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

The Managing Director, Strategy & Transformation provides strategic direction, transformation leadership, executive advisory support and oversight for the Strategy & Transformation function. This role is accountable for shaping and advancing business-critical priorities, strengthening executive decision-making, enabling disciplined transformation execution, and ensuring strategic initiatives are aligned to financial, client, employee, risk and operational outcomes.

The Managing Director operates as a senior partner to the EVP business heads and key enterprise partners, translating Wealth Management priorities into integrated plans, governance routines, insights and measurable outcomes. The role leads a multi-disciplinary team responsible for strategic projects, executive reporting, employee engagement, client insights and change enablement, while ensuring activities are conducted in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.

Is this role right for you? In this role you will:

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

Function as a strategic advisor and trusted partner to the EVP and business heads, providing insight, challenge and recommendations on business strategy, organizational priorities, performance, client outcomes and transformation initiatives to support executive decision‑making.

Shape and leads the enterprise-wide CWM strategy, governance framework and operating cadence translating Canadian Wealth Management and Global Wealth Management priorities into integrated,



multi-execution roadmaps with clear accountability, disciplined execution and measurable business outcomes

Lead the identification, prioritization and execution oversight of enterprise and business‑critical initiatives, assessing strategic trade‑offs, resource implications, stakeholder impacts and organizational readiness to advance key business objectives.

Provide executive oversight of a portfolio of complex, cross-functional initiatives with significant business, client, employee and operational impact, ensuring appropriate governance, risk management, stakeholder alignment and realization of intended outcomes.

Act as the primary point of integration between Global Wealth Solutions leadership, the Office of the Group Head and enterprise partners to ensure strategic priorities are effectively coordinated, communicated and advanced across the organization.

Establish executive reporting, performance management and business insight frameworks that provide leadership with actionable intelligence, performance transparency and visibility into progress against strategic priorities.

Provide strategic oversight of client, employee and business performance insights, including ScotiaPulse results, ensuring findings are translated into actionable strategies that strengthen business performance, employee engagement and client outcomes.





Shape and advances the Global Wealth Solutions transformation agenda by driving alignment across strategy, communications, change management, culture, inclusion initiatives and organizational effectiveness initiatives to support sustainable business growth and performance.

Build and sustains influential relationships with senior leaders across Global Wealth Management and enterprise functions, leveraging influence and strategic partnership to achieve outcomes in a highly matrixed workplace.

Lead a function through Director and Senior Manager-level direct reports, with accountability for strategic direction, prioritization, governance, quality of executive deliverables, stakeholder alignment and people leadership across the Strategy & Transformation mandate.

Direct day-to-day activities in a manner consistent with the Bank’s risk culture and the relevant risk appetite statement and limits. Communicates the Bank’s risk culture and risk appetite statement throughout their teams.

Create an setting 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 environment and using a coaching mindset and behaviours; communicating vison/values/business strategy; and, managing succession and development planning for the team.

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📌 Managing Director, Strategy (Winnipeg)
🏢 Scotiabank
📍 Winnipeg