Practice Lead I, Quality Engineering

at  TD Bank

EMPLOYEE/TEAM

• Cultivate and model the Colleague Promise to support colleague growth, and a culture of care; make an impact at work and in our communities by leading with authenticity and supporting wellbeing to represent TD’s brand
• Connect the alignment of colleague’s contributions with the TD Shared Commitments
• Build and retain 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 collaborate to move with speed and get things done
• Demonstrate 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
• Sustain, identify strong talent, recruit, and develop a diverse talent pipeline of qualified workforce to innovate and maximize individual strengths to lead to a better business outcome
• Enable colleague growth by encouraging colleague development to achieve career and business objectives, ensuring timely feedback, motivating appreciation and recognition to all colleagues
• Enable 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
• Foster an environment that promotes sharing of knowledge, information, skills, and subject matter expertise among the team; ensure timely management and escalation of issues and create opportunities to collaborate with other functions and teams
• Lead your team through change and create 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, reinforcing a focus on results that align to One TD
• Foster a high-performance culture by setting team targets and objectives, promoting, and facilitating on-going feedback/coaching and conducting Quarterly Check-Ins for all colleagues to drive accountability and business results Manage employees in compliance with all human resources policies, procedures, and guidelines of conduct

EXPERIENCE AND/OR EDUCATION

• University or Graduate / post graduate degree in Computer Science or related Engineering discipline; or equivalent practical experience
• Strong academic background (e.g., software engineering, computer science)
• Graduate degree: nice to have
• 7+ years of relevant experience in field of specialization

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop Automation Strategy : Create an overarching automation strategy that aligns with the organizations business objectives and roadmap
• Evaluate and Select Tools : Research and recommend automation tools (e,g RPA, testing frameworks , CI/CD tools ) based on organization needs.
• Scalability Planning : Ensure the automation strategy can scale with the growth of business and handle increased loads
• Design Automation Solutions : Architect solutions for automating business processes , workflows and system integrations
• Define Technical Standards : Establish guidelines and best practices for automation implementation (coding standards , version control , documentation)
• Lead Automation Teams : Supervise and guide development teams or engineers in the implementation of automation processes
• Optimization: continuously monitor and optimize existing automation solutions to improve performance , efficiency and reliability
• Innovation : Stay updated on the latest automation technologies , tools and trends , proposing upgrades and enhancements where necessary
• Cost – Benefit Analysis : Assess the ROI and cost efficiency of Automation initiatives to ensure they deliver value to the business