Senior Manager, Organization Effectiveness - Global HR

Scotiabank•Toronto, ON

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Manager contributes to the overall success of the Organizational Effectiveness COE within Global Human Resources (GHR) by building and enabling Organizational Effectiveness and Organization Design capabilities across the organization. The Senior Manager, Organizational Effectiveness reports to the Director, Organizational Effectiveness and works closely with key partners across GHR and business lines to advise, enable and partner on organization design initiatives to help drive organizational effectiveness and business strategy.

Requirements

3- 5 years of proven experience and knowledge in organizational design and/or strategic workforce planning engagements
Thrives in an ambiguous and dynamic business environment, with a proven ability to communicate complex information to a variety of audiences
Ability to work collaboratively and manage stakeholders across a highly matrixed organization
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, extensive experience with analytical tools and ability to synthesize benchmarks and internal/external insights
Strong communications skills (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.
Provide executive-level insights, communications and materials
Excellent facilitation skills to develop and facilitate workshops and stakeholder meetings
High level of knowledge of HR systems, data concepts, structure and solutions
Solid understanding of Scotiabank’s organizational structure

Nice To Haves

Management consulting and/or HR strategy experience considered a strong asset
Fluency in Spanish considered an asset

Responsibilities

Provide advisory and/or support on organizational design and/or organizational effectiveness initiatives for individual business units and for enterprise-level initiatives by: Partnering with HR Business Partners and Business Leaders to ensure that they can apply the principles and guidelines that are foundational to good organization design and organizational effectiveness. Equip them with the tools and insights to make decisions and understand the implications of these decisions. Provide recommendations for solutions that are thoughtful and sustainable
Providing deep subject matter expertise in organizational design and facilitate workshops and conversations to develop strategies and solutions that help Leaders to deliver on their mandates and optimize their workforce and talent
Understanding the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture and incorporate these into organization design recommendations
Championing a customer-focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge
Support the Organizational Effectiveness Team to continually elevate the value of the Organizational Effectiveness CoE by: Developing, implementing and continuously improving Organization Design programs, processes and tools that are foundational for the Organizational Effectiveness CoE
Finding meaningful ways to identify and incorporate leading practices, industry innovations and thought leadership to evolve and refine our methodologies and tools / resources
Build capabilities in organization design and organizational effectiveness: Support the development and implementation of strategies and activities to build capability with key HR partners and business leaders
Actively participate in and contribute towards the Organization Design Community of Practice sessions and content
Provide coaching and support as needed to HR and business partners
Actively disseminate knowledge and best practices to contribute to building the capabilities of the OE team
Drives analytics for organizational effectiveness initiatives to inform data-driven recommendations by: Proactively identifying data needs
Managing data collection
Executing best-in-class analysis and providing insights
Validating and refining recommendations with internal partners and leaders
Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her 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.
Champions a high performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.