Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Scotiabank is seeking a Senior Manager, Software & Data Engineering to lead the design, development, modernization, and support of critical data and software platforms that enable enterprise reporting, analytics, finance, risk, regulatory, and business operations. This role combines people leadership with technical expertise to deliver scalable, secure solutions.

You will manage software and data engineers and collaborate with enterprise architecture, security, and business stakeholders to drive

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership of software and data engineering teams.
• Experience delivering scalable and secure enterprise platforms.
• Strong collaboration with architecture, security, and business units.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing team of software and data engineers and analysts.
• Drive end-to-end delivery of software and data solutions including APIs and data pipelines.
• Oversee modernization efforts including cloud adoption and DevOps practices.
• Partner with stakeholders to align priorities and manage roadmaps.

Skills

People leadership

Software engineering

Data engineering

Cloud & DevOps

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's in CS or related

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Enterprise data platforms

Job description

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Title: Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Requisition ID: 270148

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

Role

Scotiabank is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Manager, Software & Data Engineering to lead the design, development, modernization, and support of critical data and software platforms that enable enterprise reporting, analytics, finance, risk, regulatory, and business operations.

This role combines people leadership, technical expertise, and strategic execution to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions aligned with the Bank's technology and business objectives.

The successful candidate will lead a team of software engineers, data engineers, and technical specialists while partnering closely with business stakeholders, enterprise architecture, information security, and technology teams across the organization.

What will we expect from you?

Leadership & People Management

Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of software engineers, data engineers, developers, and technical analysts.

Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, diversity, and continuous improvement.

Establish clear objectives and performance expectations aligned to business and technology priorities.

Support talent acquisition, succession planning, career development, and employee engagement initiatives.

Promote agile delivery practices and continuous learning within the team.

Software Engineering & Solution Delivery

Lead the end-to-end delivery of software solutions, applications, APIs, integrations, and enterprise platforms.

Ensure solutions are designed with scalability, resiliency, maintainability, security, and operational excellence in mind.

Drive modernization initiatives including cloud adoption, automation, DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and platform transformation.

Collaborate with architecture teams to establish engineering standards, development frameworks, and reusable design patterns.

Oversee application lifecycle management, software currency, and technology risk reduction initiatives.

Lead the development and maintenance of enterprise data platforms, data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, and analytical solutions.

Ensure data quality, governance, lineage, reconciliation, and auditability requirements are met.

Support enterprise data strategies and data management practices aligned with regulatory and business requirements.

Oversee integration and movement of data across multiple source systems and cloud-based environments.

Enable advanced analytics, business intelligence, regulatory reporting, and decision-support capabilities through trusted data assets.

Delivery & Stakeholder Management

Partner with business leaders, product owners, project managers, and technology teams to define priorities and deliver strategic initiatives.

Manage project scope, budgets, resources, timelines, and risks across multiple concurrent initiatives.

Communicate project status, technical roadmaps, and key risks to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.

Ensure successful planning and execution of releases, production deployments, and operational transitions.

Risk, Compliance & Operational Excellence

Ensure adherence to Scotiabank's technology standards, cybersecurity policies, governance frameworks, and risk management requirements.

Maintain strong controls supporting regulatory, compliance, audit, and operational risk obligations.

Lead incident management, root cause analysis, and implementation of sustainable corrective actions.

Establish and monitor KPIs, SLAs, system performance metrics, and