Requisition ID: 275418
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.
The Assistant Manager, Product Management Design & Solutions supports delivery of the Global AML Transformation program & assigned projects and day to day support activities. Working closely with the Manager, Business Testing & Manager, Design Strategy & Operational Support, the Assistant Manager will coordinate across the various stakeholder groups including, Technology, AMA, Business Lines (across the Enterprise), AML Risk, PMO, and others (as required), to support delivery or programs, plans, initiatives, and strategies on time and within budget for assigned products/platforms and services in scope.
Is this role right for you? In this role, you will:
- Support the Manager & Senior Manager in the formulation of the overall Product delivery strategy and delivering on the strategic roadmap for the platform, prioritizing initiatives and securing necessary resources, leveraging effective collaboration, relationship building, and negotiation leading to "buy in" and decisions supported by relevant stakeholders.
- Applies a technical understanding of the assigned platform/product and works with technical teams to formulate the technical solutions and corresponding design documentation. Keeps an eye on the latest technologies and shares ideas on how to use them to improve the product.
- Understands the product and the core journeys in depth, and can use competition trends to inform and improve the product, drawing ideas from across different industries with help to generate ideas for the product and its delivery.
- Understands the significance of qualitative aspects of the assigned product experience and can guide the user on how the product performs, expressing such through effective design documentation that support end to end understanding.
- Collaborate on queries of structured data / large databases assigned and managed, to address business issues and operational support practices ongoing such as logical access, audit retrieval, and production validation activities.
- Assists with employing various data techniques and procedures to perform the continuous iteration and analysis of past and current data, to obtain insights about a business challenge / issue.
- Balances a product-oriented vs project-oriented approach applying an intuitive understanding of the metrics necessary to use the right metrics to attain business goals.
- Participates and supports the product implementation roadmap.
- Assist with delivering within the established framework and standards that govern and accelerate our global initiatives, and support optimization, financial accountability, and execution success across the delivery value chain, including aligning portfolio to enterprise delivery framework.
- Assist with release production validation, obtaining sign offs, and providing defect tracking, aligning to program priorities for resolution.
- Contribute to an environment of effective and efficient operations, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet assigned obligations with respect to operational risk & Business Sustainment accountabilities, regulatory compliance risk, AML/ATF risk and conduct risk, including but not limited to responsibilities under the Operational Risk Management Framework, Regulatory Compliance Risk Management Framework, AML/ATF Global Handbook and the Guidelines for Business Conduct.
- Build partnerships globally with First Line, Second Line, Internal Audit, Technology, Data Governance Office, and other key stakeholders in connection with the Bank’s AML/ATF Program, and work collaboratively across functional teams to resolve open issues in a timely and effective manner.
- Support project planning and execution by coordinating schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, resources, stakeholder communications, and status reporting to ensure timely delivery.
Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We'd love to work with you if you have:
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, commerce, finance, or similar field.
- Working experience with change management and influencing stakeholders.
- Deep analytical, project management and communication experience (strong professional writing and MS PowerPoint presentation skills).
- Strong project management skills, including planning, scheduling, risk and issue management, dependency tracking, stakeholder coordination, and delivery oversight.
- Experience and technical know-how of risk management procedures, processes, and tools.
- AML experience and understanding of the Oracle system are an advantage.
- Proven problem-solving skills, ability to help others organize problem solving.
- Proven ability to operate independently and take initiative in supporting a program strategy.
- Proven ability in execution of complex and demanding tasks under strict time pressures.
- Solid judgment, strong negotiating skills, and a practical approach to implementation – including knowledge of Bank systems.
- Ability to balance regulatory requirements with the best interests of the Bank and its customer.
- Understanding Technology UX writing, Inclusive design.
- Understanding Human Behavior as it relates to UI design & Business and Product Strategy.
- Systems thinking, secondary research and comparative methods, Qualitative User research, Analytics and Statistics, Evaluative Methods and Usability, Prototyping, UI and Interaction Design, Visual Design, Information Design and Information Architecture.
- Power BI and Google Cloud; JIRA, Web Content Management, UX wireframing, data programming language such as SQL and Python.
- Support Complex Implementations and Data Migration efforts.
- Ability to independently manage complex priorities focusing on balancing High Value deliverables under resource constraints.
What's in it for you?
- Champion a high-performance environment and contribute to an inclusive work environment.
- The opportunity to join a forward-thinking organization where you are surrounded by a collaborative team of innovative thinkers.
- A competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits plan.
- An organization committed to making a difference in our communities - for you and our customers.
- You can expect to be recognized and rewarded for high-performance; you will be supported by leadership through meaningful development conversations that enable faster advancement and internal training to support your growth and development.
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.
