Director - Innovation

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Title:

Director - Innovation

Location:

Toronto 

Employment Type:

Permanent

Salary:

per year

Job Description:

We're looking for a candidate to fill this position in an exciting company.



  • Supporting strategic sponsorship, partnership and thought leadership with business & technology partners around innovative technology solutions
  • Developing, planning and strategizing on opportunities that will produce productionized solutions
  • Managing a team of technology and business professionals (business analysts, product specialists, software engineers, data scientists etc.)
  • Initiating and leading discussions to support design/architecture/development with emerging technology solutions (ex. Distributed Ledger technology, AI/ML, NLP, Cryptography, Cybersecurity, Cloud etc.)
  • Support team to design & develop proof of concepts to show value as needed
  • Tracking of finances for all initiatives in the Innovation portfolio
  • Supporting reporting and governance mechanisms to enhance Innovation Program efficiency and effectiveness
  • Strong technical knowledge & experience in architecture or development
  • 5+ years of people management/ relevant start-up experience with a proven track record of building and leading high performing teams
  • Experience translating product and technology strategy into actionable program, product, and project deliverables
  • An entrepreneurial mindset to drive change and make an impact
  • Excellent communication and change management skills
  • Energy, curiosity, being a continuous learner
  • Understanding of emerging technologies
  • Familiarity with the banking domain and banking technology
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Company Info
Scotiabank

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