Senior Manager, Engineering - AI (B3617)

TD; Canada; On-site; CAD 136,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Toronto seeks a Senior Manager, Engineering to spearhead AI solutions across the enterprise. In this pivotal role, you will lead a high-performing team to deliver GenAI and Agentic capabilities while driving collaboration across business units and ensuring the highest operational reliability in solutions. The ideal candidate will possess over 10 years of experience in technology delivery and a strong academic background in the relevant fields. A proactive mindset and exceptional leadership skills are essential for success in this fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Skill development opportunities

Competitive compensation

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience delivering complex technology initiatives.
• 5-7 years in senior leadership roles in data or software engineering.
• Proven experience in designing and implementing large-scale data processing pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing team to deliver GenAI and Agentic solutions.
• Engage with cross-functional teams to align on solutions.
• Drive execution across multiple initiatives ensuring operational reliability.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Programming (Python, SQL)

Education

University or post-graduate degree

Strong academic background in computer science or engineering

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Big data technologies

Job description

Work Location

Work Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours: 37.5

Line of Business: Technology Solutions

Pay Details: $136,000 - $183,500 CAD

The pay details posted reflect a temporary market premium specific to this role that is reassessed annually. TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job‑related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs. As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

Job Description

The TD AI Platform team focuses on building & delivering secure, stable and scalable AI capabilities & solutions that are enterprise ready to serve our customers and colleagues. We are currently seeking a Senior Manager, Engineering to build & lead a team focused on delivering AI solutions for business across the enterprise.

Who You Are

You are passionate about the transformational potential of AI and thrive in a fast‑paced, high‑impact environment where strategy meets execution. As a Senior Manager, Engineering, you'll play a pivotal role in solutioning and delivering GenAI and Agentic solutions & capabilities that unlock value across the organization. You'll work at the intersection of emerging tech, scalable platforms, and real‑world business problems – partnering with teams across the enterprise to prioritize, plan, and deliver use cases that truly make a difference.

What You'll Do

• Lead a high‑performing team of technology professionals focused on delivering parallel GenAI & Agentic use cases for one or two enterprise segments (e.g. Wealth, Business Banking, TD Securities, etc.), ensuring scalable and secure implementation
• Lead the development of high‑level solution designs for GenAI and Agentic use cases, leveraging, optimizing or building platform capabilities, to enable scale and efficiency.
• Engage with cross‑functional teams – from business and product owners to data scientists, enterprise architects and developers – to understand use case needs and align on solution.
• Drive the successful execution across multiple initiatives & pods (3‑5), in parallel, managing technology delivery timelines, risks, and interdependencies with confidence.
• Serve as a trusted technology partner, helping internal stakeholders navigate AI opportunities and challenges.
• Collaborate with the AI Platform capability team to continuously enhance our AI platform's capabilities and accelerate use case delivery.
• Build, mentor and inspire a talented team of system analysts, software engineers and data engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, agility, and continuous learning. This would be reflected in your annual TD Pulse scores (employee survey) scores.
• Achieve strong operational reliability across delivered solutions (per defined enterprise scorecard).
• Improve engineering productivity through standardized patterns, automation, and tooling adoption.

What You Bring

• University or post‑graduate degree
• Strong academic background (e.g., computer science, engineering)
• 10+ years relevant experience
• Proven experience delivering complex technology initiatives in an enterprise environment across multiple workstreams.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and communication skills – able to translate between technical and business audiences with ease.
• Strong team leadership and collaboration abilities; you inspire trust, empower others, and deliver results.
• A proactive mindset with a bias for action, problem‑solving, and continuous improvement.
• 5‑7 years of proven experience in senior leadership roles of data engineering or software engineering.
• Strong understanding of data platform architectures, data modeling, ETL processes, and data pipeline design.
• Strong understanding of designing and implementing distributed software applications.
• Experience with designing and implementing large‑scaled data processing pipelines.
• Experience with cloud platforms e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure (preferred) and big data technologies.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Spark, Java, SQL or Scala.
• Understanding of AI/ML platforms, with bonus points for exposure to GenAI & Agentic technologies (e.g. LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, MCP, etc.).

Additional Information

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.

Interview Process

We'll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation

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