Senior Manager, Risk Data

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Scotiabank is seeking a Data Product Manager to lead the design, development, and management of key data products. This role plays a crucial part in the bank's data strategy, ensuring that data assets empower various business units. In an inclusive culture, the position includes collaboration with cross-functional teams on product backlog management, effective stakeholder communication, and a focus on driving innovation with the bank’s data resources.

Benefits

Performance bonuses

Company matching on pension and profit sharing

Medical, vision, and dental benefits

Extensive internal training programs

Paid vacation and personal days

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in data product management.
• Experience working in regulated industries is preferred.
• Lead and influence cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage the product vision and roadmap for data products.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and technical teams for project delivery.
• Ensure compliance with data governance and regulatory standards.

Skills

Data management

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Data Science

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Python

SQL

DBT

BigQuery

Tableau

Looker

Power BI

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Job description

Requisition ID: 229368

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

The role will lead the design & development and management of key data products including data models, optimal architecture and deployment solutions. This role is also critical to the success of our data strategy, ensuring that valuable and reliable data assets are readily available to empower our business units and drive innovation. The role will collaborate with data users in GRM, Data Governance, and Technology teams to define, prioritize, and deliver impactful data products in compliance with internal policies and industry regulations

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

• Product Vision and Backlog:
  • Develop and champion the vision and roadmap for assigned data products, aligning them with overall business objectives
  • Translate business requirements into clear, concise, and actionable user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Data Modernization & Governance Advocacy:
  • Act as a key advocate for data architecture best practices, considering data mesh and cloud-based options within the organization, promoting transparency, simplification, self-serve, and domain ownership principles
  • Support rapid prototyping and development of ETLs and data pipelines using Python, DBT, Airflow, Composer, SQL, and BigQuery.
  • Collaborate with data stewards and data owners to ensure data quality, lineage documentation and adherence to policies and regulatory requirements (e.g., OSFI, PIPEDA).
  • Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions
• Product Backlog & Project Management:
  • Collaborate with technical teams to develop project plans, monitor progress, and address issues.
  • Maintain and prioritize a product backlog, ensuring it reflects the most valuable and feasible features for development.
• Stakeholder Management:
  
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders across various business units, technical teams, and executive leadership.
  • Effectively communicate product updates, progress, and challenges to stakeholders
  • Investigate and resolve data quality issues, working closely with stakeholders.
• Performance Measurement & Optimization:
  
  • Define key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure data product success.
  • Conduct data mapping, and data reconciliation exercises
  • Identify, promote, and lead opportunities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of procedures, including streamlining, automating, and standardization.
  • Proactively identify and address any roadblocks to product delivery and user adoption.
• Leadership & Mentorship:
  
  • Provide guidance, support, and coaching to team members.
  • Foster a collaborative, productive, and positive team environment.

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

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Business, or a related field. Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum 7+ years of experience in data product management or related fields.
• Proven experience in defining and delivering successful data products in complex environments.
• Strong understanding of data management concepts, including data warehousing, data lakes, data governance, and data security.
• Experience with agile development methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban).
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear and understandable business language.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Looker, Tableau, Power BI).
• Familiarity with cloud-based data platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams.
• Experience working in a regulated industry, particularly the Canadian financial services sector, is a significant asset.
• Strong understanding of Canadian regulatory requirements (e.g., PIPEDA, OSFI) is preferred.
• Experience building automated solutions to support reporting and analytics functions.
• Experience with data mesh implementation is a strong asset.
• Professional experience with modern ML tooling (Scikit-learn, XGBoost, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Spark ML, etc.) is an asset
• Possess a strong understanding of data management principles, product ownership best practices, and the Canadian financial services landscape

What's in it for you?

• We have an inclusive and collaborative work environment that values curiosity & ownership, encourages pragmatic creativity (i.e. true innovation), and celebrates success!
• An inclusive working environment that encourages creativity, curiosity, and celebrates success!
• A rewarding career path with diverse opportunities for professional development
• Internal training to support your growth and enhance your skills
• A competitive rewards package that includes a base salary, a performance bonus, company matching programs on pension and profit sharing, paid vacation, personal & sick days, medical, vision and dental benefits that start from day one and much more!

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. If you require technical assistance, please click here. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.