Senior Manager, Organizational Effectiveness - Global HR (18 Month Contract)

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

Job summary

Scotiabank in Toronto, Ontario seeks a Senior Manager, Organizational Effectiveness to lead Organization Design initiatives across Global HR. Reporting to OE leadership, you will advise partners, design enterprise-level solutions, and elevate the OE CoE with scalable programs and analytics.

You will build capabilities with HR colleagues and leaders, facilitate workshops, and drive data-driven recommendations aligned with risk and conduct standards.

Qualifications

• Management consulting and HR strategy experience are strong assets.
• 3–5 years of experience in organizational design and/or strategic workforce planning.
• Ability to translate complex information for leaders and stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision making skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communications and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide advisory/support on organizational design and effectiveness for business units and enterprise initiatives.
• Collaborate with HR Business Partners and leaders to apply design principles and tools.
• Develop and apply organization design strategies in line with risk appetite and culture.
• Champion customer-focused culture and leverage broad bank relationships and data resources.
• Support OE CoE with programs, processes, and tools and identify leading practices.

Skills

Management consulting

HR strategy

Organizational design

Strategic workforce planning

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Communications

Facilitation

HR systems & data

Spanish language

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Title: Senior Manager, Organizational Effectiveness - Global HR (18 Month Contract)

Requisition ID: 270586
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The Senior Manager contributes to the overall success of the Organizational Effectiveness COE within Global Human Resources (GHR) by building and enabling Organizational Effectiveness and Organization Design capabilities across the organization.

The Senior Manager, Organizational Effectiveness reports to the Director, Organizational Effectiveness and works closely with key partners across GHR and business lines to advise, enable and partner on organization design initiatives to help drive organizational effectiveness and business strategy.

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

• Provide advisory and/or support on organizational design and/or organizational effectiveness initiatives for individual business units and for enterprise-level initiatives by:
  
  
  
  
  • Partnering with HR Business Partners and Business Leaders to ensure that they can apply the principles and guidelines that are foundational to good organization design and organizational effectiveness. Equip them with the tools and insights to make decisions and understand the implications of these decisions. Provide recommendations for solutions that are thoughtful and sustainable
  
  
  • Providing deep subject matter expertise in organizational design and facilitate workshops and conversations to develop strategies and solutions that help Leaders to deliver on their mandates and optimize their workforce and talent
  
  
  • Understanding the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture and incorporate these into organization design recommendations
  
  
  • Championing a customer-focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge
  
  
  
  


• Support the Organizational Effectiveness Team to continually elevate the value of the Organizational Effectiveness CoE by:
  
  
  
  
  • Developing, implementing and continuously improving Organization Design programs, processes and tools that are foundational for the Organizational Effectiveness CoE
  
  
  • Finding meaningful ways to identify and incorporate leading practices, industry innovations and thought leadership to evolve and refine our methodologies and tools / resources
  
  
  
  


• Build capabilities in organization design and organizational effectiveness:
  
  
  
  
  • Support the development and implementation of strategies and activities to build capability with key HR partners and business leaders
  
  
  • Actively participate in and contribute towards the Organization Design Community of Practice sessions and content
  
  
  • Provide coaching and support as needed to HR and business partners
  
  
  • Actively disseminate knowledge and best practices to contribute to building the capabilities of the OE team
  
  
  
  


• Drive analytics for organizational effectiveness initiatives to inform data-driven recommendations by:
  
  
  
  
  • Proactively identifying data needs
  
  
  • Managing data collection
  
  
  • Executing best-in-class analysis and providing insights
  
  
  • Validating and refining recommendations with internal partners and leaders
  
  
  
  


• Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her 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.


• Champions a high performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.

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

• Management consulting and/or HR strategy experience considered a strong asset


• 3- 5 years of proven experience and knowledge in organizational design and/or strategic workforce planning engagements


• Thrives in an ambiguous and dynamic business environment, with a proven ability to communicate complex information to a variety of audiences


• Ability to work collaboratively and manage stakeholders across a highly matrixed organization


• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, extensive experience with analytical tools and ability to synthesize benchmarks and internal/external insights


• Strong communications skills (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.


• Provide executive-level insights, communications and materials


• Excellent facilitation skills to develop and facilitate workshops and stakeholder meetings


• High level of knowledge of HR systems, data concepts, structure and solutions


• Solid understanding of Scotiabank’s organizational structure


• Fluency in Spanish considered an asset

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto
Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know.

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