key Skills

Go,Lean,Management Experience,React,Node.js,Operations Management,Project Management,Research & Development,Software Development,Team Management,GraphQL,Leadership Experience

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1