Director, Internal Developer Portal

Requisition ID: 261597

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

As the Director, Internal Developer Portal (IDP) at Scotiabank, you will lead the strategy, delivery, and adoption of a unified portal that streamlines how engineers discover, consume, and operate internal capabilities (services, templates, environments, documentation, and paved paths). You will partner with platform engineering, security, architecture, and product teams to reduce developer friction, improve software delivery performance, and strengthen governance through a consistent, self-service developer experience.

Is this role right for you? In this role you will:

• Portal Strategy: Define and execute the strategy for the Internal Developer Portal, including vision, roadmap, operating model, and adoption plan. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align portal capabilities with business goals and platform priorities.

• Portal Architecture & Integrations: Design the portal’s information architecture and integration patterns across CI/CD, source control, artifact repositories, observability, ITSM, identity, and cloud platforms. Ensure the portal is scalable, resilient, and secure.

• Golden Paths & Self-Service: Promote standardized golden paths (paved roads), templates, and self-service workflows that enable teams to build, deploy, and operate services safely and consistently. Champion automation and developer enablement across the software lifecycle.

• Portal Governance: Establish governance frameworks for the portal including service catalog standards, ownership metadata, lifecycle controls, and audit-ready workflows. Ensure alignment with security, risk, and compliance requirements while maintaining an excellent developer experience.

• Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, platform teams, architects, and developer communities to prioritize needs, curate content, and deliver a cohesive portal experience. Drive change management and communications to increase adoption.
• Talent Development: Lead and grow a multidisciplinary team (product, engineering, and enablement). Mentor team members in platform product management, developer experience practices, and continuous improvement.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We'd love to work with you if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (advanced degree preferred).
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or developer enablement, with at least 5 years in leadership roles delivering internal platforms or products at scale.
• Strong understanding of modern software delivery (CI/CD), cloud platforms, microservices, and the tooling ecosystem that an Internal Developer Portal integrates (e.g., identity, observability, developer tooling, and service catalogs).
• Proven leadership experience, including building and managing teams that deliver reliable internal products and shared platforms.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to align diverse stakeholders and drive measurable improvements (e.g., onboarding time, deployment frequency, lead time, and developer satisfaction).

What's in it for you?

• Diversity, 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.
• Accessibility 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.
• Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.
• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days and benefits will start on day one.
• Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons, contests, Humans of Digital and much more!

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto

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.

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.