Senior Manager, Product Manager, Global Capital Markets (GCM) Transformation - Toronto, ON

Scotiabank - Global Banking and Markets; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Scotiabank’s Global Banking and Markets transformation team in Toronto seeks a Senior Manager, Product Manager to drive roadmap execution and backlog refinement for a Capital Markets product. You will translate strategy into epics, align multiple delivery teams, and partner with business and technology partners to ensure outcomes meet objectives.

The role emphasizes backlog ownership, requirements gathering, and agile delivery support, with collaboration across Front Office, Risk, Finance, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Product Management, Business Analysis, Capital Markets, Operations, or Technology.
• Strong understanding of Capital Markets products, trading workflows, post-trade processing, or market infrastructure.
• Experience managing product backlogs and defining business requirements in Agile environments.
• Proven ability to translate business needs into actionable product requirements.

Responsibilities

• Execute against the product roadmap established by the Senior Product Manager.
• Translate strategic objectives into prioritized initiatives, epics, and deliverable features.
• Ensure product development activities remain aligned with business priorities and expected outcomes.
• Support release planning and roadmap management across multiple delivery teams.
• Track delivery progress, dependencies, risks, and impediments.

Skills

Capital Markets knowledge

Agile backlog mgmt

Stakeholder management

Product management exp

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline

Job description

Senior Manager, Product Manager, Global Capital Markets (GCM) Transformation – Toronto, ON

Global Banking and Markets

Global Banking and Markets (GBM) conducts the Bank’s wholesale banking and capital markets business with corporate, government and institutional investor clients. GBM is a full-service wholesale bank and investment dealer in Canada and Mexico and offers a range of products and services in the U.S., Latin America and in select markets in Europe and Asia‑Pacific.

More specifically, GBM provides clients with: corporate lending; transaction banking (including payments, trade finance and cash management); investment banking (including corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions); fixed income and equity underwriting, sales, trading and research; prime services (prime brokerage and stock lending); foreign exchange sales and trading; commodity derivatives; and collateral management.

Purpose

The Product Manager is responsible for managing product execution and roadmap delivery for a Capital Markets product or business capability. Reporting to the Senior Product Manager, the role translates product strategy into actionable requirements, maintains a prioritized backlog, and partners with business and technology teams to deliver capabilities that drive measurable business outcomes. The incumbent owns business requirements, defines epics, features, and acceptance criteria, and supports sprint and release planning to ensure delivery aligns with product objectives, user needs, and organizational priorities.

What You'll Do

Product Execution & Roadmap Delivery

• Execute against the product roadmap established by the Senior Product Manager
• Translate strategic objectives into prioritized initiatives, epics, and deliverable features
• Ensure product development activities remain aligned with business priorities and expected outcomes
• Support release planning and roadmap management across multiple delivery teams
• Track delivery progress, dependencies, risks, and impediments

Backlog Management

• Own and maintain the product backlog
• Prioritize backlog items based on business value, stakeholder input, regulatory requirements, and roadmap commitments
• Ensure backlog items are well-defined, actionable, and ready for development
• Conduct ongoing backlog refinement activities with business and technology partners
• Manage competing priorities while maintaining alignment to agreed product objectives

Requirements & Feature Definition

• Gather, analyze, and document business requirements
• Define epics, user stories, features, and acceptance criteria
• Collaborate with stakeholders to validate requirements and solution options
• Ensure requirements are complete, testable, and aligned with business objectives
• Support the development and execution of user acceptance testing

Agile Delivery Support

• Partner with Product Owners, Engineering Leads, Architects, and Delivery teams throughout the development lifecycle
• Support sprint planning, backlog grooming, sprint reviews, and release activities
• Clarify business requirements and acceptance criteria for development teams
• Facilitate timely decision-making to enable efficient delivery
• Monitor sprint outcomes and support continuous improvement efforts

Stakeholder Management

• Develop strong working relationships with Front Office, Operations, Technology, Risk, Finance, and Compliance stakeholders
• Serve as a key liaison between business users and delivery teams
• Gather feedback from users and stakeholders to improve product capabilities
• Communicate feature progress, release plans, and delivery status
• Escalate issues and decisions requiring Senior Product Manager support

Product Adoption & Performance

• Monitor feature adoption and usage metrics
• Collect user feedback and identify enhancement opportunities
• Support measurement of business outcomes associated with delivered capabilities
• Assist in tracking KPI performance and benefits realization
• Recommend improvements based on user behavior, operational metrics, and stakeholder feedback

Risk Management & Governance

• Ensure delivered features comply with regulatory, operational risk, and control requirements
• Support governance processes throughout the product lifecycle
• Identify delivery risks and collaborate with stakeholders on mitigation plans
• Maintain appropriate documentation and audit trails for product decisions and requirements

What You'll Bring

• Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline
• 5+ years of experience in Product Management, Business Analysis, Capital Markets, Operations, or Technology
• Strong understanding of Capital Markets products, trading workflows, post-trade processing, or market infrastructure
• Experience managing product backlogs and defining business requirements in Agile environments
• Proven ability to translate business needs into actionable product requirements
• Experience working with cross-functional business and technology teams
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills

Work Arrangement

This position is an onsite role, with the expectation that you will work 5 days a week in the office. Please note that this is subject to change based on the needs of the business.

Interested?

At Scotiabank, you’ll be joining an organization that values inclusion, accountability, innovative thinking and collaboration, a culture where people feel safe to learn, grow, and contribute while delivering exceptional results for our clients. We believe in winning together, as one team, strengthening the collaborative spirit that defines GBM’s client partnerships. We value transparency, shared goals, and purposeful work.

What's in it for you?

Scotiabank wants you to be able to bring your best self to work – and life, every day. With a focus on holistic well‑being, our many flexible benefit programs are designed to help support your unique family, financial, physical, mental, and social health needs.

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.

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