Senior Manager Engineering, Insurance Core & Reporting

Scotiabank • Toronto, ON

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Manager Engineering, Insurance Core & Reporting, you will lead and oversee Insurance and Reporting technologies in International Banking ensuring business strategies, plans and initiatives are executed / delivered in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures. This role requires leading and driving a customer-focused culture, managing a team of direct and indirect reports in areas of project scheduling, technical direction, future planning, and standard development practices. The incumbent will also manage department recruitment, identify training requirements, staff retention, and performance. Ensuring proper support procedures and processes for existing production systems and establishing quality improvement activities are key. The role involves functioning independently to meet project objectives and managing assigned project and department budgets. Close collaboration with customers, Business Analysts, and team members is essential for understanding business requirements and driving the analysis and design of quality technical solutions. Meeting scheduled milestones, adhering to the IT Technology Roadmap, and possessing in-depth knowledge of Agile Scrum and Kanban frameworks are crucial. Understanding the Bank's risk appetite and culture is expected. The role is involved in the full systems life cycle, leading teams in designing, coding, testing, implementing, and supporting applications software to ensure timely and within-budget delivery. Providing technical leadership for production and user acceptance testing, application support, and guidance/training to less experienced analysts and programmers are also responsibilities. Creating an environment that promotes effective and efficient operations in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, Code of Conduct, and Global Sales Principles, while ensuring adequate business controls for operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions, and conduct risk is vital. Building a high-performance environment and implementing a people strategy to attract, retain, develop, and motivate the team through an inclusive work environment, coaching, communicating vision/values/strategy, and managing succession and development planning are key aspects of the role.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive IT experience leading/supervising teams of 10+ members
• 5+ years of experience working with insurance industries
• Worked in Agile labs or used Agile Scrum and Kanban framework
• Strong project management skills, ability to manage concurrent tasks and initiatives.
• Requires advanced expertise in complex business/technical processes and their application within the organization
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills
• Strong leadership, mentoring, coaching and motivational skills.
• Vendor management skills, experience in negotiating contractual terms and managing offshore development teams
• Java (including Spring, Spring Boot, JSP, JSF)
• JavaScript, jQuery, html, CSS, SQL
• Familiarity with microservice architecture and 12-Factor App concepts
• Knowledge of Data Engineering concepts
• Familiarity with REST APIs and how they differ from SOAP
• Familiarity with Design Patterns, and how to apply them.

Nice To Haves

• Ingenium or Similar back-end insurance systems
• Familiarity with AIX, Linux, WebSphere, SQL Server

Responsibilities

• Leads and drives a customer focused culture throughout their team to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
• Manage the team (Direct and indirect reports) in area of project scheduling, technical direction, future planning and standard development practices.
• Manage the department and project recruitment, identify training requirement, retention and staff performance.
• Ensure proper support procedures and processes are in place to support the various existing production systems. Establish and champion quality improvement activities for the department.
• Accountable for managing assigned project and department budgets.
• Works closely with customers, Business Analysts, and team members to understand business requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions.
• Meets scheduled milestones to ensure project/program objectives are met in a timely manner, in compliance with IT Technology Roadmap and has an in-depth knowledge of the principles, theories, practices and techniques for managing the activities related to planning, managing and implementing software projects and programs using Agile Scrum and Kanban framework.
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Involved in the full systems life cycle and is responsible for leading the team on designing, coding, testing, implementing and supporting applications software to ensure the applications is delivered on time and within budget.
• Provide technical lead to team on production and user acceptance testing application support.
• Provides guidance and arrange training to less experienced analysts and programmers.
• Creates an environment in which their team pursues effective and efficient operations of their respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, its Code of Conduct and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk.
• Builds a high-performance environment and implements a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops and motivates their team by fostering an inclusive work environment and using a coaching mindset and behaviours; communicating vison/values/business strategy; and managing succession and development planning for the team.

Benefits

• A rewarding career path with diverse opportunities for professional development.
• A culture that promotes teamwork and cross-functional collaboration to achieve business goals. Inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, background, and experience.
• An organization committed to making a difference in our communities – for you and our customers.
• Opportunity to work with a very enthusiastic team that helps our clients by ensuring the Bank is able to continue to operate to deliver key business services.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed