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About the Role

Drives the strategic direction, operating discipline, transformation agenda, and governance infrastructure for Global Transaction Banking (GTB), enabling global consistency across regions. The role is accountable for establishing and leading the GTB Project Management Office, the Global Transformation Office, the Global Data team, and the Global Business Strategy team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive a customer-focused and execution-oriented culture that helps GTB deepen client relationships and deliver solutions across Scotiabank’s footprint.
• Serve as a senior operating leader for GTB, supporting the EVP on strategic direction, annual planning, and execution of priority initiatives.
• Build, lead, and mature the GTB Project Management Office, including portfolio governance, prioritization, and reporting.
• Establish and lead the Global Transformation Office for GTB, providing centralized oversight of enterprise-wide transformation priorities and execution.
• Manage the new Global Data team, setting the data strategy, governance model, and roadmap for analytics and reporting.
• Manage the Global Business Strategy team, ensuring GTB has a disciplined strategy function that supports market analysis and strategic planning.
• Maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of the GTB business by overseeing profit planning, financial management, and performance reporting.
• Act as a secondary point of contact for GTB globally, representing GTB on committees and forums.
• Plan, coordinate, manage, execute, and report on key projects and initiatives across GTB’s footprint.
• Drive disciplined governance for strategic priorities, audit closures, and control remediation across global GTB business units.
• Foster a working environment in which teams pursue effective and efficient operations in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Build a high-performance, inclusive team by attracting, retaining, developing, and motivating talent.

Requirements

• University degree with a major in business, finance, economics, analytics, engineering, or a related field.
• Master’s degree preferred, with a concentration in business, finance, analytics, technology, transformation, or a related discipline.
• 15+ years of relevant experience in financial services, business strategy, transformation, operating management, consulting, data/analytics, or large-scale program delivery.
• Proven experience building or leading PMO, transformation, strategy, data, governance, or operating teams in a complex, global financial institution.
• Strong analytical skills and executive communication capability.
• Strategic influencing skills and relationship-building capability.
• Thorough knowledge of transaction banking products, client needs, market dynamics, competitive trends, regulatory expectations, and global operating models.
• Ability to work at pace, manage ambiguity, and adapt to constant change while maintaining disciplined governance and control standards.
• Spanish language a plus.

Skills

• Business Strategy
• Transformation
• Operating Management
• Consulting
• Data/Analytics
• Large-scale Program Delivery
• PMO Leadership
• Governance
• Strategic Planning
• Executive Communication
• Analytical Skills
• Strategic Influencing
• Relationship Building
• Transaction Banking
• Market Dynamics
• Competitive Trends
• Regulatory Expectations
• Global Operating Models

Location

• Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 15+ years

Education Level

• University degree
• Master's degree preferred

About the Company

• 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.

Equal Opportunity

• 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.