Senior Incident, Problem & Change Specialist

EQ Bank; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

RRSP match

Benefits package

Employee Share Plan

Maternity/Parental top-up

Generous vacation days

Virtual events

Career development program

Challenger bank exposure

Job summary

EQ Bank, Canadas Challenger Bank, seeks a Senior Incident, Problem & Change Specialist to minimize production incidents, drive rapid restoration of services, and coordinate root-cause analyses. You will manage incident lifecycles, problems, and changes with a focus on SLAs/SLOs, collaborating across teams under pressure in a hybrid work environment at EQ Bank's offices in Toronto.

The role emphasizes effective communication with stakeholders, due diligence in change management, and leveraging

Qualifications

• Experience managing production incidents, problems, and changes.

Responsibilities

• Minimize production incidents and improve resilience.
• Track and manage incidents and restore services quickly.
• Perform root cause analysis and coordinate third-party analysis.

Skills

Incident management

Root cause analysis

Change management

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Join a Challenger

At EQ, we're remaking banking so every Canadian gets ahead, every day. Serving nearly 4 million Canadians from coast to coast, we offer a wide variety of financial services from banking and lending, to trust and credit union solutions.

We've been at this since 1970, challenging the conventions of traditional banking with smarter, faster, and more connected financial experiences.

What's kept us moving?

The people behind it all: challengers who ask better questions, push back on old assumptions, and look for a better way forward.

If you're driven to help reshape how banking works for Canadians and the businesses that power our economy, this could be your next big opportunity.

We can’t wait to get to know you!

The Work

One of our goals is to fail small and learn fast. The Senior Incident, Problem & Change Specialist will focus on minimizing the impacts of production incidents while ensuring the organization learns quickly to become more resilient.

The Incident, Problem & Change Specialist is accountable for tracking, and managing technology incidents experienced within the bank, while driving the restoration of services at pace. A key part of this role is effective communication across all stakeholders and teams within the bank, in both verbal and written form while working under pressure at a fast pace.

The role is responsible for managing the processes, guidelines, standards and tools related to Major and other high priority Incidents. This encompasses performing Root Cause Analysis.

The role is responsible for managing the lifecycle of Problems, with the aim of preventing incidents from happening or reoccurring. The Incident, Problem & Change Specialist will record and manage problems through to resolution by performing root cause analysis, coordinating third party analysis, and communicating with stakeholders. They will ensure workaround and solution suitability will establish service level objectives, indicators and agreements (SLOs, SLIs and SLAs) for critical systems and channels, including championing automated monitoring and data aggregating to streamline reporting of metrics.

This role is also responsible for managing the lifecycle of Changes with the goal of ensuring appropriate due diligence and documentation exists to reduce risk and proactively have a rollback strategy to minimize impact if issues arise. As a gatekeeper for the Change process, this role ensures adherence to the Change Enablement standard, processes and Change Advisory Board (CAB) expectations.

Success in this role will be demonstrated by ensuring that all major incidents are dealt with effectively and with minimum disruption to live service and SLAs.

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
• Professional development and 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 EQ Bank’s additional office space located at 2200-25 Ontario Street, Toronto, ON.

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

EQ is committed to building an inclusive, accessible environment where every employee feels valued, respected, and supported. We believe our organization is stronger - and our people thrive - when we honour and celebrate diverse experiences, identities, and perspectives. We’re equally committed to supporting your growth, both professionally and personally.

We provide a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. If you require accommodations at any stage, we will work with you to ensure you can bring your best self to the process and beyond.

As part of our recruitment process, EQ uses AI to help screen, assess, and/or select applicants for this position. All AI-enabled outputs are reviewed and validated by our talent team. All candidates considered for hire must successfully complete a criminal background check and credit check. While we appreciate every application, an EQ recruiter will contact only those whose skills and experience most closely match the requirements of the role.

EQB Inc. (TSX: EQB) is the parent company of Equitable Bank, the country's seventh-largest Schedule I bank by assets, which operates EQ Bank, Canada's Challenger Bank. EQB Inc. serves nearly 4 million Canadians and manages approximately $150 billion in combined assets under management and administration.

To learn more, visit eqb.investorroom.com and eqbank.ca.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.