Senior Manager, Corporate Facilities Security

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Scotiabank in Toronto, ON is seeking a Senior Manager, Corporate Facilities Security to lead end-to-end security operations across multiple locations, ensuring cost-effective and standards-driven delivery. You will govern vendor contracts, oversee budgets, and develop security strategies aligned with global footprints and local requirements.

Responsibilities include building a high-performance team, managing capital projects, and delivering training programs to enhance workplace safety while

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8–10 years in corporate or government security.
• Experience leading high-performance teams.
• Experience in operational planning and execution.
• Ability to develop highly complex and adaptive security strategies.
• Experience in designing security training and awareness programs.
• Financial industry physical security experience is a plus.
• Familiarity with physical security measures, technologies, and applications.
• Familiarity with Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED).

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive a customer-focused culture throughout the team to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships.
• Set and govern global facilities standards and operating rhythms for multi-site security operations, ensuring consistent service levels and reporting.
• Govern preventive and reactive maintenance outcomes and lifecycle of facilities equipment, balancing reliability, cost, and standardization.
• Own vendor, contract, and guard-services governance across locations, including SLAs, KPIs, QBRs, escalations and staffing plans.
• Manage portfolio budgets and forecasts and approve vendor invoices, ensuring value and alignment with contracts.
• Identify capital needs, support business cases, and oversee facilities projects within scope, schedule, and budget.
• Manage Employee Preparedness Program to support workplace safety training and campaigns.
• Ensure day-to-day activities align with bank risk appetite, governance, and conduct risk requirements.
• Build a high-performance environment with a coaching mindset, communicating strategy and developing talent.
• Create an operating environment aligned with Scotiabank values, controls, and compliance obligations.

Skills

English fluency

CPP/CPTED awareness

Team leadership

Operational planning

Security strategy development

Security training programs

Financial security experience

Security technologies awareness

Education

CPP certification

CPTED knowledge

Job description

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Title: Senior Manager, Corporate Facilities Security

Requisition ID: 267694
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

Accountable for end-to-end delivery of cost-effective facilities securitiy operations across multiple locations, setting and governing standards for our global footprint, including contract management and oversight

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

• Lead and drive a customer focused culture throughout their team to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
• Set and govern global facilities standards and operating rhythms and leads multi-site facilities security operations to deliver consistent service levels and customer experience across locations while aligning to local requirements. Serves as the senior point of contact for security site leaders and internal partners, communicating priorities, risks, and progress related to facilities providing reporting and insights to drive decisions and continuous improvement.
• Govern preventive and reactive maintenance outcomes and the lifecycle of facilities equipment (inventory, service contracts, and replacement planning) to balance reliability, cost, and global standardization.
• Own vendor, contract, and guard-services governance across locations, including onboarding, SLAs/KPIs, QBRs, escalations, and ensuring scopes, change orders, staffing plans, and deliverables align to business needs.
• Manage portfolio budgets and forecasts and approves vendor invoices (including guards and equipment) by validating service delivery, rate and pricing accuracy, and contract alignment, and drives variance management and cost optimization.
• Identify and prioritize capital needs, supports business cases, and oversees facilities projects to deliver on scope, schedule, budget, and quality standards.
• Manage Employee Preparedness Program to support employees with workplace safety training, education campaigns, and resources.
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Build a high-performance environment and implements a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops and motivates their team by fostering an inclusive work environment and using a coaching mindset and behaviors; communicating vison/values/business strategy; and, managing succession and development planning for the team.
• Create an environment in which their team pursues effective and efficient operations of their 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

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

• High degree of fluency in English required; French/Spanish desirable.
• Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) considered assets.
• Minimum of 8-10 years of experience within a corporate or government security department or organization with similar complexity to Scotiabank’s operations.
• Experience in supporting and/or leading high-performance teams.
• Experience in operational planning and execution.
• Experience in developing highly complex and adaptive security strategies.
• Experience in the research, development and implementation of best-in-class security training and awareness programs.
• Financial industry physical security experience. It is considered an asset
• Familiarity with physical security measures, current innovations/technologies, and applications
• Familiarity and working experience in the application of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design

What's in it for you?