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Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and highperforming culture. The Director and Head reports into the VP, Delivery & Portfolio Management supporting the Enterprise Delivery Office (EDO) within technology. This is a multidiscipline experience requirement role that is primarily accountable for delivering the program portfolio within a CIO pillar, while other initiatives may be added as required to meet business objectives, ensuring alignment with Scotiabanks business strategy. This role is a key advisor to leaders, providing strategic guidance, transformative and innovative thought leadership, robust governance, and operational and technical excellence to enable successful delivery of initiatives within a CIO Infrastructure Technology pillar. It champions a highperformance mindset and culture, fosters crossfunctional collaboration and partnership, and is accountable for the endtoend delivery of all program activities that align with and support Scotiabanks strategy. What will you do? - Across the portfolio, accountability for business case assessment and creation to ensure direct alignment between all requirements are fully identified, documented, and tied to the stated outcomes and value. - Accountable for endtoend project/program ideation, initiation, execution, and closure. - Proactively manage project/program risk mitigation and issue resolution within the portfolio. - Concise communicator, highlighting and escalating critical issues to senior leadership with rootcause identification and solutions for timely resolution. - Build strong business acumen continuously building relationships and connections with portfolio executive stakeholders to ensure execution delivery meets business strategic outcomes. - Proven history of building highperforming teams. - Firsthand experience in managing large programs (20MM+) as program manager in the financial industry is necessary. - Strong financial acumen, responsible for endtoend planning, forecasting, and estimation of accurate program/project financial planning and forecasting, resource capacity plan, vendor estimates, Statements of Work (SOW), Master Service Agreements (MSA) and contingent worker management. - Responsible for tracking all financial and resource actuals against plan and identifying any discrepancies on time to ensure appropriate mitigations are deployed to avoid any delays on the project/program. - A passionate problemsolver that is adept at proactively uncovering, highlighting, and escalating critical issues to senior leadership with rootcause identification and solutions for timely resolution. - A seasoned executionfocused leader that continuously builds relationships and connections with portfolio executive stakeholders to ensure execution delivery meets agreedupon deliverables. - Responsible for the management of program and project objectives, coordination, and enable activities between governance, design, delivery, and support of work streams. - Leverage robust project management skills, including agile and waterfall methodology, to lead the senior executive program streams and manage multiple concurrent projects, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to budget and quality standards. - Ensure alignment of program strategy and objectives are delivered within the established timelines, ensuring proactive identification of all associated risks are managed and mitigated appropriately. - Deliver thoughtleadership for the assigned portfolio and serve as a key advisor to executive leadership on project prioritization, preventive project risk management, and effective resource allocation. - Accountable for planning and prioritizing initiatives across portfolio that support business strategy. - Primarily accountable for leading and guiding teams within the assigned portfolio through all phases of program and project management including planning, execution, monitoring, and closure to ensure successful delivery of expected outcomes. - Accountable for the engagement and involvement of all technical stakeholders and requirements (Architectural, Mainframe, Hosting, Database, Storage, etc.) are fully aligned and will deliver on the stated business benefit and outcomes. - Consistently interact with clients both in business and technology to manage project expectations and deliverables within allocated timelines and budget. - Accountable for developing, monitoring, and reporting on project governance and key performance indicators to executive leadership. - Track portfolio progress, prepare and distribute status reports to internal and external stakeholders. - Primarily responsible for managing and motivating program and project management resources to ensure quality planning, delivery, resource allocation, and daytoday people management. - Responsible for establishing and managing portfolio integrated plan in collaboration with project delivery teams. Identify and implement rigorous and continuous improvements to project management methodologies, tools, and processes. Champion the adoption of best practices and drive operational excellence. - Organize and lead multiple portfolio status meetings such as organizing committees and executive steering groups. - Primarily, it is accountable to conduct postproject/program evaluations and identify successful and unsuccessful elements to drive for continuous improvement of delivery. - Understand how the Banks risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in daytoday activities and decisions. - Create an environment in which the team pursues effective and efficient operations of their respective areas in accordance with Scotiabanks Values, its Code of Conduct and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence, and effectiveness of daytoday business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk. - Build a highperformance environment and support a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops, and motivates the team by fostering an inclusive work environment and using a coaching mindset and behaviors; communicate vision/values/business strategy; and manage succession and development planning for the team if applicable. What do you need to succeed? - Strong Project Management background with management experience, in both Agile and waterfall programs. - Demonstrated success delivering large technology projects and programs. - Proven track record for overseeing the strategic direction, implementation and overall success of largescale complex programs in a portfolio. - Strong understanding of multiple Infrastructure technologies (e.g., z/OS, Hosting, Database, Middleware), running on different Mainframe, distributed and hybrid cloud platforms. - Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills. - Proven track record of building and leading highperforming infrastructure operation teams. - Proven ability to navigate ambiguity, drive strategic change, and influence senior stakeholders. - Experience working across crossfunctional teams and collaborating with stakeholders at all levels of the organization. - Experience with Enterprise Delivery Frameworks. - PMP or equivalent certification. - Experience and expertise with agile environment/methodologies. - Strong analytical and datadriven decisionmaking skills. - 10+ years of progressive experience in infrastructure, with at least 5 years in a leadership or program management role. - Relevant certifications in multiple infrastructure technologies and platforms preferred. - 12+ years leading largescale business/technology programs. - 10+ years establishing and championing program governance, PMO practices, or agile delivery frameworks. - 7+ years managing and developing highperforming teams. What's in it for you? - We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity and curiosity and celebrates success. - We provide you with the tools and technology needed to create meaningful customer experiences. - Youll get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology companies around the world. - We hire you for your talent not just a job so you can grow with us. Well equip you for success not only in your role, but also in your career as a whole. - Dress codes don't apply here: being comfortable does. - Access to thousands of online and inperson courses so you can hone your current skills, or learn new ones. - A competitive rewards package that includes a base salary, a performance bonus, company matching programs on pension and profit sharing, paid vacation, personal & sick days, medical, vision, and dental and much more. Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto #J-18808-Ljbffr