Senior Manager, Detection Strategy (US)

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Job Description:

Seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Manager of Detection Strategy to lead the development implementation and optimization of detection frameworks that mitigate internal and external risks to the organization. This role is pivotal in bridging intelligence analytics data and controls to proactively identify and respond to insider threats.

You will work cross-functionally with engineering operations compliance product legal and data science teams to build a robust scalable and measurable detection ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

• Detection Strategy Development: Design and lead the development of comprehensive detection strategies for emerging and existing threat typologies.
• Data-Driven Rule Design: Leverage behavioral transactional and contextual data to define rule-based and model-based detection logic aligned with risk appetite and operational efficiency.
• Threat Typology & Use Case Mapping: Maintain and enhance a library of threat typologies aligning detection strategies with threat scenarios business products customer segments and regulatory expectations.
• Performance Monitoring & Optimization: Track the effectiveness of detection rules and models through KPIs (alert volumes true positive rates precision suppression rates) and drive tuning efforts.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product technology compliance fraud ops and data science teams to operationalize detection strategies and improve alert quality.
• Change Management & Governance: Document detection strategy changes support internal reviews and contribute to governance forums audits and regulatory exams.
• Team Leadership: Mentor guide and develop a team of detection analysts and strategy specialists to ensure continuous growth and high performance.

Depth & Scope:

• Provides people management leadership by hiring the best talent setting goals developing staff managing employee performance and compensation decisions promoting teamwork and handling any/all disciplinary actions as required
• Oversees and leads a highly complex and diverse function for an area of significant risk complexity or scope while growing talent developing skills and capabilities to achieve career goals support project / initiative success and achieve business results
• Manages and oversees the overall discipline and strategy for the respective areas while aligning to the enterprise best practices
• Provides coaching mentorship and guidance to practitioners business executives within area of expertise
• Strategic partner to leadership team on the management of the function with deep industry external / internal enterprise knowledge recognizes and anticipates emerging trends and identifies operational efficiencies and opportunities with other business management / enterprise areas
• Sets operational team direction and collaborate with others to execute on common goals
• Focuses on longer-range planning for functional area (e.g. 12 months or greater)
• Develops communicates and implements a holistic governance and control strategy for own specific business function in support of and integrated with the overall business strategy
• Manages and plans activities that require alignment across multiple areas
• Leads the implementation of regulatory change management and provides guidance to the team in the development and/or integrated implementation of policies / procedures / changes across multiple business / functional areas
• Leads partnership with management and respective teams for area of specialization with industry enterprise and business awareness; recognizing and anticipating emerging trends and; identifying issues and opportunities and recommending actions to senior management
• Ensures all administration control and compliance activities are complete and accurate to meet targets for own area
• Ensures an integrated and aggregated view of all related business risk and control activities across the overall function providing escalations recommendations and decision support to leadership
• Forecasts programs / initiatives and demand and coordinates prioritization of the portfolio/ initiatives with key stakeholders
• Provides functional / business level communications to ensure messages to stakeholders and/or employees are consistent appropriate and aligned to business risk strategies and executive management direction
• Provides direction to complex wide ranging enterprise or cross-function / business projects as a SME and participates in designing testing and implementation of solutions

Education & Experience:

• 4-year degree or equivalent experience
• 10 years of related experience
• Demonstrated track record of cost quality and schedule control of projects
• Proven ability to effectively manage projects
• Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Detail oriented
• Ability to exercise sound judgment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Strong teamwork and client skills
• Highly motivated
• In-depth knowledge of construction standards work methods equipment and materials operating practices and applicable codes
• PC proficiency in MS Access MS Word MS Excel
• Highest personal & professional integrity & standards & advance TDs vision & protect the brand
• Excellent judgment including achieving the right risk/reward balance
• Transparent communicator & respected TD representative both internally and externally
• Advance TDs leadership development employee experience & diversity agenda
• Role-models behaviors consistent with TDs leadership profile

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g. Data Science Economics Engineering Computer Science Risk Management)
• Experience in financial crimes fraud detection cyber or insider risk or related analytics roles
• Proven ability to design and optimize detection rules or models using structured and unstructured data
• Strong knowledge of detection systems UEBA case management tools and alerting technologies
• Experience with SQL Python or similar tools for data analysis and prototyping
• Experience working with cross-functional teams including engineering compliance and analytics
• Excellent communication skillswritten and verbaland ability to present to senior leadership

• Experience in regulated industries (e.g. banking fintech)
• Familiarity with ML/AI applications for detection and risk mitigation
• Knowledge of frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK NIST
• Hands-on experience with commercial detection tools

Physical Requirements:

Never: 0%; Occasional: 1-33%; Frequent: 34-66%; Continuous: 67-100%

• Domestic Travel Occasional
• International Travel Never
• Performing sedentary work Continuous
• Performing multiple tasks Continuous
• Operating standard office equipment - Continuous
• Responding quickly to sounds Occasional
• Sitting Continuous
• Standing Occasional
• Walking Occasional
• Moving safely in confined spaces Occasional
• Lifting/Carrying (under 25 lbs.) Occasional
• Lifting/Carrying (over 25 lbs.) Never
• Squatting Occasional
• Bending Occasional
• Kneeling Never
• Crawling Never
• Climbing Never
• Reaching overhead Never
• Reaching forward Occasional
• Pushing Never
• Pulling Never
• Twisting Never
• Concentrating for long periods of time Continuous
• Applying common sense to deal with problems involving standardized situations Continuous
• Reading writing and comprehending instructions Continuous
• Adding subtracting multiplying and dividing Continuous

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required. The listed or specified responsibilities & duties are considered essential functions for ADA purposes.

Who We Are:
TD is one of the worlds leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day we deliver legendary customer experiences to over 27 million households and businesses in Canada the United States and around the world. More than 95000 TD colleagues bring their skills talent and creativity to the Bank those we serve and the economies we support. We are guided by our vision to Be the Better Bank and our purpose to enrich the lives of our customers communities and colleagues.

TD is deeply committed to being a leader in customer experience that is why we believe that all colleagues no matter where they work are customer facing. As we build our business and deliver on our strategy we are innovating to enhance the customer experience and build capabilities to shape the future of banking. Whether youve got years of banking experience or are just starting your career in financial services we can help you realize your potential. Through regular leadership and development conversations to mentorship and training programs were here to support you towards your goals. As an organization we keep growing and so will you.

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Additional Information:
Were delighted that youre considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations training programs and a competitive benefits plan were committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Colleague Development
If youre interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills we want to help you succeed. Youll have regular career development and performance conversations with your manager as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues there are many different career paths within our organization at TD and were committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that youve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process
Well reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation

TD Bank is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state or local law.

If you are an applicant with a disability and need accommodations to complete the application process please email TD Bank US Workplace Accommodations Program at . Include your full name best way to reach you and the accommodation needed to assist you with the applicant process.