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.
• 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.