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Director and Head of Operations Engineering

Scotiabank
Toronto, CAN
Onsite
Discovered 2 days ago
Capital Markets technologyCapital Market Operations and workflowsOperations platformsDistributed systemsLow-latency architectureCloud

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Role overview

The Director, Operations Engineering leads strategy, architecture, engineering execution, platform resiliency, and technology innovation for the Bank’s Operations Technology ecosystem.

The role leads a global organization of engineering leaders, architects, and software engineers serving Middle Office, Back Office Operations, and Control Functions.

Leadership and delivery

  • Define and execute a multi-year Operations Engineering strategy and target-state architecture aligned with Global Markets objectives.
  • Lead modernization of proprietary and vendor platforms, driving cloud adoption, platform engineering, automation, AI enablement, and operational resiliency.
  • Provide executive leadership for architecture, software engineering, platform engineering, SRE, and production engineering.
  • Account for availability, performance, scalability, security, and resilience of mission-critical Operations platforms.
  • Drive engineering excellence through Agile, DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and software craftsmanship.
  • Partner with Operations to deliver trading capabilities and business growth.
  • Lead engineering investment planning, workforce strategy, vendor management, and financial accountability.
  • Establish KPI-driven governance, reliability metrics, and executive reporting.
  • Serve as senior technology authority for Operations architecture, trading platforms, market connectivity, risk systems, and operational workflows.
  • Maintain cybersecurity, audit, regulatory, and operational risk controls.
  • Build and mentor global engineering leadership teams; represent Operations Engineering in executive and governance forums.

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of Capital Markets technology experience.
  • 10+ years leading global engineering organizations.
  • Deep expertise in Capital Market Operations and workflows, with extensive Operations platform experience.
  • Strong knowledge of distributed systems, low-latency architecture, cloud, and platform engineering.
  • Proven record delivering large-scale engineering transformations.
  • Strong program management, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills.
  • Experience with modern software engineering, cloud, architecture, and DevSecOps practices.
  • Ability to operate in an agile, delivery-focused model while managing multiple priorities.

Risk and culture expectations

Apply the Bank’s risk appetite, values, and controls to operational, compliance, AML/ATF, sanctions, and conduct risks.

Champion customer focus, high performance, inclusion, coaching, succession planning, and team development.

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