Senior Product Manager, Commercial Lending Decisioning & Insights (English/Spanish)

Senior Product Manager, Commercial Lending Decisioning & Insights - Canadian and International Commercial Banking
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.Purpose
The Sr. Product Mgr, Commercial Lending Decisioning & Insights plays a pivotal role executing the strategic vision, scope, and design of lending decisioning for data model platforms for Canadian Commercial Banking (CCB) and International Commercial Banking (ICB). This position is central to collaborating within a governance framework with Risk and Business teams, coordinating model development and standardization across regions, and ensuring the successful delivery of data-driven use cases that enhance operational efficiency and risk management. The Sr. Manager will support stakeholder and vendor relationships and provide expert analysis and reporting that informs executive decision-making and supports the calculation of financial benefits.Accountabilities
Design and Analytical Thinking: Communicate and drive the overall vision, scope, and design of data model platforms to ensure alignment with business objectives and user needs. Obtain sign-off from business unit stakeholders and coordinate the strategic roadmap for data-driven initiativesGovernance Framework: Support and work within the governance structure, collaborating closely with Risk and Business teams for successful implementation of data-driven decision models globallyModel Development and Standardization: Coordinate across International and Canadian Commercial Banking business and data teams to align and deliver the end-to-end lifecycle of model development, standardization, and deployment across regions. Ensure that data elements, processes, and model upgrades are harmonized and scalableDelivery of Use Cases and Business Expertise: Support the identification, prioritization, and execution of high-impact use cases. Provide business expertise and feedback to delivery teams, ensuring solutions are actionable, measurable, and add value to clients and stakeholders. Monitor industry trends and translate insights into actionable solutionsBacklog Management: Maintain and prioritize a dedicated backlog with partners across Commercial, Data & Analytics and Engineering partners to ensure user experience across client segments that is logical, engaging, and accessible. Engage day to day with the scrum teams, clarifying questions and helping with decision makingImplement robust project management methodologies and processes to identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, ensuring successful project delivery. Escalate critical issues and drive decision-making and accountability by supporting cross-functional executive and senior management forums to align opportunities, challenges and required actions. Report on the progress of (and escalating issues with) recommendations and solutions to considerStakeholder and Vendor Management: Build and maintain productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including business line leaders, risk partners, analytics teams, and technology vendorsFinancial Benefit Support: Collaborate with finance and analytics teams to support process owners in the calculation and validation of financial benefits arising from data-driven initiativesUnderstands how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisionsActively pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her/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 riskChampions a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environmentDimensions
Position is both strategy-focused and execution-orientedThe incumbent will be involved with cross-functional project/implementation teams and use negotiation/influencing skills to ensure progress and delivery on a timely basis.The incumbent is expected to independently manage his/her/their own time and resolve or elevate any issues promptly. Measurement criteria include achievement of key metrics, project delivery and budgets as determinedThe environment is fast paced, demanding and will at times require priorities to be re-adjusted to accommodate urgent requests. This requires an individual who possess a high level of flexibility and adaptability.Education
Business, Engineering, Computer Science degree with related experience in product management and/or product ownershipMBA preferred, but not requiredSkills/Work Experience
Minimum 5 years’ experience in product management owning and delivering digital products/journey end to end, from inception to deliveryStrong understanding of the Commercial Banking business lines including credit policies and processes, servicing models and productsFull professional proficiency in both English and Spanish is requiredStrong knowledge on a wide range of current market delivery segments and emerging technologiesStrong written and verbal communication skills in English & Spanish with proven ability to influence stakeholdersPrevious work experience/success in product development/management, business analysis or in a related fieldExcellent project delivery skills, with proven accomplishments leading cross-functional projectsStrong problem solver with ability to lead the team to push to solution and progressExcellent organizational and analytical skills with strong attention to detailCurious and experimental mindset to drive innovation amidst uncertaintyAbility to build trusted relationships, instill confidence and influence stakeholdersSkilled at identifying and solving ambiguous problems to drive customer and business valueKnowledgeable about multiple functional areas such as Product Management, Agile/Scrum, Engineering, UX/UI DesignEngineering, Computer Science or Business degrees considered an assetLanguage Requirement
Full professional proficiency in both English and Spanish is required. The successful candidate must be able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with clients, business partners, and stakeholders across multiple regions.Working Conditions
Work in a standard office based environmentLocation(s): Canada : Ontario : TorontoScotiabank 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. If you require technical assistance, please click here.
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