Product Group Technology Lead

Work Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Hours: 37.5 Line of Business: Technology Solutions Pay Details: $149,500 - $183,500 CAD The pay details posted reflect a temporary market premium specific to this role that is reassessed annually. 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 PGTL for Information Lifecycle Management is accountable for enabling and scaling enterprise technology capabilities that automate and operationalize information lifecycle controls – from creation and active use through archival, legal holds, and defensible disposition. The role drives the design, development, and delivery of platform services and AI-enabled products that implement retention schedules, classification, event-based triggers, exception handling, remediation, and end-to-end governance. Solutions must align with TD's Product Group operating model, regulatory expectations, and enterprise DRD standards to achieve measurable risk reduction and business value. Accountabilities Product & Platform Ownership: Define and own the ILM product vision, roadmap, and value stream (incl. discovery, prioritization, and release planning) to deliver scalable retention, legal hold, archival, and disposition services for structured and unstructured data across cloud and on-prem platforms. Control Operationalization: Embed DRD controls "by design" (classification, retention scheduling, disposition workflows, evidence collection) and "by default" (guardrails, policies, and reference implementations) in target platforms and data products. Risk & Compliance Alignment: Ensure ILM capabilities support regulatory and policy requirements (e.g., data lifecycle, data quality, and records expectations cited in Data Risk Management Policies and Standards) and produce auditable evidence for control effectiveness. Engineering Leadership: Lead cross-disciplinary teams (platform, data, security, privacy, and records engineering) and establish engineering standards, SLAs/SLOs, and automation-first practices for scale, reliability, and cost efficiency. Enterprise Integration: Integrate ILM with metadata, catalog/lineage, policy, and workflow systems to enable policy-as-code, event-based retention, exception routing, and automated evidence capture. Service Adoption & Change: Drive adoption through reference architectures, playbooks, onboarding kits, and migration patterns; partner with domains to remediate legacy storage and reduce end-of-life data. Operates as a Product Group Technology Lead , setting the North Star, translating strategy into a sequenced roadmap, and guiding squads/pods to outcomes. Champions automation-first delivery, evidence-by-design, and sustainable operations (run-the-bank) alongside change initiatives. Key Responsibilities Design & Build Architect ILM capabilities (classification, retention schedule orchestration, legal/information holds, archival, disposition, and immutable logging) that interoperate with identity, privacy, security, and records functions. Implement event-based retention (e.g., policy triggers from system-of-record events), policy-as-code enforcement, and lineage-aware disposition with recovery safeguards. Governance & Evidence Operationalize DRD procedures including exceptions, moratoria/holds, and defensible disposition; standardize evidence packages for audits and regulatory exams. Partner with DATA RISK MANAGEMENT for second-line oversight and challenge; map ILM controls to Data Risk Management domains and applicable regulations (e.g., OSFI/BCBS references within the Data Risk Management framework). Lifecycle Risk Reduction Establish fleet-level telemetry and dashboards for exposure (e.g., orphaned, stale, over-retained data), control coverage, and time-to-dispose; coordinate enterprise clean-up campaigns. Stakeholder Leadership Engage Legal, Privacy, Records & Information Management, Security, Data Owners/Stewards, Domain PGTLs, and Platform COEs to converge on standards, waivers, and design decisions. Qualifications 10+ years in data/records/information governance, platform engineering, or security/privacy engineering, with 5+ years leading cross-functional product/platform teams at scale. Demonstrated delivery of enterprise Information Lifecycle Management capabilities (classification, retention, legal holds, archival, disposition) with measurable control coverage and audit evidence. Proven ability to align to Data Risk Management frameworks and translate regulatory/second-line requirements into pragmatic technical controls and telemetry. Strong architecture skills across cloud and on-prem data platforms; experience integrating ILM with metadata/catalog, identity, and workflow systems. Excellent stakeholder leadership and communication skills with Legal, Privacy, Risk, Records, and Technology partners. Familiarity with records & information management standards and financial-services regulatory expectations referenced by Data Risk Management (e.g., OSFI/BCBS, etc.). 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