Practice Lead II, Application Release Engineering

Work Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada Hours 37.5 Line of Business Technology Solutions Pay Details $115,600 - $163,200 CAD This role is temporarily eligible for a pay premium above the posted salary range that is reassessed annually. You are encouraged to have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide more specific pay details for this role. 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 The Practice Lead, Application Release Engineering (ARE) is accountable for building, maintaining, and evolving the culture and community of ARE Practitioners. As a Senior Manager and Practice Lead, you will mature ARE capabilities, set clear standards, and drive adoption across segments. You'll partner closely with technology stakeholders and platform teams to remove systemic obstacles to flow. This role oversees a team of AREs and DBAs, focusing on coaching, talent development, technical thought leadership and performance management, while advancing the practice's capabilities and ensuring solutions are sound and aligned with enterprise standards. The Practice Lead acts as an expert innovator and culture change agent, driving the adoption of new tools, technologies, methodologies, and processes. Key Responsibilities Team Leadership & Talent Development Lead, coach, and develop a team of highly skilled ARE Practitioners, focusing on knowledge, skills, and performance. Build and evolve the practice's capabilities, leveraging advanced knowledge of application release engineering (ARE) frameworks, tools, processes, and procedures. Provide overall team leadership, training, succession planning, recruitment and resource management. Generate and analyze reports to enable data‑driven decisions on prioritizing automation initiatives and measuring team capacity trends, ensuring resources are focused where they deliver the greatest impact. Monitor team billing accuracy and financial management, overseeing resource allocation and expense tracking to support operational and budgetary goals. Practice Strategy & Execution Act as a strategic partner to business and technology stakeholders, driving operational advancement and continuous improvement in release engineering practices. Drive the utilization of CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and tooling to improve reliability, speed, auditability, and observability. Champion automation and process efficiencies across the release pipeline. Ensure best practices that make releases consistent, repeatable, and efficient. Drive continuous improvement initiatives and contribute to the knowledge base supporting release, deploy, and integration practices. Co‑lead a center of excellence within the ARE practice, driving knowledge sharing and skill development to elevate capabilities across the practitioner community. Operational Excellence & Risk Management Monitor assigned functional areas for productivity and efficiency, continually improving delivery capability. Manage intake and demand, coordinating resources as required and ensuring effective resource utilization. Maintain a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite. Foster a culture of coaching and self‑service, empowering development teams to independently onboard and utilize release pipelines, driving self‑sufficiency and reducing reliance on centralized support where feasible. Continuous Improvement & Innovation Proactively identify key business opportunities, research and recommend enhancements, and develop strategies to achieve recommendations. Contribute to the continuous enhancement of knowledge/expertise and keep current with emerging industry trends, new technologies, and best practices. Influence the development and implementation of reliable production systems and services to address emerging business needs and strategies. Qualifications & Experience 8+ years of experience in release engineering, DevSecOps, SRE, platform engineering or software delivery roles. Proven ability to manage large teams and develop colleagues. Deep understanding of CI/CD systems, deployment automation, infrastructure as code, and the software development lifecycle. Technical expertise with tooling and platforms such as: GitHub Actions, Terraform, Azure, GCP, AKS, GKE and common scripting languages. Experience with multi‑cloud and hybrid cloud environments. University or post‑graduate degree Who We Are TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we deliver legendary customer experiences to over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to the Bank, those we serve, and the economies we support. We are guided by our vision to Be the Better Bank and our purpose to enrich the lives of our customers, communities and colleagues. TD is deeply committed to being a leader in customer experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are customer facing. As we build our business and deliver on our strategy, we are innovating to enhance the customer experience and build capabilities to shape the future of banking. Whether you've got years of banking experience or are just starting your career in financial services, we can help you realize your potential. Through regular leadership and development conversations to mentorship and training programs, we're here to support you towards your goals. As an organization, we keep growing - and so will you. 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. Language Requirement (Quebec only) Sans Objet #J-18808-Ljbffr