Director, Enterprise Strategy

3 months ago


Toronto, Canada Scotiabank Full time

Requisition ID: 205967

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

The Scotiabank Enterprise Strategy group is a high-performing central team focused on driving the design, execution, and the ongoing management of Scotiabank’s strategic agenda. This includes supporting the CEO and Group Heads in the development, communication, planning and execution of the organization’s bank-wide strategy as well as business-line specific priorities.

Reporting to the VP, Enterprise Strategy, the Director will work closely with senior management, business line leads, and a diverse set of stakeholders to lead execution of strategic projects, generate insights to deliver strategic recommendations, and support execution monitoring.

**Is this role right for you? In this role, you will be responsible for**:
Strategy Execution Projects - Must-Win Priorities
- Lead a broad range of strategy execution engagements, including strategic programs and initiatives at the All-Bank level. This involves managing large cross-functional teams across business lines with activities including designing and developing roadmaps, issue identification, quantitative and qualitative analysis to assess impact on financials, and preparing / presenting compelling strategic recommendations to leadership
- Bridge silos and enable alignment across business lines and corporate functions
- Drive the execution and ongoing management of strategic planning with key business lines to ensure alignment with the Bank’s strategic plan
- Synthesize findings and present clear recommendations and implementation plans to ensure impactful project outcomes to senior leaders within the Bank
- Act as a trusted partner to Senior Executives, to help them define priorities, ensuring they are set up to achieve them.

Thought Leadership
- Provide effective challenge in the design, delivery and execution phase of strategic priorities and must-win opportunities
- Review portfolio of strategic priorities to determine emerging issues and trends, and analyze the impact / implications of those trends on various business line strategic plans
- Act as a strategic counsel and thought partner for senior executives - both within the context of strategy project execution and on an ongoing basis
- Assist with organizing strategy offsites for senior management to facilitate ongoing discussions around All-Bank or business line strategies

Executive Communications
- Support the CEO agenda, including all-bank strategy, business line value creation projects, strategic planning, Board-level communications, and being a trusted advisor to senior leaders
- In close partnership with Global Communications, identify strategic communication opportunities. Support coordination and planning of events, internally and externally, and work with Global Communications to ensure consistent messaging across all groups of stakeholders

Team Leadership and Stakeholder Management
- Contribute to building the strategy team, including recruiting, coaching, knowledge development, driving integration with rest of the Bank, and championing a customer-focused culture
- Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions
- Champion a high-performance environment and implement a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops, and motivates top talent by fostering an inclusive work environment

**Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed? We’d love to work with you if you have the following**:

- MBA, PhD or relevant post-graduate degree from a recognized institution
- 3-4 years of experience in a top-tier management consulting firm; banking industry expertise is highly recommended
- Ability to deliver results in a fast-paced, challenging, and dynamic business environment
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to manage ambiguity
- Superior interpersonal skills, leadership and influencing capabilities on a multi-cultural environment
- Self-motivated; ability to work both independently and collaboratively with multi-functional teams
- Experience running complex projects, with large group of cross-functional stakeholders
- Ability to effectively manage relationships across the Bank, its partners, and external vendors
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
- Collaborative and proven track record of managing and developing high-potential talent
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

**What’s in it for you?**
- An inclusive & collaborative working environment that encourages creativity, curiosity, and celebrates success
- We offer a competitive rewards package: Performance bonus, Employee Share Ownership Program, and Pension Plan Matching, Health Benefits from day one
- Your career matters You will have access to career development and progression opportunities.

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toron



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