Title:  Manager, Portfolio Governance

Requisition ID: 254125 

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

This role is responsible for governing the enterprise project and technology portfolio, with emphasis on investment governance, delivery performance, regulatory alignment, and strategic prioritization. Automation (RPA/AI) remains an important enabler for this role.

Is this role right for you? In this role, you will:
• Lead enterprise portfolio planning, prioritization, and governance across regulatory, operational, and transformation initiatives.
• Support proactive opportunity scanning, intake management, and early-stage business case development. This includes identifying new automation opportunities (RPA/AI).
• Manage intake evaluation for new initiatives, including early-stage feasibility and ROI assessment for analytics, workflow, and automation opportunities.
• Drive Technology Spend Review cycles with CIO teams, reviewing financial performance, variance, forecasts, and investment alignment.
• Deliver enterprise-wide portfolio reporting, performance insights, KPIs, and executive updates for CIO and governance committees.
• Ensure compliance with PMO governance standards, and readiness for audit and regulatory reviews.
• Identify and address portfolio delivery risks, financial constraints, and dependency conflicts.
• Collaborate with Finance, Technology, Operations, and Business partners to support optimized prioritization and investment decisions.
• Lead end to end vendor management processes, including evaluation, onboarding, contract negotiation, performance monitoring, and ongoing relationship management to ensure service quality, compliance, and cost optimization.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We'd love to work with you if you have:
• Exceptional analytical capability, with the ability to interpret large, complex project and portfolio datasets and translate them into clear insights and actionable recommendations.
• Deep knowledge of the Bank’s project delivery methodology, paired with strong discipline in portfolio management, governance frameworks, risk controls, and executive level reporting practices.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building abilities, enabling effective engagement and influence at senior leadership levels.
• Highly effective communicator, demonstrating excellence in written, verbal, and presentation formats, with a proven ability to coordinate across cross functional stakeholders.
• Proactive, self driven, and continuously learning, demonstrating independence, resilience, and a strong “can do” mindset.
• Skilled in designing portfolio and reporting visualizations, ensuring clarity, usability, and executive ready storytelling.
• Expertise in process design and continuous improvement, including Lean methodologies, workflow optimization, and implementation of operational controls.
• Highly proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, including advanced use of Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and related productivity tools.

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.
• Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.  
• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days and benefits will start on day one.
• Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more!

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.