Technology Delivery Lead

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bank in the Americas is looking for a Technical Delivery Manager to oversee and manage strategic technology programs. This role requires excellent communication, analytical skills, and at least 7 years of relevant project delivery experience. The manager will lead various complex initiatives, ensuring high quality and timely delivery while collaborating across departments. This position fosters innovation in a supportive work environment that prioritizes growth and inclusion.

Benefits

Performance bonus

Health/medical/wellness benefits

Generous vacation

Employee share ownership programs

Flexible work arrangements

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on working experience in leading and delivering projects.
• Ability to work through large data sets.
• Experience in IT Project Management on Enterprise projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead currency refresh projects for bank infrastructure and applications.
• Responsible for delivering Software Currency Remediation projects.
• Engage with multiple stakeholders to support strategic initiatives.

Skills

Communication

Analytical

Negotiation

Stakeholder Management

Education

Post-secondary education in a relevant field

Job description

Requisition ID: 228887

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

The Team

Scotiabank’s Global Technology Services (GTS) – Strategic Portfolio Office manages the development, execution, and performance of GTS’ strategy & roadmap. We ensure a stable, secure & efficient infrastructure and service delivery, that protects the customer experience while supporting business growth.

Strategic Portfolio Office leads the efforts around:

1) performance,

2) optimization and innovation,

3) best practice portfolio management,

4) GTS financial management and transparency, and

5) GTS employees experience excellence.

The Technology Program Office reports into the Strategic Portfolio Office and is responsible for the delivery of GTS Strategic Initiatives.

This includes

• Project/Program Management,
• Project Life-Cycle Planning,
• KPI Reporting and Benefits Realization.

We provide an end-to-end view of all Global Strategic Programs for the following Portfolios:

• Datacentre (Compute and Storage)
• Software Currency
• Networks & Voice
• IT Service Management
• Data Loss Prevention
• End User Computing (Enterprise Platforms)
• Tools & Monitoring.

We liaise with key IT Corporate functions:

• Cyber Security
• Scotia Digital
• Governance
• Real Estate
• Line of Business CIOs and CFOs.

The Role

The Technical Delivery Manager, Strategic Portfolio Office (SPO) is primarily accountable for end-to-end delivery and management of software currency delivery of highly complex strategic infrastructure technology programs and initiatives, spanning multiple business lines and geographical regions.

The Technical Migration Delivery Manager will work closely with application owners to deliver large strategic initiatives and is responsible for:

• Leading currency refresh projects to maintain active support for all bank infrastructure and applications
• Responsible for the delivery of Software Currency Remediation projects including application migration from on-prem to public cloud and re-platforming from legacy framework to React and Microservices
• Work with application teams to plan and execute software upgrades like for like upgrades well before the technologies expire.
• Engage with multiple stakeholders across Engineering, Architecture, Solution Management, Risk, Governance, Finance and external business partners to address forward looking partner engagements.
• Submit and manage change records via ServiceNow
• Ensure CMDB (configuration Management Database) records and application records are accurate for applications in scope.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role?

Required Skills & Experience:

• You can demonstrate excellent communication (verbal/written/presentation) skills in English.
• You also have excellent analytical, be able work through large data sets
• You have at least 7+ years of hands-on working experience in leading and Delivering projects.
• Solid and effective influence and negotiation skills.
• Stake holder relationship Management experience
• You have completed a post-secondary education in a relevant field.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience:

• You have 7+ years of hands-on working experience in IT Project Management on Enterprise projects and IT related roles.
• Project Costing and ability to contribute towards strategic planning and process improvement.
• Previous experience with technical leadership in the areas mentioned above and
• Previous experience with People management

What’s In It for You

• You'll get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology companies around the world.
• We foster an environment of innovation and continuous learning. We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity, curiosity, and celebrates success!
• We provide employees with an environment that is safe, inclusive, and reflective of all communities by promoting fair and equitable treatment and prioritizing unconscious bias and anti-racism training.
• We care about our people, allowing them to design how they work to deliver amazing results.
• We offer a competitive total rewards package, including a performance bonus, company matching programs (pension & Employee Share Ownership), generous vacation; health/medical/wellness benefits; employee banking privileges.
• Predominant work from home team culture, with ad hoc in person (once post Covid permits).
• When in person collaboration is required, you can take advantage of our new state of the art ecosystems with a design focus on enabling collaboration through both environment and technology.

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.