Director,Technology Workforce Transformation Job Toronto area,Ontario Canada,IT/Tech

Position: Director, Technology Workforce Transformation and Future of Work

What You’ll Do

1. Enterprise & Technology Workforce Strategy

Develop and deliver a multi‑year workforce transformation and future‑of‑work strategy aligned to enterprise and Technology priorities.

Redesign how work is done by integrating people, skills, technology, AI, and operating models.

Conduct workforce foresight, scenario planning, and skills supply/demand modelling across critical domains (engineering, cloud, cybersecurity, data, AI, automation).

Provide strategic guidance to senior leaders on skills risk, labor market trends, organizational design, and workforce investment decisions.

2. Work, Role & Operating Model Redesign

Lead future‑state work and operating model design, including role definition, team structures, decision rights, and workflows.

Apply AI‑enabled organization design and workforce analytics to assess current states, model scenarios, and generate insights.

Partner with Technology and business leaders to reimagine value delivery across platforms and functions.

Translate designs into scalable, repeatable models embedded into enterprise execution.

3. Skills Strategy & Capability Modernization

Define and operationalize an enterprise skills strategy with deep Technology integration.

Build skills frameworks, role architecture, and capability roadmaps for critical future roles (AI/ML, cloud engineering, cyber, Dev Ops, SRE).

Lead large‑scale upskilling and reskilling initiatives in partnership with HR, Learning, Academia, and external providers.

Advance adoption of a skills‑based organization, embedding skills into workforce planning, talent, and development decisions.

4. Talent Ecosystem & Workforce Innovation

Design and expand early‑career and alternative talent pathways (internships, co‑ops, apprenticeships, returnships).

Build partnerships with universities, bootcamps, and technology skilling organizations.

Enable career pathways, mobility, and internal talent marketplaces to drive engagement and retention.

Pilot and scale innovative workforce models, building playbooks for enterprise adoption.

5. Organizational Health, Culture & Ways of Working

Lead initiatives to strengthen organizational health, engagement, leadership capability, and culture across Technology and adjacent functions.

Champion modern ways of working, including hybrid work, agile leadership, collaboration, and productivity.

Translate future‑of‑work trends into practical, business‑ready interventions.

Integrate organization design, talent, and change management into transformation roadmaps.

6. Transformation Execution & Program Leadership

Lead complex, multi‑year transformation programs (e.g., AI workforce readiness, cloud enablement, automation workforce strategies).

Run pilot‑test‑scale efforts, converting insights into repeatable enterprise solutions.

Establish KPIs and executive dashboards to track impact on productivity, skills readiness, engagement, and cost.

Manage budgets, vendors, and cross‑functional delivery teams.

7. Stakeholder Partnership & Leadership

Act as a trusted partner to Technology executives, HR leaders, and enterprise stakeholders.

Influence effectively across matrixed, global environments.

Lead and develop a high‑performing, innovation‑oriented team, fostering continuous learning and collaboration.

Represent workforce transformation initiatives in enterprise governance and leadership forums.

Lead and drive a customer focused culture throughout their team to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.

Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.

Create 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.

Build a high performance environment and implements a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops and motivates their team by fostering an inclusive work…