Title:  Director, Business Manager, Business and Support Functions, Global Banking & Markets (GBM) Europe)

Requisition ID: 279138

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

Director, COO Business Management, Europe 

Europe | Business Management 

Strengthen governance. Coordinate execution. Drive operational excellence across Europe. 

Are you looking for an opportunity to combine business management, governance, risk, and operational leadership within an international banking environment?

We’re seeking an experienced and collaborative Director, COO Business Management, Europe to support the COO Europe in overseeing business and support functions across the region.

You’ll coordinate cross-functional governance, operational, risk, regulatory and change matters, working with senior regional and global stakeholders to strengthen controls, resolve issues and support key COO-sponsored initiatives.

This is an exciting opportunity for a business management professional who enjoys navigating complexity, influencing stakeholders, and driving operational excellence across an international banking platform.

What You’ll Be Doing 

As a key partner to the COO Europe, you will: 

• Support effective governance and management oversight across European business and support functions. 
• Coordinate operational and governance matters involving multiple businesses, functions and legal entities, ensuring clear ownership, timely resolution, and appropriate escalation. 
• Prepare management information and updates for senior management and relevant governance forums. 
• Monitor agreed actions, decisions, risks, and dependencies to support timely and effective follow-through. 
• Coordinate the remediation and escalation of material risks, control deficiencies, audit issues, and regulatory matters. 
• Support the design, documentation and maintenance of effective end-to-end processes and controls. 
• Coordinate key COO-sponsored initiatives and change activities, ensuring that ownership, dependencies, risks, and issues are appropriately managed. 
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, and harmonize processes across the European platform. 

Why This Role?  

This role offers the opportunity to combine strategic business management, governance, risk coordination, and change execution within a highly visible European leadership environment. 

You’ll gain:  

• Direct exposure to the COO Europe and senior regional and global stakeholders. 
• The opportunity to influence governance and operational management across the European platform. 
• Broad exposure to Business Lines, Support Functions, Control Functions, and multiple legal entities. 
• Involvement in the resolution of complex operational, regulatory, risk and control matters. 
• The opportunity to coordinate high-priority initiatives and change activities sponsored by the COO. 
• Experience working across BNSL and SIDAC within a complex European regulatory environment. 
• The ability to shape more efficient and consistent processes through simplification, automation, and technology. 
• A collaborative, high-performance and inclusive environment that supports professional growth. 

What We’re Looking For 

We’re looking for an experienced financial-services professional who combines strong governance, risk and operational knowledge with sound judgement, organizational discipline, and the ability to influence across a complex stakeholder environment. 

You will ideally bring: 

• Relevant experience within Capital Markets, Corporate and Investment Banking, or a similarly complex and regulated financial-services environment. 
• Strong knowledge of governance, operational risk, internal controls, and regulatory requirements. 
• A good understanding of Capital Markets products and trade lifecycle processes. 
• Experience coordinating cross-functional operational, governance, remediation, or change initiatives. 
• An understanding of the economic, political, legal, and regulatory environment across Europe. 
• Strong analytical skills and judgement, with the ability to identify matters requiring management attention or escalation. 
• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing, communication and organizational capabilities. 
• A university degree or equivalent professional experience. 

Join a Global Platform 

• This is an opportunity to join a leading international banking franchise and play an important role in strengthening governance, risk management, and operational effectiveness across its European platform.  
• You’ll work closely with senior leaders and colleagues across Business Lines, Support Functions and Control Functions, helping coordinate matters that span multiple legal entities, regulatory regimes, and competing priorities.  
• You’ll also contribute to a customer-focused culture by supporting effective operations, strengthening controls, and leveraging the Bank’s broader relationships, systems, and knowledge.  
• The position operates within a complex, regulated and fast-paced environment. It requires the ability to manage multiple priorities, maintain momentum across interconnected activities and communicate clearly with senior stakeholders. Non-standard working hours may be required, along with limited international travel.  
• If you’re a collaborative and solutions-oriented leader who is motivated by governance, operational excellence, and the opportunity to create impact across a European banking platform, we’d love to hear from you. 

Apply today and take the next step in your business management career. 

Inclusion and Belonging 

• We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are and embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employees to learn, grow, and participate through our various voluntary Employee-led Resource Groups, which are open to all and span diverse gender identities, ethnicities, races, ages, abilities, and veterans. 

Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations

• We value the unique skills and experiences everyone brings to the Bank and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Scotiabank consistently works to prevent and remove barriers to accessibility while meeting applicable accessibility requirements. 
• Accommodations, including accessible interview locations, alternative formats, sign language interpretation or assistive technology, are available upon request. Please let us know at any time during the recruitment or interview process if you require an accommodation. 

Location(s):  England : Greater London : London (UK) 

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.