Title:  Director, Business Architect, Global Banking Markets - Toronto, ON

Requisition ID: 220746

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

Global Banking and Markets

Global Banking and Markets (GBM) is a leading Canadian Capital Markets and Investment Banking business with a growing platform in the US and Latin America, operating globally for over 100 years. Scotiabank’s strong U.S. presence provides our clients an important bridge to this key global market for trade and investment flows across the Americas and the world.

Global Banking & Markets provides a full range of investment banking, credit and risk management products and services relevant to the financing and strategic development needs of our clients. Our products include debt and equity financing, mergers & acquisitions, corporate banking, institutional equity sales, trading and research, fixed income products, derivatives, energy, foreign exchange and precious & metals. We also cross-sell the full range of wholesale products and services offered by the Scotiabank Group.

Be part of an innovative, Global Capital Markets and Investment Banking business with a unique geographic footprint that puts capital to work for our clients across industries! 

We work together to drive ambition for every future!

Purpose
As Director, Business Architect within GBM, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the strategic direction of our business architecture. Reporting to the VP, Head of Business, Data and Operational Initiatives, you will develop and maintain a holistic, forward-looking architectural roadmap that aligns with GBM’s strategic, data, and technology goals, while ensuring consistency with the Bank’s governance, risk, and regulatory frameworks.

This role is uniquely positioned to influence across business lines and functions, ensuring that transformation efforts are aligned, scalable, and future-ready.

What You’ll Do:

• Strategic Planning & Portfolio Alignment
  • Collaborate with functional and business line leadership to drive the “change the bank” approach, creating sustainable solutions for growth.
  • Partner with the COO and RBI teams to align the scope and sequencing of initiatives across the Strategic Investment Portfolio (SIP).
  • Provide input into annual SIP planning and ensure continuous alignment with evolving business priorities, securing core objectives while identifying opportunities to expand scope efficiently.
• Business Architecture & Capability Modeling
  • Develop the Business Architecture target state through the Business Capability Model (BCM) and support key strategic programs.
  • Design business capability models and provide architectural solutions that link IT architecture with business operations.
  • Assess organizational capacity, identify capability gaps, and recommend investment models aligned with funding and strategic goals.
  • Measure the effectiveness of business strategies and their implementation outcomes.
• Enterprise Integration & Roadmap Development
  • Ensure alignment with all business lines, not just within GBM, to establish an integrated and scalable roadmap for future growth.
  • Focus on geographic consistency, streamlined business processes, and infrastructure improvements to reduce operational and regulatory risk.
  • Partner with the GBM technology architecture team to evaluate and align strategic initiatives with business capabilities.
• Process Documentation & Standardization
  • Establish and maintain a comprehensive library of front-to-back process documentation.
  • Drive consistency in process flow standards across teams, complementing data lineage and system architecture efforts.
• Innovation & Future-State Design
  • Maintain awareness of industry-leading practices and emerging technologies.
  • Collaborate with technology teams to incorporate innovations, such as AI, cloud computing, and automation, into the vision for target-state business processes.
• Service Delivery Optimization
  • Identify opportunities to consolidate common capabilities and recommend organizational transformation strategies, including shared services.
  • Promote efficiency across horizontal functions, enabling economies of scale, labor cost optimization, and time zone leverage.
• Governance & Execution Support
  • Actively participate in the New Initiative Approval (NIA) process, streamlining functional inputs and helping to achieve meaningful, commercially viable outcomes.
  • Support early expectation management and reduce friction by identifying pragmatic paths forward.
• Tactical Alternatives & Agile Solutions
  • Maintain awareness of tactical tools and capabilities, such as Alteryx, RPA, and Microsoft Power Platform, that can complement strategic investments.
  • Recommend controlled, near-term solutions where appropriate, balancing agility with long-term vision.
• Cost Attribution & Financial Transparency
  • Collaborate with Finance to leverage a well-structured capability map for more precise cost allocation.
  • Enhance transparency and accuracy in financial planning and reporting through capability-based frameworks.
• Operational Risk Alignment
  • Work with Internal Control and Enterprise Risk teams to align capability frameworks and taxonomies with operational processes.
  • Improve clarity in identifying the origins of operational risk and expedite mitigation efforts.

What You'll Bring:

• Experience & Expertise
  • 5+ years in business architecture, with additional experience in project execution or transformation preferred.
  • Deep understanding of capital markets products and services, including M&A, corporate banking, institutional equity sales, trading and research, fixed income products, derivatives, energy, foreign exchange, and precious metals equity and debt financing, trading, and risk management.
• Skills & Knowledge
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
  • Familiarity with Enterprise Architecture (EA) frameworks and methodologies.
  • Proven ability to influence senior leadership and drive strategic change in a complex, global environment.

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Interested?

If your experience is closely related but doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we do encourage you to apply - you might be the right candidate for this or other roles at Scotiabank!

At Scotiabank, every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are and, embraced for their differences. That’s why we work to grow and diversify talent and engage employees in a performance-oriented culture.

What's in it for you?

Scotiabank wants you to be able to bring your best self to work – and life, every day. With a focus on holistic well-being, our many flexible benefit programs are designed to help support your unique family, financial, physical, mental, and social health needs.

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.  

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