Title:  Technical Product Manager, Capital Markets Technology

Requisition ID: 212985

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

The Team 

Global Banking and Markets Engineering (GBME) is the fast-moving, award-winning technology engine that powers Scotiabank’s Corporate, Investment Banking, and Capital Markets businesses. 

The Role 

GBME is searching for a Technical Product Manager / Technical Analyst with a strong product and delivery mindset to bridge the gap between user experience and product management. This role will involve liaising between business stakeholders and internal engineering and architect teams, ensuring that solutions are developed and delivered on time, efficiently, and with high quality for various projects within GBME.

The successful candidate will have a results-oriented and curious mindset with strong technical skills. The Technical Analyst / Product Manager will be responsible for technology product planning and technology product adoption. This includes managing the technology product throughout the Product Lifecycle, gathering and prioritizing product and user requirements, defining the product vision, and working closely with engineering, to deliver technology products that drive business value.

Responsibilities

• Engages with engineering and architecture teams to gather and prioritize product features
• Defines the technology product strategy and roadmap.
• Develop the core positioning and messaging for the technology product.
• Organizes and leads product demos to engineering teams
• Manage deliverables according to set timelines, ensuring consistent progress toward project goals.
• Apply a deep understanding of business functions to resolve issues and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Prepare accurate and comprehensive business specifications and requirements documentation to support development and project efforts.
• Develop and deliver Business Requirement Documents (BRDs), Design Documents, Use Cases, and Process Models as needed.
• Build strong relationships and communicate effectively with colleagues across global regions. 

Minimum Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience working within agile/scrum product management frameworks.
• 4+ years of experience managing deliverables on a timeline.
• 4+ years of experience gathering technical user requirements and translating them into product roadmaps.
• 4+ years of experience creating both technical user-facing documentation.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Experience in measuring product success
• Proven ability to work across multiple teams and functions to ensure alignment.

Preferred Qualities

• Demonstrate ability to quickly learn and gain expertise in new technologies while executing tasks (be prepared to provide real examples during the interview).
• Practical experience in capital markets.
• Familiarity with platform engineering concepts is a plus but not required.
• Experience creating presentations for leadership to communicate progress and gain support for future developments.
• Experience in any of the following areas PL/SQL, SQL Loader, UNIX Tools, Bash, Perl, Python, Java, XML, and HTML is an asset.

Key Attributes:

• Enthusiastic about continuous learning and consistently leveling up to benefit the team.
• Extremely detail oriented with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving potential issues.
• Strong communication skills, able to manage relationships across various levels within the organization.
• Highly organized, with the ability to prioritize and tackle problems before they escalate.
• A collaborative team player, comfortable leading by example and working asynchronously with cross-functional teams.

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 everyone 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. 
• Remote-friendly work environment will provide you with the flexibility to perform at your best. 
• 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 - we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more!

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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.