Office Focused
Toronto, Ontario
Full time
R_1509562
**Work Location:**
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
**Hours:**
37.5
**Line of Business:**
Analytics, Insights, & Artificial Intelligence
**Pay Details:**
$115,600 - $163,200 CAD
TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues.

Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD.

Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role.

The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.

As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.
**Job Description:**
The Senior Manager, Data Science leads a specialized team of data professionals varying in size and complexity that are responsible for aiding to drive changes and improvement in business practices through data science.

This role manages the overall data scientist team or function for a key business which may include Modelers and/or Data Scientist roles.

This role may also oversee the development of data models, data mining and analytic solutions.
**Day to Day:**
The Senior Manager, Data Science will deliver measurable value through predictive, prescriptive, and generative AI capabilities.

The successful candidate will combine deep technical expertise with strong leadership skills to build high-performing teams and establish a culture of innovation, experimentation, and responsible AI.

Lead and develop a team of Data Scientists, providing coaching, mentorship, technical guidance, and career development.

Partner with business leaders to identify and prioritize high-value machine learning, artificial intelligence, and advanced analytics opportunities.

Translate complex business problems into analytical frameworks, models, and actionable insights.

Oversee the end-to-end data science lifecycle, including problem formulation, feature engineering, model development, validation, deployment, monitoring, and ongoing optimization.

Guide the development of predictive, prescriptive, and generative AI solutions that improve business performance, efficiency, customer experience, and risk management outcomes.

Collaborate with data engineering, technology, and platform teams to ensure scalable and production-ready solutions.

Establish model governance, validation, explainability, documentation, and monitoring practices in accordance with enterprise risk management standards.

Evaluate emerging AI, machine learning, and data science techniques and recommend practical applications across the organization.

Present analytical findings, recommendations, and business cases to senior executives and stakeholders in a clear and impactful manner.

Drive experimentation and innovation through proof-of-concepts, pilots, and test-and-learn initiatives.

Ensure responsible and ethical use of AI through adherence to regulatory requirements, governance frameworks, and internal policies.

Manage portfolio planning, resource allocation, and delivery execution across multiple concurrent data science initiatives.
**Depth & Scope:**
Provides people management leadership by hiring the best talent, setting goals, developing staff, managing employee performance and compensation decisions, promoting teamwork and handling any/all disciplinary actions, as required
Oversees and leads a large and/or highly complex and diverse analytical function for an area of significant risk, complexity or scope
Strategic partner to leadership team on the management of the portfolio and financials, with deep industry, external/internal, enterprise knowledge, recognizing and anticipating emerging trends and identifying operational efficiencies and opportunities with other business management/enterprise areas
Facilitates key strategic discussions and provides thought leadership to executive audience (output may include strategic roadmap and/or deliverables/frameworks/short to long term goals etc.)
Sets operational team direction and collaborates with others to execute on common goals
Focuses on longer range planning for functional area (e.g. 12 months or greater)
**Education & Experience:**
Undergraduate degree or advanced technical degree preferred (e.g., math, physics, engineering, finance or computer science) Graduate's degree preferred with either progressive project work experience, or;
7+ year of relevant experience; higher degree education and research tenure can be counted
**Customer Accountabilities:**
Leads team of Data Scientists and provides day-to-day direction as needed
Acts as People Manager and is responsible for ongoing coaching and development, setting objectives, assessing performance
Works closely with business owners to identify opportunities and serves as an ambassador for data science
Leads and oversees the design and delivery of enterprise analytic solutions for customers
Works in a highly interactive, team-oriented environment with Big Data developers, and analytical experts
Collaborates with business partners to shape and prioritize ad hoc analysis
**Shareholder Accountabilities:**
Provides analytical thought leadership and stays current on developments in data mining and the application of data science
Manages workload of data science team, assigning data request to staff based on skills and development needs
Supports execution with excellence on key initiatives/programs
Designs effective test and learns for various programs or scenarios
Develops business specific plans; ensures work and resources are aligned to support objectives
Identifies opportunities for business growth within a specific business or function by identifying potential use cases and value drivers
Proactively supports the identification of issues, trends and opportunities, and brings forward recommendations based on judgment and facts
Leads team to prepare framework to succinctly take complex data and translate it into clear and concise recommendations




Ensures deep understanding and contributes to the achievement of the business strategy, goals, and objectives
Ensures team adheres to enterprise frameworks and methodologies related to overall business management activities
Leads relationships with corporate and/or control functions to ensure alignment with enterprise and/or regulatory requirements
Supports team in staying knowledgeable on emerging issues, trends and evolving regulatory requirements and assesses potential impacts to the Bank
Assesses/identifies key issues and escalates to appropriate levels and relevant stakeholders and business management where required
Identifies, mitigates, and reports on risk issues per enterprise policy/guidance and ensures appropriate escalation processes are followed
Ensures business operations are following applicable internal and external requirements (e.g. financial controls, segregation of duties, transaction approvals and physical control of assets)
Leads relationships with business lines / corporate and/or control functions to ensure alignment with enterprise and/or regulatory requirements
Leads or contributes to cross-functional/enterprise initiatives as an organizational or subject matter expert helping to identify risk/provide guidance for complex situations
Protects the interests of the organization – identifies and manages risks, and escalates non-standard, high-risk transactions/activities as necessary
Manages oversight process, risk-based identification and monitoring of related risks and regulatory compliance across the supported functions, while ensuring key controls and processes are effectively managed
Oversees or leads the facilitation and/or implementation of action/remediation plans to address performance/risk/governance issues
Keeps abreast of emerging issues, trends, and evolving regulatory requirements and assesses potential impacts
Maintains a culture of risk management and control, supported by effective processes in alignment with risk appetite
**Employee/Team Accountabilities:**
Cultivates and models the Colleague Promise to support colleague growth, and a culture of care; makes an impact at work and in our communities by leading with authenticity and supporting well-being to represent TD's brand
Connects the alignment of colleague's contributions with the TD Shared Commitments
Builds and retains an engaged and diverse team that embraces diversity of thought, creativity and curiosity; where every colleague and customer are valued, respected, and listened to; committed to a common goal and collaborates to move with speed and get things done
Demonstrates inclusive leadership by taking meaningful action with intention to support colleagues and customers across all dimensions of diversity, including those from underrepresented communities, being actively anti-racist, attracting and retaining diverse slate of candidates, nurturing mutual respect, inclusivity of thought and collaboration to drive successful results
Sustains, identifies strong talent, recruits and develops a diverse talent pipeline of qualified workforce to innovate and maximize individual strengths to lead to a better business outcome
Enables colleague growth by encouraging colleague development to achieve career and business objectives, ensuring timely feedback, motivating appreciation and recognition to all colleagues
Enables a continuous learning culture by proactively seeking, listening to and actioning feedback from peers and from colleague listening opportunities to continuously improve the colleague experience and grow your personal leadership
Fosters an environment that promotes sharing of knowledge, information, skills, and subject matter expertise among the team; ensures timely management and escalation of issues and creates opportunities to collaborate with other functions and team
Leads team through change and creates an environment where teams feel psychologically safe to challenge current practices by modeling resiliency and flexibility, communicating a compelling vision with clarity and empowering colleagues to drive innovation
Contributes to the development of business segment and/or enterprise functional strategic priorities within their operational area or field of specialty that drive results
Develops annual and/or long-term plans for own area that are aligned with enterprise-wide priorities, reinforces a focus on results that align to One TD
Fosters a high-performance culture by setting team targets and objectives, promotes and facilitates on-going feedback/coaching and conducting Quarterly Check-Ins for all colleagues to drive accountability and business results
Manages employees in compliance with all human resources policies, procedures and guidelines of conduct
**Preferred Qualifications:**
"Big Tech" experience strongly preferred
Master's degree in data science, PhD in data science, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
3+ years deep expertise in machine learning algorithms, statistical modeling, predictive analytics, and experimentation methodologies.
7+ years of experience applying advanced analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or statistical modeling techniques in complex business environments.

Advanced proficiency in Python and common data science libraries such as Pandas, Num

Py, Scikit-learn, Tensor

Flow, PyTorch, XGBoost, or similar frameworks.

Experience developing and deploying Generative AI, Large Language Model (LLM), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), or Agentic AI solutions.

Experience operationalizing machine learning models within enterprise environments using MLOps practices and cloud platforms.

Strong understanding of model governance, explainability, fairness, bias mitigation, and responsible AI practices.





Experience leading cross-functional AI and analytics initiatives involving business, technology, risk, and governance stakeholders.

Demonstrated ability to communicate complex analytical concepts to executive and non-technical audiences.

Experience in financial services, banking, risk management, audit, regulatory, or highly regulated industries.

Familiarity with cloud-based analytics environments such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.

Experience managing a portfolio of data science initiatives and delivering measurable business value.
**Who We Are:**
TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores.

Every day, we strive to make every interaction, product, and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world.

More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to foster deeper relationships, ensure disciplined execution, and build a simpler, faster banking experience. TD is deeply committed to being a leader in client experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are client facing.

Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities.
**Our Total Rewards Package**
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals.

Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking advantages and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs.

Learn more (http://www.td.com/ca/en/about-td/who-we-are/benefits-of-working-at-td)
**Additional Information:**
We're delighted that you're considering building a career with TD.

Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we're committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes.

It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.
**Colleague Development**
If you're interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed.

You'll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities.

If you're passionate about helping clients and building deep, lasting relationships, TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.

We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals.

Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.
**Training & Onboarding**
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you've got everything you need to succeed in your new role.
**Interview Process**
We'll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview.

We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.
**Accommodation**
Your accessibility is important to us.

Please let us know if you'd like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you!
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**Our Values**
At TD we're guided by our purpose to enrich the lives of our customers, communities and colleagues, and share a set of values that shape our culture and guide our behavior.

In exchange for how our colleagues show up to help TD succeed, we are committed to delivering a colleague experience grounded in Impact, Growth and a Culture of Care.

No matter where you work across TD, we empower you to make an impact at work and in your community, explore and grow your career and be part of our caring and inclusive culture.
**Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion**
At TD, we're committed to fostering an environment where all colleagues are encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work, experience equitable opportunities, and feel respected and supported.

We're dedicated to building an inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity of the customers and the communities in which we live and serve.
**Helping to Make an Impact in Communities – TD Ready Commitment**
TD has a long-standing commitment to help drive progress towards a more inclusive and sustainable future.

That's why we launched the TD Ready Commitment in 2018, now a multi-year North American initiative.

Under the TD Ready Commitment, we are targeting a total of C$1 billion by 2030 in community giving across four key, interconnected drivers of change: Financial Security, Vibrant Planet, Connected Communities, and Better Health.

It's our goal to help support change, nurture progress, and contribute to making the world a better, more inclusive place for our customers, colleagues, and communities.

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📌 Senior Manager, Data Science (Toronto)
🏢 TD Bank
📍 Toronto