Job Description

Requisition ID: 180318

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

The Team

This team leads and oversees Technology architecture for Global Banking and Markets (GBM), globally ensuring business strategies, plans and initiatives are executed / delivered in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures. We are looking for a Director of Architecture.

The role:

The Director of Architecture is responsible for providing Architecture and Technology support across 50+ GBM projects annually. Own and maintain 25+ architecture roadmaps for GBM businesses, such as Fixed Income, and functions such as Trade Floor Risk Management.

Responsibilities:

• Leads and drives a customer focused culture throughout their team to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge
• Acts as a thought partner for senior leaders across GBM - within the context of strategic technology projects and on an ongoing basis
• Accountable for long term technology vision and technical innovations to maximize investment value across a wide range of applications and services
• Chair the GBM Architecture review Board - ensure GBM business initiatives are supported by robust solution design which meets the Bank\'s technology standards
• Lead a wide range of technology strategy initiatives such as Applications rationalization, Cloud Migration, Legacy modernization.
• Ensures simplification of GBM\'s technology application landscape there by achieving efficiency gains in terms cost, revenue and resources while ensuring uncompromised delivery of business value to clients.
• Synthesize findings and present clear recommendations and roadmaps ensure impactful project outcomes to senior leaders within GBM
• Keeps the Bank safe by ensuring right technology, architecture, data, and infrastructure choices are made that prevents malicious attacks against the Bank\'s technology infrastructure.
• Understand how the Bank\'s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Creates an environment in which his/her team pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank\'s Values, its Code of Conduct and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk.
• Builds a high performance environment and implements a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops and motivates their team by fostering an inclusive work environment and using a coaching mindset and behaviors; communicating vison/values/business strategy; and, managing succession and development planning for the team.

Qualifications:

• 15+ years of software engineering industry experience.
• Bachelor (equivalent or higher) degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline.
• 7+ Experience working in the Capital Markets domain
• Technology visionary possessing a profound methodological foundation, a keen understanding of business, and an evolutionary nature of application architecture
• Experience with structured Architecture practices, hybrid cloud deployments, and on-premises to-cloud migration deployments and roadmaps.
• Experience building, architecting, designing, and implementing highly distributed global based systems. Experience in network infrastructure, security, data, or application development.
• Experience in modernizing legacy systems or similar transformational initiatives
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills with the ability to build and foster relationships with business partners, project stakeholders, strategic technology partners and external vendors.
• Ability to collaborate across organizational boundaries, build relationships, and achieve broader organizational goals.
• Experience building, architecting, designing, and implementing highly distributed global based systems. Experience in network infrastructure, security, data, or application development.
• Experience in modernizing legacy systems or similar transformational initiatives
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills with the ability to build and foster relationships with business partners, project stakeholders, strategic technology partners and external vendors.
• Ability to collaborate across organizational boundaries, build relationships, and achieve broader organizational goals.

What\'s in it for you?

• We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity, curiosity, and celebrates success!
• We provide you with the tools and technology needed to create beautiful customer experiences
• You\'ll get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology companies around the world
• Dress codes don\'t apply here, being comfortable does
• We offer a competitive total rewards package that includes a base salary, a performance bonus, company matching programs (on pension & profit sharing), generous vacation, personal & sick days, personal development funding, maternity leave top-up, parental leave and much more.

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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 . 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.

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