Director, Data Product Management

Requisition ID: 237459

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

The Director Data Product Management is a key leadership role within Global Wealth Management (GWM) and the Data Centre of Excellence (Data CoE). This role is responsible for defining and executing the data product strategy in alignment with GWMs data ambitions and business strategies. This role involves leading a team of data product managers and working closely with data stewards within the business lines technology partners and other stakeholders to ensure the delivery of high-quality timely and relevant data products. The Director Data Product Management will drive business value through data maintain a collaborative culture of good data management and analytics practice and foster an insights-driven culture within the team and across GWM.

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

• Define and champion the data product vision strategy and roadmap for GWM aligning with business objectives and the overall data strategy
• Define a strategic use-case-based approach to enabling and growing data product capabilities and developing data maturity
• Ensure data governance is properly established and functioning as designed and that critical processes are defined and followed including data quality measurement and triage data incident escalation and data incident management
• Work closely with data stewards to ensure data products adhere to data governance policies and standards of Scotiabank
• Establish monitor and report on KPIs that include data quality analytics ROI data monetization and data governance compliance
• Ensure data products have clear ownership metadata and quality metrics
• Oversee the entire data product lifecycle from ideation and design to development launch and iteration
• Establish and maintain a cohesive integrated approach to data and related analytics functions across GWM including cost-effective acquisition and use of data within a data product
• Build and lead a high-performing data product team fostering a culture of innovation collaboration and continuous improvement
• Work closely with the enterprise Chief Data Office (CDO) and GWM Technology to align data strategies standards and governance including access controls
• Communicate effectively with business and technical stakeholders aligning needs capabilities and technology
• Support the design of robust data operations processes monitoring and reporting practices that ensure data arrives in a timely fashion is accurate suits business needs and is used securely and properly
• Create an environment in which his/her team pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas while ensuring the adequacy adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational risk regulatory compliance risk AML/ATF risk and conduct risk including but not limited to responsibilities under the Operational Risk Management Framework Regulatory Compliance Risk Management Framework AML/ATF Global Handbook and the Guidelines for Business Conduct

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

• Undergraduate degree in commerce technology or a related field
• 5 years experience with data platforms such as Databricks Snowflake etc. and cloud services such as GCP and Azure is preferred
• 5 years experience with analytics platforms such as Power BI and other data visualization tools is preferred
• Experience in AI / Gen AI related use cases preferred
• Proven experience leading division or corporate-level data and analytics teams within a large enterprise; Financial Services experience preferred
• Strong knowledge of industry standards trends in investment data management data quality data storage and distribution solutions data governance and ownership
• Excellent negotiation skills when communicating with business and technical stakeholders and aligning needs capabilities and technology
• Proven experience in balancing strategic vision and practical implementation and execution.
• Results-focused with strong team leadership and program management skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to forge strong relationships across the diverse teams
• Exceptional attention to detail

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 click here. 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.