Global Wealth Banking and Markets Engineering (GWBMT) is the fast-moving, award-winning technology engine that powers Scotiabank's Wealth and Capital Markets businesses.

The Platform

Engineering organization provides the foundational technology platforms and cloud services that enable application teams to innovate rapidly, securely, and at scale. Our portfolio includes enterprise Kubernetes platforms spanning on-premises and Google Cloud environments, Cloud Enablement Services, Kafka as a Service, Airflow as a Service, Fine-Grained Access Management capabilities, and future developer platform offerings that accelerate application modernization and cloud adoption. We are seeking a Director Platform Product Owner to lead the product strategy, roadmap, adoption, and delivery of a portfolio of enterprise platform products that serve hundreds of engineers and mission-critical applications across the bank.

As a senior product leader, you will partner closely with Platform Engineering, Architecture, Security, Infrastructure, and application development teams to ensure our platforms deliver measurable business value, exceptional user experiences, and scalable solutions that meet the needs of a rapidly evolving enterprise landscape. You will act as the voice of the engineering customer while balancing engineering priorities, platform sustainability, risk management, and strategic technology objectives. Identify emerging customer needs and market trends to drive innovation and platform evolution.

Establish product success metrics, adoption goals, customer satisfaction targets, and business outcomes. Prioritize investments and roadmap initiatives based on business value, engineering impact, risk reduction, and operational efficiency. Build deep understanding of customer journeys, pain points, and platform adoption barriers.

Lead customer advisory forums, feedback programs, and adoption reviews to continually improve platform offerings. Establish product analytics frameworks and measurable indicators to track platform utilization, customer outcomes, productivity gains, and business value realization.

Technical Product Ownership

Collaborate with architects and engineering teams to define platform capabilities, service offerings, APIs, and user experiences. Ensure platform products align with enterprise architecture standards, security requirements, and regulatory obligations.



Lead the planning and execution of platform product initiatives from ideation through delivery and adoption.

Partner with engineering leaders to balance feature development, platform reliability, technical debt reduction, and operational excellence. Drive agile product delivery practices, roadmap governance, backlog prioritization, and release planning. Track delivery performance and ensure successful execution of strategic initiatives across multiple platform teams.

Manage dependencies, risks, and stakeholder expectations across a complex enterprise environment. Define and monitor key platform performance indicators, including availability, reliability, scalability, security, adoption, and customer satisfaction. Partner with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Security, and Operations teams to improve platform resiliency and operational maturity.

Balance innovation with operational stability and risk management. Own the end-to-end platform user experience across onboarding, self-service workflows, documentation, observability, support engagement, and lifecycle management. Build strong relationships with senior technology leaders, architects, engineering teams, security stakeholders, and business partners.

Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences. Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment across multiple organizations. ~ Strong strategic thinking, prioritization, and data-driven decision-making capabilities.

Technical Expertise

Experience with public cloud platforms, preferably Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Familiarity with event-driven architectures, Kafka, streaming platforms, and modern data infrastructure. Understanding of workflow orchestration and data engineering platforms such as Apache Airflow.

Knowledge of Identity and Access Management, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Fine-Grained Authorization, and Zero Trust security principles. Understanding of platform security, risk management, compliance, and operational resilience requirements.

Experience building or managing Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs)



and self-service engineering ecosystems.

Background in Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Architecture, or Software Engineering.

Experience driving enterprise cloud transformation and migration programs. Knowledge of Google Cloud technologies including GKE, networking, observability, and security services. Platform adoption and customer satisfaction Reliability, availability, and operational performance of platform services Achievement of security, compliance, and risk management objectives Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank.

We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employee to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans. Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - We value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible setting for everyone. Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.

Competitive

Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days, and benefits will start on day one.

Community

Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from;

we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs. Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas.

Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets. At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know.

📌 Director, Platform Product Owner (Toronto)
🏢 Scotiabank
📍 Toronto