Scotiabank’s Onboarding is a team with a clear and well-supported mandate to evangelise and build a best-in-class client & product onboarding platform for Scotiabank’s financial products & services. The team supports integrated technology solutions and capabilities that deliver a know your customer, Identity verification, risk adjudication, and multiple product activation experiences across all channels.

The Head of Engineering will set the vision, guide architecture, set the proper engineering culture and enable a multi-disciplinary technology team to bring industry-leading software products and experiences to market through agile practices.

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

• Oversee the design, development, deployment, and operationalization of highly scalable & sustainable enterprise wide technology internal products, components, and tools to support the overall customer onboarding ecosystem.

• In close collaboration with Global Digital Banking Leaders (e.g. Engineering, Design, Product, Analytics, Delivery), lead execution against identified digital capabilities roadmaps and vision through agile software delivery and enabling a high velocity engineering environment.

• Promote co-creation and reusability in a global scale working with different teams in different countries and business lines to accelerate futures software developments.

• Build a high performance environment, engineering culture and implement a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops and motivates their Community of Practice by fostering an inclusive work environment and communicating vision/values/business strategy and managing succession and development planning for the team.

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

• 10+ years’ experience in a leadership role managing large complex enterprise-level technology projects and programs with significant technology and operational components
• Expert knowledge of software development and design principles for highly scalable, enterprise level technology stacks
• Expert knowledge in modern agile principles and in a range of modern technologies and frameworks including working knowledge of the full stack
• Flexibility to adapt to new and evolving environments and a demonstrated willingness and aptitude for picking new things up quickly
• Strong leadership and relationship building skills
• Extensive experience with automation, deployment and testing practices at scale
• Proven ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively to semi-technical audiences

What's in it for you?

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employee to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans.
• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - 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. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove, and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.
• Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.
• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days, and benefits will start on day one.
• Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs.