Title:  Senior Data Strategy & Analytics Lead

Requisition ID: 259497 

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

As a Senior Data Strategy & Analytics Lead within the Digital Channel Performance, you will lead be at the forefront of integrating cutting-edge analytics capabilities into our bank's digital landscape, by delivering end-to-end analytical solutions, shaping data standards, and enabling data-driven decision-making that improves customer experience and business outcomes.

What You Will Do

• Own end-to-end delivery of analytics solutions, from business problem definition and data sourcing through modeling, insight delivery, automation, and performance measurement.
• Present performance results and insights to business line stakeholders and across the bank, making data come alive through compelling storytelling
• Collaborate across functions to define and execute a data strategy and analytics roadmap for digital initiatives, working closely with Digital Product Team, Digital Channel Performance, Analytics, Engineering and the Data office
• Lead analytics enablement for digital platforms, partnering closely with Product, Engineering, and Data teams to embed scalable, production-ready analytics into core journeys.
• Support and evolve enterprise data standards and data products, ensuring consistent definitions, high-quality data, and repeatable measurement across platforms and channels.
• Act as the analytics owner within cross-functional squads, translating business and product needs into data requirements, success metrics, and analytical frameworks.
• Drive alignment across product roadmaps, data architecture, and analytics delivery, enabling insights to be built once and leveraged broadly.
• Influence upstream data design, including instrumentation, data pipelines, streaming data, and data quality controls, to ensure analytics are reliable and actionable.
• Provide actionable insights by analyzing performance trends, identifying growth opportunities, and influencing product and business strategies.
• Communicate insights and performance results clearly to senior stakeholders across Digital, Analytics, and the broader Bank.
• Champion data literacy, standardization, and data-informed decision-making across team

Are You the Right Person for the Role?

• You bring strong business acumen and excel at translating complex analytics into clear, executive-ready insights.
• You are comfortable owning ambiguity and driving solutions from strategy through delivery.
• You can operate fluently across business, analytics, and engineering, influencing without authority.
• You think in systems, data flows, and platforms, not just dashboards.
• You are curious, adaptable, and willing to challenge the status quo.
• You enjoy mentoring and enabling others in a collaborative environment.
• You communicate with clarity, transparency, and impact.
• 5+ years of experience in analytics, data strategy, performance measurement, or related roles.
• University degree in Business, STEM, or equivalent experience.
• Proven data literacy and storytelling skills, with experience presenting insights to senior stakeholders.
• Strong analytical capability, including data exploration, validation, and insight generation.
• Experience working with large and complex data sets (e.g., structured and unstructured data).
• Familiarity with Big Data and cloud platforms (e.g., GCP, Spark, Hive) and strong SQL skills.
• Experience with data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent).
• Exposure to advanced analytics, digital analytics tools, and automation is an asset.
• Strong stakeholder, planning, and delivery management skills across multiple initiatives

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.