Senior Manager, Engineering

Requisition ID: 239774

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

We're seeking an experienced Senior Manager, Engineering to lead a high-performing team responsible for delivering innovative digital commerce and personalization capabilities. This role will drive technology strategy, execution, and delivery across the platforms that power customer engagement, marketing activation, and end-to-end digital experiences. 

As a senior engineering leader, you'll guide teams building scalable, data-driven, and customer-centric solutions that enable personalized experiences across web, mobile, and authenticated channels. You'll partner closely with digital product, marketing, and data teams to bring modern digital capabilities to life. 

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

•    Lead and mentor engineering teams delivering solutions for digital commerce, personalization, and marketing activation. 

•    Drive the development of modern, cloud-based architectures leveraging APIs, microservices, and event-driven systems. 

•    Partner with product and design teams to deliver advanced personalization, A/B and multivariate testing, and journey orchestration capabilities. 

•    Oversee engineering of content management, digital experience, and mobile app platforms to ensure scalability, resilience, and reusability. 

•    Champion engineering best practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and secure-by-design development. 

•    Collaborate with enterprise technology and data teams to ensure interoperability across customer and marketing ecosystems. 

•    Build a culture of innovation, technical excellence, and accountability within the engineering organization. 

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

•    8+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including 3+ years in people leadership roles. 

•    Proven experience delivering large-scale digital commerce or marketing technology capabilities such as personalization, journey orchestration, A/B testing, or CMS-driven experiences. 

•    Strong understanding of modern engineering and architectural patterns, including APIs, microservices, and cloud-native solutions. 

•    Hands-on experience with web and mobile application development, including integration with analytics and customer data platforms. 

•    Demonstrated ability to lead high-performing teams in agile environments and deliver outcomes aligned to business goals. 

•    Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills with a proven ability to influence at senior levels. 

•    Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master's degree 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.