Head of Data and AI Platforms Tangerine

Requisition ID: 240992

Tangerine is Canadas leading direct bank. We offer flexible and accessible banking options innovative products and award-winning Client service. The reason why Tangerine employees come to work each day is to help Canadians live better lives. We focus on making a difference in our communities and that includes our own internal community. Its important to us that our employees feel empowered and enthusiastic about belonging to our Orange culture.

Are you ready to make the change and become part of an established disruptor with the backing of a highly engaged team If so come join us and help redefine the Canadian banking landscape!

What you will be doing:

Join a purpose-driven high-performing team committed to innovation and impact. We are seeking a visionary engineering leader to reimagine the technology platforms that power our reporting analytics AI and ML capabilities. This role is pivotal in shaping the next-generation data architecture ensuring scalability governance and operational excellence across the organization.

Is this role right for you

• Define and drive the long-term data engineering vision and architectural roadmap enabling a scalable cloud-native data platform for Tangerines analytics and AI needs
• Lead the design and implementation of Tangerines data and AI pipelinesreal-time batch and hybrid.
• Collaborate with business risk finance and analytics leaders to align data platform design and requirements to advance business objectives
• Establish frameworks for data governance cataloging and model alignment to ensure trust and transparency.
• Partner with AI leadership to deliver infrastructure for scalable model training and inference Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) context engineering and intelligent agents.
• Build and manage feature stores and data models optimized for ML training and inference.
• Architect robust scalable pipelines for ingesting transforming and delivering structured and unstructured data.
• Integrate data across modern cloud-native platforms (e.g. BigQuery Databricks) and multi-cloud environments (AWS GCP).
• Champion secure compliant data platforms and advocate for best practices across business and technology teams.
• Mentor senior engineers and contribute to technical leadership forums to foster a culture of excellence.
• Champion a high-performance environment and contribute to an inclusive work environment.

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

• 10 years of experience leading enterprise data engineering strategies and platforms.
• Deep expertise in architecting end-to-end data solutions for AI/ML use cases.
• Proven leadership in cross-functional initiatives involving real-time data governance and security.
• Hands-on experience with RAG pipelines feature stores and ML data readiness.
• Strong influence in cloud infrastructure design and platform scalability.
• Knowledge of data quality lineage and compliance frameworks.
• Ability to align data engineering initiatives with business strategy and executive priorities.
• A track record of mentoring and developing high-performing engineering teams.

Whats in it for you

• You will be part of a diverse and inclusive team of Client-focused go-getters looking to learn from each other in an environment that celebrates and recognizes success!
• You will have access to thousands of online and in-person courses so you can shape your career growth with support from diverse industry leaders.
• You will get our help to save for your future and to invest in your total well-being through our Tangerine benefits*.
• You belong here and we are equal and uncomplicated. Bring your true self to work dress codes dont apply here.
• You will enjoy workspace flexibility and all the excitement that comes from working at the official Bank of the Toronto Raptors.

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto

At Tangerine we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the team and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment. If you require accommodation during the recruitment and selection process please let our Recruitment team know.