Senior Director,Portfolio Management - GBM CIB Job Toronto area,Ontario Canada,Management

Requisition

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The role:

The Senior Director, Portfolio Management reports into the VP, Delivery & Portfolio Management supporting the Enterprise Delivery Office (EDO) within technology. This is a multi-discipline requirement role that is primarily accountable for delivering the program portfolio within a CIO pillar, while other initiatives may be added as required to meet business objectives, ensuring alignment with Scotiabank’s business strategy. This role is a key advisor to leaders, providing strategic guidance, transformative and innovative thought leadership and robust governance, and operational and technical excellence to enable successful delivery of initiatives.

This role champions a high-performance mindset and culture, fosters cross-functional collaboration and partnership, and is accountable for the end-to-end delivery of all program activities that aligns with and support Scotiabank’s strategy.

What will you do?

Across the portfolio, accountable for end to end project/program ideation, initiation, execution and closure. Working with business in business case assessment, creation, ensuring direct alignment between all requirements are fully identified, documented and tied to the stated outcomes and value.

Proactively manage project/program risk mitigation and issue resolution, within the portfolio.

Concise communicator, highlighting and escalating critical issues to senior leadership with root cause identification with solutions for timely resolution.

Strong business acumen, continuously builds relationships and connections with portfolio executive stakeholders to ensure execution delivery are meeting business strategic outcomes

Proven track record of building high performing team

Hands-on experience in managing large programs (20MM+) as program manager in financial industry is a must

Managed projects/programs in corporate functions areas in the financial industry

Strong financial acumen, responsible for end-to-end planning, forecasting, and estimation of accurate program/project financial planning &forecasting, resource capacity plan and forecast, vendor estimates, Statements of Work (SOW), Master Service Agreements (MSA) and contingent workers are in place

Responsible for tracking all financials, resource actuals against plan and identifying any discrepancies on time to ensure appropriate mitigations are deployed to avoid any delays on the project/program.

A passionate problem solver that is adept at proactively , uncovering, highlighting and escalating critical issues to senior leadership with root cause identification with solutions for timely resolution.

Responsible for the management of program and project objectives, coordination, and enable activities between the governance, design, delivery and support of workstreams.

Leverage robust project management skills, including agile and waterfall methodology, to lead the senior executive program streams, and manage multiple concurrent projects, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to budget and quality standards.

Ensure alignment of program strategy and objectives are delivered within the established timelines, ensuring pro-active identification of all associated risks are managed and mitigated appropriately

Deliver thought leadership for the assigned portfolio and serve as a key advisor to executive leadership on project prioritization, preventive project risk management, and effective resource allocation.

Accountable for planning and prioritizing initiatives across portfolios that support business strategy.

Primarily accountable for Leading and guiding teams within the assigned portfolio through all phases of program and project management including planning, execution, monitoring, and closure to ensure successful delivery of expected outcomes.

Accountable for the engagement and involvement of all technical stakeholders and requirements (i.e., Architectural, Infrastructure, Hosting and Network etc) are fully aligned and will deliver on the stated business benefit and outcomes.

Consistently interact with clients both in business and technology to manage project expectations and deliverables within allocated timelines and budget.

Accountable for developing, monitoring and reporting on project governance and key performance indicators to executive leadership.

Track portfolio progress, prepare and distribute status reports to internal and external stakeholders.

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Senior Director, Portfolio Management - GBM CIB