Head, AI Semantic Modeling

Requisition ID: 255624

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

Purpose

Scotiabank is seeking a visionary leader to serve as the Head of AI Semantic Modeling guiding the development and implementation of semantic capabilities that will drive transformative AI adoption across our organization. This role is pivotal in aligning our data strategies with cutting-edge AI technologies ensuring our data assets are leveraged for innovation and strategic advantage. A core mandate of this role will lead Scotiabanks efforts to design deploy and manage the semantic layer that underpins AI capabilities. This role ensures our data is not only trusted but also semantically rich enabling machines and humans to interpret data effectively for decision-making across diverse business areas.

What Youll Do

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement the enterprise-widesemanticlayer aligning it withAIcapabilities.
• Ensuresemanticassets are machine-consumable and policy-aware supportingAIuse cases such as RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) and decision-making workflows.
• Influence senior management on integratingsemanticstrategies intoAIroadmaps driving innovation in data-drivenAIsolutions.
• Lead the developmentofplatforms that supportsemanticdata modeling metadata management and lineage tracking for scalableAIapplications.
• Oversee modernization efforts to replace outdated systems with robustsemanticplatforms.
• Foster a cultureofexcellence in engineering across global teams ensuring consistent applicationofsemanticprinciples.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise standards and frameworks governingAIuse cases including explainability and audit trails for regulatory reporting.
• Implement governance strategies that alignsemanticcapabilities with risk management practices to support compliantAIdeployment.
• Build a high-performing engineering organization focused onsemanticdata solutions attracting and retaining top talent with innovative opportunities.
• Shape enterprise architecture and strategy in alignment with the banksAIvision ensuring seamless integrationofsemanticcapabilities.
• Act as a trusted partner to senior leaders across DataAI and Technology influencing strategic decisions through data-centric insights.
• Represent our engineering efforts in regulatory and organizational forums contributing to global best practices insemanticlayer development.

What Youll Bring

• Experience in data modeling or semantic layer design with a focus on large regulated organizations.
• Proficiency in AI/ML cloud platforms (Azure/AWS) DevOps metadata management and governance frameworks.
• Experience designing scalable solutions for AI semantics including feature and metric definitions.
• Strong understanding in conceptual logical physical and semantic data modeling.
• Advanced SQL and strong command of analytics and AI data consumption patterns including LLM and ML workloads.
• Experience with modern cloud data platforms (Azure or AWS) and lakehouse architecture.
• Experience building batch and streaming data pipelines and AI-ready data products.
• Strong understanding of metadata lineage access control models and AI governance.
• Familiarity with DevOps CI/CD and Agile delivery practices.
• Bachelors degree in computer science / engineering data science or mathematics / statistics
• Masters degree in machine learning artificial intelligence data science or related technical field is preferred.

Interested

If your experience is closely related but doesnt align perfectly with every qualification we do encourage you to apply - you might be the right candidate for this or other roles at Scotiabank!

At Scotiabank every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential respected for who they are and embraced for their differences. Thats why we work to grow and diversify talent and engage employees in a performance-oriented culture.

Whats in it for you

Scotiabank wants you to be able to bring your best self to work and life every day. With a focus on holistic well-being our many flexible benefit programs are designed to help support your unique family financial physical mental and social health needs.

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Location(s): United States : Texas : Dallas

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.

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