Title:  Senior Manager, Software Engineer

Requisition ID: 256558

Thanks for your interest in ScotiaTech, Scotiabank's new and innovative Technology hub in Bogota.

Join a purpose driven winning team that promotes creativity and innovation in a fast-paced environment, where we’re always committed to results, in an inclusive, diverse, and high-performing culture.

 

Purpose

Accountabilities 

•       Leads a development team of java, .NET and Pega developers and drives a customer focused culture throughout their team to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
•    Invests in their teams’ technical and management skills to help them grow and develop as both engineers and leaders.
•    Is responsible for organizing their team in the most effective way possible.  Ensures that roles are maintained to reflect required skills sets.   Arranges schedules to meet support requirements while minimizing negative impact on team.

•    RUN and BUILD:

•    Is the Application Owner for the applications suite. Responsible for ensuring that software is delivered in a way that meets the business expectations, while adhering to budgets, schedules and development standards.
•    Own, maintain, support and enhance existing applications, including regular code reviews for release activities, production issue analysis and root cause analysis for production outages and implementation issues.
•    Takes guidance from and works with assigned solutions and platform architects to design solutions that meet requirements and minimize technical debt. 

•    PARTNER:

•    Acts as the primary contact for Global HR as relates to the applications in their scope.  Works with the business to create solutions end-to-end ensuring, that designs are modern, resilient and cost-effective
•    Assist in the review and evaluation of business initiatives, product and projects and formulate insightful guidance and input to business leaders.  Provides estimates of effort to achieve desired outcomes.
•    Partners with Project Managers to ensure delivery of initiatives in adherence to EDF and to achieve target outcomes.
 
GENERAL:

•    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 his/her team pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, its Code of Conduct and policies, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, privacy 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 behaviors; communicating vison/values/business strategy; and, managing succession and development planning for the team.

Reporting Relationships

Primary Manager: •    Director, Architecture & Engineering, Global HR Technology, Receives indirect direction from the Sr. Solutions Architect
Direct Reports:   

•    Sr. Manager, Development (API and Apps)
•    Manager, SW Specialist, AskHR
•    Manager, SW lead, applications
•    Technical Specialist, Reporting
•    Manager, Pega Development
Shared Reports  NA

Dimensions NA

Education / Experience / Other Information (include only those that are specific to the role)

•      Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline.
•    You have 6 to 10 years of Development and Team Leadership Work.
•    You have 2+ years experience in delivery of large scale programs and global products
•    Specialized knowledge of PEGA systems (BPN) would be an asset.
•    Technical skills include expert java and .NET. Power Apps and PowerBI expertise is valuable.
•    Strong and proven analytical skills
•    Ability to work in a dynamic environment where processes and procedures are consistently refined
•    Strong capability to work with senior business leaders
•    Strong verbal, written and communication skills, in English and Spanish
•    Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
•    Strong people management skills and experience

Competencies

                                        
Working Conditions

Work in a standard office-based environment; non-standard hours are a common occurrence

Location(s):  Colombia : Bogota : Bogota

ScotiaTech is a business unit within ScotiaGBS, a Scotiabank Group company located in Bogota, Colombia. The ScotiaTech hub was created to support different technology systems and processes of the Bank. We offer an inclusive, positive work environment, and competitive benefits.

At ScotiaTech, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at ScotiaTech; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.