Requisition ID: 99493
Join the Global Community of Scotiabankers to help customers become better off.
Global Fixed Income technology team supports the Fixed Income trading globally and delivers technology projects with high added value to the Fixed Income Trading desks.
As part of the Fixed Income Technology team, the Delivery Manager is responsible for the management of the set of the IT projects and IT run the bank initiatives to serve and support the Fixed Income trading desks. In this role you will be accountable for ensuring that the business needs and outcomes of the IT projects and initiatives are met as per business requirements and within time and budget.
The Delivery Manager is expected to have extensive knowledge in the Capital Market domain and a proven record in delivering technology projects in the Fixed Income world. The position requires understanding of IT technologies, project management and life cycle development methodologies and technical architectures pertaining to the area.
Is this role right for you? In this role, you will:
- Lead projects and run the bank initiatives including business case preparation, development, testing, release and post release of IT initiatives for the Fixed Income business.
- Formally maintain the management documents to lead the projects and initiatives: Cost, timelines, scope, governance, communication plan, testing plan.
- Work with Business stakeholder and the IT managers in order to establish the Yearly roadmap of technology deliveries. Update the roadmap throughout the year with changes in priorities and the evolving capacity of the fixed income technology team.
- Understand, analyse and respond to the internal and external audit and regulatory requests.
- Work with the business stakeholders (Front Office, Middle Office, Back Office Downstreams) and the technology groups to coordinate the projects and run the bank activities from inception to delivery
- Communicate and reach decisions during the different project meetings: Technology roadmap review, Desk prioritization meetings, Steering Committee.
- Manage project participants and relationships ensuring project teams are cohesive and operating to common objectives and priorities.
- Hold meetings and work sessions as necessary to ensure that project management and run the bank initiatives are met i.e. project planning, risk management, issue management, status meetings
- Maintain the momentum of the Projects and the technology roadmap against background of changing and occasionally conflicting priorities.
- Be a servant leader to the IT Team by solving the outside issues in order to let the project team focus on the delivery of the business value.
- Ongoing communication of project status, completing the monthly Project Status Reports and escalating issues to the Operations Sponsor, the Director and VP as required.
- Ensure the documentation and archiving of project activities, deliverables, tools and findings and for use in future projects
Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? - We'd love to work with you if you have:
- Proven experience with delivering technology projects (5years minimum), including infrastructure projects, Development of new applications, streamlining of front to end processes…etc
- Proven experience with delivering value to Capital market clients, specifically Trading desks (5 years minimum). Experience in Fixed Income will be considered a plus
- Experience with answering internal and external audit and regulatory requests
- Excellent communication skills to work with both front office traders, and technology experts
- Ability to create a positive teamwork mindset in a large technology team of 40+ professionals
- Experience with People management in an IT organization will be a plus
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in business or technology
All these will be considered assets:
- CFA , capital market education
- PMP designation, Formal Project Management Education
- Exposure to SDLC and Agile methodologies
- Exposure to IT development, Infrastructure/network will be an asset
What's in it for you?
- An inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity, curiosity, and celebrates success!
- Work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology companies around the world
- Opportunity to make a significant impact, as you will contribute to viable solutions to design products and applications that will be used by over 21 million customers globally
- Tools and technology needed to create beautiful customer experiences
- Learning and development – free access to Pluralsight membership to upskill and develop your skills
Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto
As Canada's International Bank, we are a diverse and global team. We speak more than 100 languages with backgrounds from more than 120 countries. Our employees are committed to a superior customer experience and use the Bank’s six guiding sales practice principles to ensure they act with honesty and integrity.
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.
