Requisition ID: 234791
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.
Global Banking and Markets (GBM) is a leading Canadian Capital Markets and Investment Banking business with a growing platform in the US and Latin America, operating globally for over 100 years. Scotiabank’s strong U.S. presence provides our clients an important bridge to this key global market for trade and investment flows across the Americas and the world.
Global Banking & Markets provides a full range of investment banking, credit and risk management products and services relevant to the financing and strategic development needs of our clients. Our products include debt and equity financing, mergers & acquisitions, corporate banking, institutional equity sales, trading and research, fixed income products, derivatives, energy, foreign exchange and precious & metals. We also cross-sell the full range of wholesale products and services offered by the Scotiabank Group.
Be part of an innovative, Global Capital Markets and Investment Banking business with a unique geographic footprint that puts capital to work for our clients across industries! We work together to drive ambition for every future!
The Senior Manager will contribute to the overall success and application of various Emerging and Cloud Technologies towards Cloud Security and Systems Resiliency improvements as part of the Global Risk Management (GRM) team globally. Ensuring specific goals, plans, and initiatives are executed/delivered in support of the team’s technology strategy, business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities are conducted in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.
Collaborate with top-tier professionals across business and technology- Cloud Security and Cloud Engineering leads, aligned risk leads, first line of defense (1LOD), Regulatory Relations, Internal Audit, and the Enterprise Technology Risk Management team. Together, you will bring a Cloud technologist mindset to work towards application of various emerging and cloud technologies (such as Quantum Computing and GenAi) towards advancement of Cloud Security and Risk Management functions like identification, assessment and mitigations involving Cloud Security posture management, availability and resiliency of technology systems while ensuring effective communication with senior management and stakeholders. You will also work in implementing and maturing the Cloud Control Framework for Global Risk Management (GRM) function.
You will also work in applying and maturing Bank technology and systems by leveraging your technical skills for various core cloud technology platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure), Quantum Computing, GenAi and Resiliency efforts.
As part of the second line of defense, the Cloud Security, IT Risk and Emerging Technology team provides independent oversight and challenge, and assists in developing methodologies, policies, processes and tools to support the Cloud Security Posture Management, Cyber and IT Risk Management Framework.

• Champion a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
• Cloud Technologist: leverage your Cloud Technologist or Architect skills and experience to evaluate GenAi, Cloud Computing (Quantum computing) and how these ties to evolving industry regulations in financial services domain.
• Implement Technologies: assist in development of Proof of Concepts, architecture that tie to bank relevant business applications and use cases focused on emerging technologies in areas like GenAi and Security, Stablecoin, blockchain and evolving Quantum computing in Cloud. Staying up to date on emerging trends and technologies is highly desired
• Control Evaluation: Evaluate the design of Cloud controls and communicate the impact of control weaknesses to first line teams and control implementers. Drive a program across stakeholders to delivery results.
• Alignment Evaluation: Evaluate the extent to which the first line of defense is aligned with internal and external control standards, as well as regulatory and audit requirements.
• Lead 2nd Line Challenge: Conduct comprehensive challenge to identify potential availability and resiliency threats and vulnerabilities in the Bank’s processes, systems, and Cloud operations. Partner with 1st line of defense to develop risk mitigation strategies across key IT/Cloud domains. Challenge IT/Cloud risks within scenario analysis and thematic reviews. Conduct technology risk assessments, develop Cloud Control Framework, metrics, and controls within globally complex, dispersed, and diverse organizations.
• Stakeholder Advisory: Advise stakeholders on risk management, controls development, and adherence to mitigate risks.
• Risk Monitoring: Proactively monitor key risk indicators, analyze control metrics, and provide reporting, insights on risk management effectiveness to senior management, driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Reporting: Support monthly and quarterly IT and Cyber Risk report development for various risk committees and senior management.
• Security Operations: Manage assessments of design, operations of processes and technologies, including but not limited to System architecture and life cycle management, Technology management process (e.g., Resiliency, release, configuration, change, incident, problem management), system monitoring and alerting.
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Actively 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.
• Champion a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.