Director, Senior Product Manager, GCM Transformation

Scotiabank•Dallas, TX

About The Position

The Senior Product Manager is accountable for the strategy, roadmap, and success of a significant Capital Markets product or complex business capability. The role partners with business, operations, technology, data, and control functions to define future-state capabilities, prioritize investments, and ensure delivery of measurable business outcomes. The incumbent leads product discovery, develops business cases, defines KPIs and success metrics, and guides Product Managers and Product Owners in delivering solutions that drive revenue growth, operational efficiency, client experience, risk reduction, and regulatory compliance. The position defines and maintains product vision and strategy aligned with Global Capital Markets objectives, leads discovery, develops future-state capabilities and operating models, and translates strategic goals into product roadmaps and investment priorities. It owns product backlog prioritization, business cases, objectives, success metrics, and value realization targets while balancing stakeholder priorities and engineering capacity. The Senior Product Manager partners with Product Owners, technology leaders, architects, and engineering teams to deliver prioritized capabilities; guides product teams in defining epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria; manages dependencies; and participates in planning processes. The role also builds stakeholder partnerships, represents the product in governance and leadership forums, communicates progress and risks, measures performance and benefits realization, ensures regulatory and operational risk compliance, and coaches Product Managers and Product Owners while championing Agile and customer-centric practices.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
At least 8 years of experience in Product Management, Capital Markets, Transformation, Technology, or Operations.
Demonstrated experience owning product strategy and roadmaps for complex business capabilities.
Strong understanding of Capital Markets products, trade lifecycle, market infrastructure, and operational processes.
Experience developing business cases, defining KPIs, and measuring benefits realization.
Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence senior stakeholders.
Experience working in Agile product delivery environments.

Nice To Haves

MBA, CFA, or relevant professional designation.

Responsibilities

Define and maintain the product vision, strategy, and roadmap aligned with Global Capital Markets business objectives.
Lead discovery activities to understand client, business, operational, and technology needs.
Develop future-state business capabilities, operating models, and process improvements.
Translate strategic goals into actionable product roadmaps and investment priorities.
Evaluate market trends, competitive offerings, and emerging technologies, including AI and automation opportunities.
Own and prioritize the product backlog based on business value, client impact, risk reduction, and regulatory requirements.
Develop business cases, investment proposals, and funding recommendations.
Establish product objectives, key results, success metrics, and value realization targets.
Balance competing stakeholder priorities while maintaining focus on strategic outcomes.
Ensure alignment between business strategy, product roadmap, and engineering capacity.
Partner with Product Owners, Technology Leads, Architects, and Engineering teams to deliver prioritized capabilities.
Guide Product Managers and Product Owners in defining epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
Manage dependencies across business functions, technology teams, and external vendors.
Ensure solutions are delivered in alignment with product strategy and intended business outcomes.
Participate in quarterly and annual planning processes to align investments with organizational priorities.
Build partnerships across Front Office, Operations, Technology, Risk, Finance, Compliance, and Data organizations.
Act as the primary product representative in governance, steering committee, and leadership forums.
Communicate roadmap progress, key decisions, risks, and benefits realization to senior stakeholders.
Facilitate alignment and decision-making across multiple stakeholder groups.
Influence strategic priorities through data-driven recommendations and business insights.
Define and monitor product KPIs and outcome metrics.
Measure product performance, user adoption, operational efficiencies, and business value delivered.
Track benefits realization against approved business cases.
Use customer, user, and stakeholder feedback to continuously improve product performance.
Ensure investment decisions are supported by measurable outcomes and business impact.
Ensure product decisions comply with regulatory, operational risk, and control requirements.
Identify product risks and develop appropriate mitigation strategies.
Support governance processes and control frameworks across the product lifecycle.
Promote sound risk management and adherence to the Bank's risk appetite and culture.
Provide coaching, mentorship, and guidance to Product Managers and Product Owners.
Foster collaboration, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Champion Agile, Product Management, and customer-centric best practices.
Support the development of product management capabilities across the organization.