Head of Engineering, Onboarding

Requisition ID: 243212

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

Scotiabanks Onboarding is a team with a clear and well-supported mandate to evangelise and build a best-in-class client & product onboarding platform for Scotiabanks financial products & services. The team supports integrated technology solutions and capabilities that deliver a know your customer Identity verification risk adjudication and multiple product activation experiences across all channels.

The Head of Engineering will set the vision guide architecture set the proper engineering culture and enable a multi-disciplinary technology team to bring industry-leading software products and experiences to market through agile practices.

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

Oversee the design development deployment and operationalization of highly scalable & sustainable enterprise wide technology internal products components and tools to support the overall customer onboarding ecosystem.

In close collaboration with Global Digital Banking Leaders (e.g. Engineering Design Product Analytics Delivery) lead execution against identified digital capabilities roadmaps and vision through agile software delivery and enabling a high velocity engineering environment.

Promote co-creation and reusability in a global scale working with different teams in different countries and business lines to accelerate futures software developments.

Build a high performance environment engineering culture and implement a people strategy that attracts retains develops and motivates their Community of Practice by fostering an inclusive work environment and communicating vision/values/business strategy and managing succession and development planning for the team.

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

10 years experience in a leadership role managing large complex enterprise-level technology projects and programs with significant technology and operational components
Expert knowledge of software development and design principles for highly scalable enterprise level technology stacks
Expert knowledge in modern agile principles and in a range of modern technologies and frameworks including working knowledge of the full stack
Flexibility to adapt to new and evolving environments and a demonstrated willingness and aptitude for picking new things up quickly
Strong leadership and relationship building skills
Extensive experience with automation deployment and testing practices at scale
Proven ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively to semi-technical audiences

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 engagement & belonging with our various programs.

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.