Requisition ID: 259460
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.
Purpose
Leads and oversees various legacy technologies in the COAT Department in Canada ensuring business strategies, plans and initiatives are executed / delivered in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures. The purpose of the team is to provide technology support for the business applications and related processes and key technology vendors that underpin the activities of COAT in Canada. Vendors include CGI, TechM, ARCAD, TSYS, Genesys, Akamai, Apogee, among others. Core applications include AS400/TCS (BCRX), Edge Sales (BCXN), Edge Pride (BCJT), Campaign Management (BCW9), and related .net applications and their related Bank interfaces.
Is this role right for you? In this role you will:
- Leads and drives a customer focused culture throughout their team to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
- Leads and oversees Application Development under the COAT portfolio ensuring business strategies, plans and initiatives are executed / delivered in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies, and procedures
- Manages the development and break-fix/L3 teams
- Contribute to the overall success of Technology for Global Operations by ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed / delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives.
- Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
- Creates an environment in which their team pursues effective and efficient operations of their respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, and its Code of Conduct while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk.
- Builds a high-performance environment and implements a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops and motivates their team by fostering an inclusive work environment and using a coaching mindset and behaviours; communicating vison/values/business strategy; and, managing succession and development planning for the team.
- Manage and lead a geographically dispersed team. Recruit qualified staff; identify and address training and development needs. Monitor and assess individual and team capabilities / commitment / productivity / performance through timely completion of reviews, Performance Appraisals and Development Plans. Recognize and reward achievement, promoting group morale and cooperation. Review and act on employee surveys and other relevant feedback.
- Ensure application development is performed in a professional, effective, and efficient manner.
- Effective analysis, design, development, and delivery of high availability & reliability applications which utilize different technology stacks (including Python, Java, Akamai, Apogee, etc.) and orchestration tools (including CCSL).
- Engage a broad range of stakeholders across Front, Middle, and Back office, Product Control, Risk management, Application Development, and Infrastructure teams to tailor development to business requirements.
- Show initiative in recommending innovative solutions and continuous improvements to the existing processes.
- Ensure that deliveries meet integrity, quality, performance, and reliability requirements by building automated testing and regression suites and use of DevOps principles.
- Collaborate with SROs and SRE (Regional and Global) for resiliency and recovery applications.
- Develop technical specifications for certain critical/complex modules as needed or review technical specifications from other developers.
- Identify critical delivery issues and escalate them accordingly.
- Coordinate infrastructure needs for requisitioning Cloud based infrastructure, databases and assist actively with documentation requirements covering architecture, security and operational readiness.
Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We’d love to work with you if you have:
- Experience in Development, Enhancement and Implementation of application Software Development in AS/400
- Experience in Application Development under AS/400 using RGPLE, COBOL/400 CLLE and DB2/400 and Requirement gathering,
- Experience in designing job batches and job sequence for Scheduling jobs using job scheduler
- Experience in troubleshooting of batch/interactive jobs and addressing production issues
- Experience in unit testing, quality analysis testing and system testing of the jobs
- Experience in reviewing the team member code verified with project requirement, test results to make sure for the quality of the deliverables
- Experience in estimation of the project. Resources handling, team management
- Ability to interact with end-users, managers and technical persons and co-ordination and co-operation with the team
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a keen understanding of business applications, their integration and a proven ability to adapt to new area
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.
- Dynamic Ecosystem - Free tea & coffee, universal washrooms, and lots of space for team collaboration.
- 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. 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.
