Director, Global Cash Management Platforms

The Team

The Global Cash Management Technology team within Global Payments & Core Banking Engineering is responsible for building and supporting Scotiabanks global cash management platforms strategy aiming for consolidating the whole international cash management portfolio to create a unique value offer to our corporate and commercial clients in our footprint with strong presence in the Americas (Canada United States Mexico and Latin America). The Director of this group oversees delivery and support of global-first customer facing channels defining best practices that supports the strategy long term in alignment with business goals regulatory requirements and enterprise architecture standards while fostering a high-performance inclusive team culture.

Is this role right for you

• Define maintain and own the technology products implementation strategy and delivery roadmap in partnership with the business.
• Work closely with engineering and architecture teams across PCBE International Banking and Scotiabank to execute your strategy and find synergies that could lead to a win-win scenario.
• Research and maintain expert knowledge on technology industry trends and product offerings that would serve our goals.
• Lead and champion a continuous improvement practice internally.
• Champion a mindset of outcomes delivery and agile values.
• Lead the development of business cases to allocate required funding and time with support from internal and external partners.
• Develop the core positioning and messaging for the platform milestones.
• Keep a close connection with business and stakeholders providing full visibility through the execution of the budget and plans.
• Foster leadership and promote talented peoples careers always looking for the common benefit.
• Inspire teams to deliver value following a proactive client centric approach.
• Conduct day-to-day activities in a manner consistent with our risk culture and the relevant risk appetite statement and limits.
• Actively pursue effective and efficient operations of your respective area in accordance with Scotiabanks 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 risk and compliance
• Champion a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.

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

• 10 years of experience in software delivery at large enterprises to deliver business technology solutions.
• Bachelors or masters degree in computer science engineering information systems or other related field OR equivalent work experience.
• Business knowledge and experience; understanding of vision financial objectives/how business functions and core processes interact/the strategic importance of projects how they relate to Scotiabanks goals how projects interact and impact change and/or delays in projects.
• In-depth knowledge of the principles theories practices and techniques for managing the activities related to planning managing and implementing software projects and programs.
• In-depth knowledge of programming languages frameworks utilities and other technologies used by the team.
• Process knowledge and experience in scheduling resource allocation risk management and systems design.
• Project management of highly complex technology projects.
• Vendor management experience including contract negotiations and managing external contractors.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage team members with differing skill levels and experience
• Excellent communication skills with ability to influence stakeholders with competing priorities.
• Excellent interpersonal negotiation and client relationship management skills.
• Strong analytical skills and problem-solving to rapidly assess risks and issues.
• Project management skills to map and execute short- and long-term plans for the team.
• Excellent organization planning and time management skills with proven ability to manage multiple competing and complex initiatives.
• Paying close attention to details with an unshakeable focus on results
• Love to help others thrive and work best in a dynamic team-oriented environment
• Eager to share and learn and realize that theres still lots to learn
• Proactive and thrive in a continuous improvement environment embracing change flawlessly
• Curious mindset love for innovation and foster collaboration
• Enthusiastic and passionate about customer experiences innovation and delivering software
• Keeping audience top of mind skilled at communicating information and ideas at the right time and with the right medium
• Since we have a large presence in Latin America with Technology teams in Peru Colombia Chile and Mexico it is important to be bilingual in Spanish.

Whats 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 egagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathonsand much more!

Work conditions: Standard office environment with occasional non-standard hours.