Expedition - Women in Leadership Program - May 2026

Expedition Women in Leadership Program

Start date: May 2026

Location: Toronto Ontario

Work hours/week: 37.5

Application deadline: 09/12/2025

Who Are We

The Expedition Women in Leadership Program is focused on identifying developing and retaining high-performing diversity talent. Expedition is a 24-month rotational program with three rotations across Canadian Banking and Wealth Management giving Senior Managers the opportunity to lead and support strategic projects and initiatives that have a direct impact on the banks strategic priorities. You will join the bank as a Senior Manager the highest-entry-level development program at Scotiabank.

Your Career as an Expedition Program Senior Manager:

Scotiabanks graduate development programs are designed to offer modern skills-based learning and development that is centered around mentorship and experiential learning. People are our foundation and Scotiabank is committed to investing in our employees. We offer a blended learning and personal development curriculum that includes coaching in-class workshops team activities e-learning skill-building and other resources in a fast-paced stimulating environment.

As an Expedition Senior Manager you will contribute to the overall success of Scotiabank in Canadian Banking and Wealth Management ensuring specific individual goals plans and initiatives are executed and delivered in support of the teams business strategies and objectives. You will ensure all activities are conducted in compliance with governing regulations internal policies and procedures. The program consists of 3 rotations each 8 months in length.

At the end of the 2-year rotational program you will be equipped with the technical analytical and leadership abilities to transition into roles within different business lines.

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

• Champion a customer-focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships systems and knowledge.

• Lead and develop strategy and effectiveness projects that solve business problems.

• Collaborate with business lines delivery channels and support areas to identify and drive initiatives.

• Contribute to the business development of new products and/or enhancements based on market analysis.

• Work closely with senior management and a diverse set of stakeholders to drive client-focused strategies.

• Provide innovative ideas and solutions to create new opportunities to build Scotiabanks value proposition and grow client relationships.

• Understand how the Banks risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.

• Actively pursue effective and efficient operations of your respective areas in accordance with Scotiabanks Values and its Code of Conduct 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.

• Champion a high-performance environment and contribute to an inclusive work environment.

• Recommend and executes data-driven changes to portfolio-specific strategies and policy treatments.

• Actively work on initiatives and strategies that deal with data technology governance reporting policies and procedures analytics and so much more.

Do you have the skills and requirements that will enable you to succeed in this role Wed love to work with you if:

• Masters Degree OR professional designation (i.e. CA CFA PMP) preferred.

• A minimum of 3 years of relevant work experience.

• For some rotations coding experience (i.e. SAS SQL Python) and/or knowledge of Power BI and Tableau is an asset.

• Experience in strategy transformation consulting analytics or project management is an asset.

• The ideal candidate will demonstrate a genuine interest in building a career in financial services.

• Not required but Spanish speaking is an asset.

How Do I Apply

For our programs we are focused on learning about who you are and what youre interested in to uncover your true short we dont believe resumes will provide us with an accurate depiction of what youre truly about to properly assess your potential. Instead we want to get to know YOU and hear about the experiences that have shaped you

1. Complete yourPLUM Profile

1. Complete ashort one-way video interview (RIVS)

1. Applyto the role through our career site! When the application asks for your resume feel free to upload your resume however it is not a requirement. Alternatively upload a screenshot of your plum to show us youve completed it.