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This role provides enterprise leadership to ensure that cloud infrastructure and platform services are designed, built, and operated with appropriate risk management, regulatory compliance, and security controls embedded by default across the full technology lifecycle.\nReporting directly to the Senior Vice President & Global Head, Global Banking & Markets Engineering, the role blends governance accountability with a strong engineering mindset. The Director partners closely with independent risk, compliance, and control functions to define a comprehensive control inventory, while leading the automation and enforcement of those controls through scalable cloud engineering frameworks. This position plays a critical role in enabling safe cloud adoption at scale, supporting innovation while meeting regulatory and audit expectations.\nIs this role right for you? In this role you will:\nOwn the design, implementation, and ongoing evolution of the cloud controls and governance framework, ensuring alignment with regulatory, risk, security, and audit requirements applicable to financial services.\nPartner with independent risk, compliance, and control functions to establish and maintain a comprehensive, well-defined control inventory for cloud infrastructure and platform services.\nLead the automation and enforcement of controls across the cloud lifecycle, embedding guardrails into engineering platforms, pipelines, and reference architectures.\nBuild and lead a high-performing team of 3-4 specialists responsible for translating control requirements into scalable engineering solutions and reusable frameworks.\nCollaborate with product and platform Technical Program Managers to ensure controls are captured early in design and consistently applied through build, deployment, and operations.\nDefine and oversee engineering-led governance mechanisms, including dashboards, interfaces, and metrics that provide real-time visibility into control effectiveness and compliance posture.\nInfluence cloud strategy and platform roadmaps to ensure risk and control considerations are addressed without compromising developer productivity or time to market.\nSupport internal and external audits, regulatory inquiries, and management reviews by providing clear evidence of automated control design and operation.\nEstablish standards, policies, and patterns that promote secure-by-design and compliant-by-default cloud engineering practices.\nDo you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We’d love to work with you if you have:\nBachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.\nExtensive experience in cloud engineering, platform engineering, or cloud security within largescale, regulated environments.\nDemonstrated experience designing and implementing automated controls, policy-as-code, and governance frameworks across IaaS and PaaS platforms.\nProven people-leadership experience, including building and leading small, specialized technical teams.\nExperience in financial services, capital markets, or other highly regulated industries.\nDeep familiarity with public cloud platforms and modern control enforcement techniques (e.g., policy-as-code, CI/CD integration, cloud security posture management).\nExperience engaging with regulators, auditors, and second-line risk functions on technology control matters.\nStrong executive communication skills with the ability to influence senior technology and risk leaders.\nWhat's in it for you?\nDiversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employee to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans.\nAccessibility and Workplace Accommodations - 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. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove, and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.\nUpskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.\nCompetitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days, and benefits will start on day one.\nCommunity Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs.\nLocation(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto\nScotiabank 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.\nAt 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. 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