Engineering Lead

Requisition ID: 213413

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

Contributes to the overall success of the Global Payments & Retail Payments Core Banking Engineering team, ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team's business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures. If you are an experienced leader with a strong technical skills and delivery focused mindset, keen interest in payments and retail payments core banking, and thrive in a fast-moving environment - this is the position for you!

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

• Lead a team of 15 to 20 IT professionals and responsible for systems analysis and application software development, onsite in the Scarborough Campus.

• Support complex Mainframe and API applications that are critical to the Bank's transaction posting capabilities.

• Off hours support is required to assist team members in the support of our production environment in pager calls and outages.

• Manage the team in the areas of scheduling, technical direction, future planning and standard development practices.

• Negotiate IT Project requirements (i.e. deadlines, budgets, resources, etc.).

• Collaborate and align across all areas of the enterprise that impacts value delivery (scope, budget, risk and resources) of the work effort being managed.

• Build and maintain a strong working relationship with peers within the business lines.

• Accountable for managing assigned project and/or departmental budgets.

• Meet scheduled milestones to ensure project/program objectives are met in a timely manner, ensure compliance with IT Technology Roadmap and has an in-depth knowledge of the principles, theories, practices and techniques for managing the activities related to planning, managing and implementing software projects and programs using Agile framework.

• Lead the team with a continuous improvement mindset and promote an environment of curiosity and experimentation.

• Guide the team in adopting new ways of working, exploring enhancement in ways that align with the Bank's strategic priorities ie- cost optimization, stabilization, delivery of new capabilities.

• Act with urgency and criticality, evaluate problems blockers and bottlenecks, identify actions to be taken, assist the team to recommend/implement solutions.

• Support of the Bank's transformation in operating models, Agile mindset and passion for change.

• Guide and support the team in development and career growth.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We'd love to work with you if you have:

• Undergraduate Degree or Diploma in Computer Science or related work experience.

• 2+ years of experience required leading IT/Development teams.

• Minimum 2+ years' experience in software in Mainframe and Cloud development.

• Nice to have knowledge and experience with Service Now, Jira, Confluence, APM, Coupa, iCertis, PPM.

• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills and is capable of multi-tasking and managing concurrent tasks and initiatives.

• Facilitates problem resolution when necessary.

• Operate with a sense of urgency and determination.

• Comfortable working in highly collaborative and changing environment.

• Capable of multi-tasking and managing concurrent tasks and initiatives.

• Must be reliable, pro-active, results-oriented, customer-focused and attentive to detail.

• Strong interpersonal skills and can build and foster relationships with peers.

• Agile mindset and practical application principles.

• Positive, energetic and enthusiastic with a relentless drive to deliver value to our clients.

• Motivational leader that inspires and promotes a positive team environment.

What's 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 such as hackathons, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more!

Working location condition: Hybrid

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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.