Title:  Senior Principal Architect, Enterprise Architecture- Data & Analytics

Requisition ID: 243226

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

The Enterprise Architecture team is pivotal in defining the technological and structural direction of the organization. Their mandate includes designing, developing, governing, and driving the global technology strategy for the Bank. 

 
As a Senior Principal Architect – Data & Analytics, you will define and lead Scotiabank’s enterprise data architecture strategy, shaping how data is governed, secured, and leveraged to deliver measurable business value.
You will guide modernization across cloud, analytics, and integration domains, ensuring enterprise data platforms are scalable, resilient, and compliant. Acting as a strategic advisor to senior executives, you will influence investment priorities and ensure that Scotiabank’s data foundation supports a future of intelligent, data-driven banking.

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

Strategy Development
•    Partner with Global Data and Analytic team to define and lead the enterprise data architecture strategy, aligning modernization, analytics, and governance with Scotiabank’s long-term business and technology objectives.
•    Actively participate in Developing and executing the data and platform migration strategy to the cloud, ensuring scalability, resiliency, security, and compliance while optimizing cost and performance.
•    With Collaboration across domains, establish the enterprise foundation for analytics and intelligence by selecting and integrating platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, and Azure Synapse, enabling unified, governed, and high-performing data environments.
•    Define future-state architecture blueprints and reference models to guide interoperability, modernization, and sustainable platform evolution.
•    Collaborate across domains — Cloud, AI, Security, Integration, and Applications — to ensure data architecture strategies align with enterprise-wide transformation and business outcomes.
Transformational Leadership
•    Partner with Global Data and Analytic team to Lead the design and execution of enterprise data modernization initiatives, including data lake, data warehouse, and real-time streaming capabilities.
•    Architect secure, resilient, and compliant data ecosystems, ensuring end-to-end traceability, data quality, and business continuity.
•    Provide architectural oversight for major transformation programs, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, security policies, and regulatory compliance.
•    Partner with engineering and delivery teams to operationalize data architecture roadmaps, governance frameworks, and platform automation.
•    Promote data-driven decision-making and self-service analytics across business units to accelerate innovation and agility.

Executive Presence & Influence 
•    Act as a strategic advisor to C-suite and senior executives, translating complex data and cloud transformation strategies into clear business outcomes and measurable value.
•    Demonstrate strong executive presence by engaging board-level stakeholders, influencing investment priorities, and aligning enterprise data strategy with business growth objectives.
•    Lead with clarity and thought leadership, simplifying complex architectural discussions to guide strategic decisions on modernization, cloud adoption, and data governance.
•    Build trusted relationships across technology, business, and risk functions, fostering alignment and accountability for data transformation outcomes.
•    Represent Enterprise Architecture in executive governance and investment forums, providing direction on platform evolution, data architecture, and enterprise intelligence initiatives.
•    Inspire teams through vision-driven leadership, cultivating a culture of collaboration, innovation, and responsible data use across the enterprise.

Stakeholder Management
•    Present and communicate with our CTO, engineering heads and other senior leaders on an ongoing basis to gather feedback, report progress and solve issues 
•    Work closely with technical teams and SMEs to ensure technology initiatives are delivered on time, within budget forecasts and deliver value identified at inception 
•    Work closely with non-technology teams including business lines, HR, Finance and Risk to ensure technology initiatives are meeting business needs and are integrated within the bank effectively 
People Leadership
•    Lead and coach a high performing team of individuals 
•    Direct, motivate and develop the team, to ensure maximum contributions from each member and considering their professional growth 
•    Share knowledge and collaborate with others within the team and with other teams across the Bank to ensure effective delivery of projects 
•    Encourage innovation and collaboration across global architecture teams to ensure consistent and sustainable data solutions.

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

•    10 + years of enterprise architecture leadership, specializing in data modernization, analytics enablement, and cloud transformation in large, complex environments.
•    Proven ability to define and lead enterprise data architecture strategy, aligning modernization, analytics, and governance with long-term business objectives.
•    Demonstrated success in executing cloud data migration strategies—balancing scalability, security, resiliency, and compliance with cost optimization.
•    Expertise in modern data architectures including data mesh, data fabric, and data-as-a-product models that promote decentralization, ownership, and interoperability.
•    Skilled in architecting end-to-end data ecosystems that enable real-time analytics, intelligent automation, and regulatory transparency.
•    Hands-on experience with modern data platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, and Azure Synapse, building unified and governed analytics environments.
•    Strong understanding of data governance, lineage, and metadata management, ensuring consistency, trust, and traceability across distributed systems.
•    Proven capability to rationalize and optimize data assets and technologies, eliminating duplication, improving quality, and strengthening regulatory alignment.
•    Deep knowledge of security, privacy, and resiliency principles for hybrid and multi-cloud environments, integrating controls into architecture by design.
•    Expertise in enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF, BIAN, BIZBOK) and modern data principles that enable cross-domain innovation and scalability.
•    Recognized as a strategic advisor and thought leader, capable of influencing C-suite and board-level stakeholders to align data strategy with organizational priorities.
•    Strong executive communication and collaboration skills, bridging business, technology, and risk domains to drive enterprise alignment.
•    Demonstrated ability to champion a data-driven culture, embedding concepts of data as a product, self-service analytics, and shared ownership across business units.
•    Cloud certifications (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and advanced analytics or data governance certifications are preferred.

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.

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.