Technical Specialist Advisory, Release Management

Requisition ID: 183283

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

The Team

The Release Management team of Canadian Banking (CB) Group is committed to ensuring release delivery of complex business solutions for the Canadian Banking Business Line in support of the Bank’s strategic objectives. The Team oversees application releases across the Engineering teams to manage the overall risk while adhering to Enterprise Release and Change management controls and policies. The reach and opportunity of this Team extends to working with projects at a Global scale and meets the passion and drive of experiencing new initiatives each time. We work fast, and we work smart.

Why Us?

• At Scotiabank, our culture is deeply supportive and rich in opportunity and reward.
• We are curious and constantly seek improvement in all we do because that’s what our business demands
• We operate with good intentions, confidence, and humility
• We welcome diversity of background, thought, and experience
• We listen actively and value each other
• We foster a fun environment that inspires creativity
• We ensure Information Technology releases are authorized within the boundaries of established Release Management controls and policies to manage overall risk of releases promoted to production environment.

What You’ll Be Doing

Provide leadership and direction to ensure adherence to strategic approach and manage releases and/or projects from end-to-end to ensure Release Management Standards are met and processes followed to secure the best possible outcome. You’ll use your expertise in release and project management to make recommendations for continuous improvements on all project plans. You will preform Release planning, Risk mitigation, pre and post implementation review and monitoring activities. Design, develop, and maintain Business Intelligence solutions, streamline and automate reporting solutions. You’ll Independently investigate ad-hoc issues, propose different options, and drive issue resolution.

How You’ll Succeed

• Champion a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
• Lead and drive continuous improvements towards Enterprise and industry standardization in Release and Change management processes
• Innovate to raise the bar on release management competencies through automation, modern technology and best practices
• Provide leadership in working collaboratively with our stakeholders and constituents to plan & co-ordinate application release lifecycle, manage risks, measure and monitor release progress. Responsible for ensuring that resources, timelines and the overall quality of the process are considered.
• Build and maintain strong, trusted working relationships within IT&S to evolve the release management discipline and competency. Adopt and implement modern approaches that support agile software development release cadence.
• Provide SME support to stakeholders to investigate and resolve complex problems and conflicts impacting releases and changes. Work closely with the other Release Management, Test Environment, Development and Quality Assurance teams.
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Champion a high-performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.
• Work in collaboration with various teams to combine all the individual teamwork into a release. Manage risks and work with the team to resolve issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality.
• Monitor progress and work with the team to ensure release is delivered on time complying with all bank requirements such as gating. Adopt and implement modern approaches that support software development release management and implementation cadence.
• Constantly be looking for process and organizational improvements that increase efficiency and raise quality. Utilize your communication skills to effectively collaborate and influence peers and development teams to improve existing processes and bring better practices and tools onboard
• Support Project teams on delivery both from a project and overall release perspective, working with multiple teams within multiple delivery platforms.
• Provide consulting or advisory services, which are consistent with our role to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes while maintaining objectivity and independence.

Who You Are

• You embrace and champion change. You’ll continuously evolve your thinking and the way you work with stakeholders to deliver your best on common objectives.
• You’re driven by collective success. You know that collaboration can transform a good idea into a great one. You understand the power of an inclusive team that enjoys working together to create shared vision.
• Your influence makes an impact. You know that relationships and networks are essential to success. You inspire outcomes by making yourself heard.
• You have a degree/diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, and/or a related field of study. It’s an asset if you have your PMP Designation.
• You can demonstrate experience in Project Management methodology, principles, and tools, within a minimum of 5 years experience in Release Management. It’s an asset if you have experience with Agile methodologies, Program/Portfolio Management, JIRA, Confluence, and knowledge of the Software Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC). It’s an asset if you have previous work experience managing implementation of releases
• Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work, and you live our values - Trust, Teamwork, and Accountability.

Work Environment - #LI-Hybrid

Scotiabank 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. Jarislowsky, Fraser Limited (“JFL”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bank of Nova Scotia (“Scotiabank”) and operates as a distinct business division. JFL manages the portfolios of pension funds, foundations and endowments, corporations and high-net-worth individuals in Canada and internationally.

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. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.