Technical Project Leader

Requisition ID: 214401

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

Global Business Banking Risk Technology provides the project, change, & development management and services of non-retail enterprise risk systems to support the Global Risk Management (GRM) business lines.

The Role

Reporting to the Senior Manager Development, the Technical Project / Delivery Lead will act as the Scrum Master and Project Manager within an Agile environment. You will ensure the successful delivery of software products within Global Business Banking Risk Technology. You will lead and support the team and ensure plans are put in place for releases & delivered per plan. You will identify, escalate and remove release and team impediments. As a Delivery Lead, you will also manage the schedule, risks, issues, and reporting and governance of projects.

Some of the key accountabilities include:

• Possess strong leadership skills to inspire, motivate, and guide team members to achieving their delivery goals.
• Have a strong business and technical background in the software development life cycle. Your background will help guide the team, solve technical challenges, and make informed decisions.
• Guide and participate with the team to get to educated estimates leveraging your project delivery and solution design experience.
• Manage complex projects with stakeholders that span multiple cross-functional teams.
• Manage project schedule and budget (if needed).
• Track and manage project risks, issues, action items and key decisions.
• Mitigate risks and make sure the team is unblocked and can effectively complete their work.
• Facilitate discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.
• Guide projects through the Scotiabank development management processes.
• Provide stakeholder and executive communication, conflict resolution, negotiation and relationship building.
• Provide regular, standardized reporting for 1) team performance: velocity, stories completed, 2) project status.
• Work with the team to identify roadmap/feature dependencies and impediments. Accountable for tracking the dependencies and impediments and removing them to enable the team: surface, track, escalate.
• Communicate with other teams to track and manage dependencies between teams.
• Identify team conflict and partner with Development Managers to resolve and escalate to Leadership Team for support when necessary.
• Drive and coach for continuous improvement.
• Build and maintain solid, professional working relationships with peers within the project team and business lines.
• Coordinate releases, compliance and readiness procedures (Ex. Operational Readiness) with associated teams (Ex. Release Management, Security, etc.).
• Collaborate with the team to analyze and breakdown projects into smaller components for estimation.
• Support & Lead audit cycles (e.g. internal, KPMG) for applications, ensuring requirements are met and evidence is provided in timely manner
• Estimating & Planning of BAU activities (e.g. annual DBRs, server vulnerabilities)
• Work with vendor to ensure product issues are addressed in a timely manner and support is provided for any planned upgrades

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

• 7+ years of technology project management experience leading large cross-functional/cross-regional teams on major organizational projects primarily dealing with software development releases.
• Excellent knowledge of software development processes and procedures to understand the team needs.
• strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SLDC), software currency initiatives, server migrations, database technologies (e.g. SQL Server), will ability to collaborate effectively in technical terms.
• Excellent communication skills to deliver presentations at an executive and project team level.
• Knowledge of Lean practices, eliminating waste, focusing on value delivery, small batch production, frequent delivery of working software, adapting to change.
• Understanding of Agile practices such as backlog grooming, Scrum and Kanban based delivery, task definition, story splitting, etc.
• Demonstrated high level of analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Working experience in JIRA/Confluence.
• Adaptable and Flexible to support team needs - willingness to step into various roles within the Scrum team as needed, including but not limited to functioning as business analyst, quality assurance test Analyst and / or any r other project-related tasks to ensure successful delivery
• Hands-on experience leading release management activities for successful delivery of product launches
• Ability to contextualize the bigger picture across the business landscape to set a strategy and execute on that plan across projects and products.
• Ability to drive the execution of deliverables across the team through strong time management, organization, and communication skills.
• Strong organizational, communication, technical and analytical skills
• Knowledge of project management tools and techniques (e.g., CA PPM, MS Projects, JIRA, Confluence)
• University or College Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science/Engineering/Business, or related discipline

The Workplace

• We are technology partners who help the business transform how our employees around the world work
• We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity, curiosity, and celebrates success!
• You'll get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology companies around the world
• We foster an environment of innovation and continuous learning
• We care about our people, allowing them to design how they work to deliver amazing results
• We offer a competitive total rewards package, including a performance bonus, company matching programs (on pension & profit sharing), and generous vacation

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.

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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.