Title:  Senior Delivery Lead

Requisition ID: 205163

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

As a Senior Delivery Lead, you will act as the Senior Scrum Master and Senior Project Manager within an Agile environment. You will ensure the successful delivery of software products within Mortgage Systems. You will lead and support Mortgage Systems wide multiple Agile scrum teams. You will identify, escalate, and remove release and team impediments. As a Senior Delivery Lead, you will also coordinate the intake for the new initiatives, budget, schedule, risks, issues working closely with Business VP, Director, Business Product owners and Director and Senior Development Managers from the technology teams.

Is this role right for you? In this role you will:

• Custodian of RESL (Real Estate Landing System) wide initiative intakes and backlog.
• Lead and run with Business and Technology touch base meetings.
• Lead and run with Scrum of Scrum sessions.
• Tracking projects through each phase of the project lifecycle
• Work with all the dependent teams and prepare execution plan.
• Working with various teams to achieve end-to-end project delivery.
• Ensure milestones are met and project has gone through all approval gates.
• Document project status & assist team in maintaining information repositories.
• Maintain project risk tracker and communicate project risks to management.
• Prepare work back schedules, roadmap and capacity planning at a project level working closely with the business and technology.
• Ensure a balance between team capacity and workload is kept in order to achieve a successful project delivery.
• Support app releases & rollout related activities.
• Ability to set expectations with all stakeholders, execute and communicate accordingly.
• Identification of risks and issues that require leadership attention.
• Ability to articulate and clearly communicate complex problems and Solutions in a simple and logical manner following stakeholder field of expertise.
• Ability to work effectively with engineering Sr Managers when needed to remediate risk around project delivery.
• Engage stakeholders (e.g. risk, legal, audit) as needed for consultation throughout the course of the project.
• Contribute to the productivity and happiness of the scrum team.
• Supporting project team members in challenging situations (resource / release challenges, cross-team communication)
• Introduce agile engineering best practices.
• Scheduling add-hoc meetings to solve for disagreements or ambiguities in order to reduce risk of jeopardizing milestones and or artifacts.
• Scheduling and chairing scrum ceremonies.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We'd love to work with you if you have:

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in Management role - Delivering complex software projects
• 10+ years of experience in IT
• Demonstrates strong knowledge of Agile methodology while delivering IT projects. Ideally has Certified Scrum master certification (CSM / PSM)
• Expert knowledge and understanding of project management practices, disciplines, tools, and methodologies.
• Strong problem solving, critical thinking and analytical skills to rapidly assess problem situations.
• Demonstrates creativity and adaptability when identifying solutions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to communicate on a broad spectrum (from deep technical discussions to high level executive vision)
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and relationships management skills
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple complex initiatives.
• Demonstrates proactivity and accountability.

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!

Work arrangements: Hybrid

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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.