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

Leads and oversees Infrastructure Solution Architecture in Global Technology & Enterprise Platforms (GTEP) globally ensuring business strategies, plans and initiatives are executed / delivered in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.

Leads the Infrastructure Solution Architecture team responsible for delivering end-to-end infrastructure solution architecture for programs, projects, products, and initiatives for GTEP services. The role ensures solution designs consistently leverage approved architecture patterns, standards, and certified Engineering service offerings while aligning with enterprise architecture principles, regulatory obligations, resilience expectations, and the Bank’s risk appetite.

This role is accountable for enabling consistent, scalable, secure, and service-based infrastructure solution delivery across Network, Unified Communications, Enterprise Platforms, Cloud, Data Center, Hosting, Compute, Virtualization, Server OS, Containerization, Database, Storage, and related infrastructure platforms. The role provides the delivery-facing architecture function that translates strategy, standards, and Engineering service offerings into practical solution designs for implementation.

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

Leads and oversees the Infrastructure Solution Architecture team, providing direction, prioritization, and accountability for Infrastructure solution delivery across enterprise demand

Builds and develops a high-performing team through coaching, mentorship, and succession planning

Establishes clear expectations for solution architecture quality, consistency,



and alignment to standards and Engineering services

Drives a customer-focused, delivery-oriented culture supporting enterprise consumption of GTEP services

Leads end-to-end infrastructure solution architecture for enterprise programs, projects, products, and initiatives consuming GTEP services

Ensures solution designs are scalable, secure, resilient, cost-effective, and aligned to business and regulatory requirements

Provides architectural oversight from intake through design, approval, and delivery alignment

Ensures consistent integration across infrastructure domains (network, cloud, platforms, compute, storage and related services)

Ensures all solution designs consume certified Engineering service offerings and approved architecture patterns wherever possible

Partners with Engineering to validate service availability, feasibility, and operational readiness

Promotes repeatable and standardized solution delivery through reuse of approved services and patterns

Ensures deviations are identified early and governed through the ARB exception process

Aligns solution designs to target-state architectures, standards, and platform strategies defined by Infrastructure Strategy & Architecture

Partners with Governance & Assurance to ensure compliance with ARB requirements, standards, and control frameworks

Ensures risks, trade-offs,



and non-standard decisions are clearly documented and governed

Provides feedback to Strategy & Architecture on gaps in standards, patterns, or Engineering services

Works across Client Engagement, Engineering, Strategy & Architecture, Governance, Security, and Risk teams to deliver aligned and executable solutions

Acts as escalation point for cross-domain design conflicts, dependencies, and delivery constraints

Ensures solution architecture supports operational controls, regulatory compliance, and enterprise risk posture

Drives consistent solution outcomes and eliminates one-off or non-standard designs across the enterprise

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

Creates an environment in which their team pursues effective and productive 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.

Builds 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 vision/values/business strategy; and, managing succession and development planning for the team.

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

Do you have the skills that will enable yo

📌 Director of Infrastructure Solution Architecture (Toronto)
🏢 Scotiabank
📍 Toronto