Director, Technical Program Management

Work Location:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours:

37.5

Line of Business:

Technology Solutions

Pay Details:

$108,000 - $163,200 CADThis role is eligible for a discretionary variable compensation award that considers business and individual performance.

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.

As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

Job Description:

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic Director of Technical Program Management. This leader will be accountable for driving technical planning end-to-end through a complex transformation, ensuring alignment across stakeholders, managing financials, building and maintaining the program schedule, and proactively identifying and mitigating risks and issues. The Director will partner closely with engineering, product, and business leadership to ensure program objectives are delivered on time, within budget, and with high quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Program Leadership: Own end-to-end program planning and execution for a major transformation initiative, aligning technology, business, and operational teams around shared goals.
• Technical Planning & Scheduling: Develop and manage detailed program roadmaps, schedules, dependencies, and milestones to ensure successful delivery.
• Financial Management: Oversee program budgets and forecasts, ensuring accurate tracking, reporting, and alignment with organizational priorities.
• Risk & Issue Management: Proactively identify risks, issues, and dependencies; develop mitigation plans; escalate when needed to ensure timely resolution.
• Governance & Reporting: Establish program governance structures, operating rhythms, and reporting mechanisms to provide transparency at the executive level.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with engineering, architecture, product, finance, and business stakeholders to ensure technical feasibility, alignment, and execution discipline.
• Change Management & Transformation Enablement: Support organizational readiness, ensuring the program's technical changes are embedded and adopted effectively.
• Leadership & Mentorship: Build, lead, and mentor a team of program managers, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience: 10+ years in technical program or project management, overseeing large-scale, complex transformation programs.
• Expertise: Strong understanding of enterprise technology environments, software development lifecycles, cloud/migration initiatives, or large-scale systems integration.
• Program Management Skills: Demonstrated success in building schedules, managing budgets, forecasting financials, and driving execution across multiple workstreams.
• Risk & Issue Management: Proven ability to anticipate, identify, and address risks and issues with data-driven decision-making.
• Leadership: Exceptional stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills; ability to operate at executive levels and with technical teams alike.
• Certifications: PMP, PgMP, SAFe, or equivalent program management certifications preferred.

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Who We Are:

TD Securities offers a wide range of capital markets products and services to corporate, government, and institutional clients who choose us for our innovation, execution, and experience. With more than 6,500 professionals operating out of 40 cities across the globe, we help clients meet their needs today and prepare for tomorrow. Our services include underwriting and distributing new issues, providing trusted advice and industry-leading insight, extending access to global markets, and delivering integrated transaction banking solutions. In 2023, we acquired Cowen Inc., offering our clients access to a premier U.S. equities business and highly-diverse equity research franchise, while growing our strong, diversified investment bank. We are growth-oriented, people-focused, and community-minded. As a team, we work to deliver value for our clients every day.

Our Total Rewards Package
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs. Learn more

Additional Information:
We're delighted that you're considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we're committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.

Colleague Development
If you're interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You'll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD – and we're committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.
 

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you've got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process 
We'll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation
Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you'd like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you

Language Requirement (Quebec only):

Sans Objet

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