About this role
Requisition ID: 278083
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.
Scotiabank continues to be an industry leader for Payment’s technology and innovation. We have a history of safely leveraging new tools to enable new experiences for our customers, focusing on ensuring we protect their interests and goals. The result of this leads to modernization programs which aim to offer enriched information and transparencies to support the rapidly evolving payments community.
The Role
The Director leads the strategic direction, development, and delivery of technology solutions across Global Cash Management technology. This role ensures alignment with business goals, regulatory requirements, and enterprise architecture standards, while fostering a high-performance, inclusive team culture.
What You’ll Do:
- Lead and drive a customer-first culture to deepen client relationships and leverage enterprise-wide capabilities.
- Oversee the planning, execution, and support of complex, multi-system technology initiatives across core banking and cash management.
- Define and implement technology roadmaps focused on APIs, microservices, cloud, analytics, and digital transformation.
- Direct cross-functional teams in solution architecture, system design, and agile delivery practices.
- Manage project portfolios, ensuring timely delivery, budget adherence, and alignment with strategic priorities.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with business stakeholders to translate strategies into actionable technology solutions.
- Lead vendor management, including contract negotiations, performance oversight, and system maintenance.
- Develop departmental capabilities, ensure succession planning, and recruit top engineering and development talent.
- Promote continuous improvement in production support, issue resolution, and knowledge transfer.
- Embed risk awareness and compliance into daily operations, aligned with Scotiabank’s risk appetite and regulatory standards.
- Foster a high-performance, inclusive environment through coaching, mentoring, and clear communication of vision and strategy.
What You'll Bring:
Education & Certifications
- 5+ years of progressive leadership experience in IT, software development, or technology delivery.
- Proven experience managing large-scale, complex technology projects in financial services.
- Strong knowledge of core banking systems, payments, APIs, microservices, and cloud platforms.
- Expertise in agile methodologies, DevOps practices, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with Context Driven Delivery using AI
- Demonstrated ability to manage vendor relationships and offshore resources.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- Strong business acumen with the ability to align technology initiatives with strategic goals.
What's in it for you?
- You’ll join a team focused on building cloud platforms as products, enabling delivery teams across the enterprise rather than acting as a centralized gatekeeper or operating within a narrow delivery focus. This role offers exposure to a wide range of technologies, problem domains, and stakeholders.
- 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.