Sr. Manager Third Party Resilience

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Requisition ID : 243845

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

The Team

Contributes to the overall success of the Business Continuity for Third Parties function within Enterprise Crisis and Business Continuity Management, by ensuring individual goals, plans, and initiatives are executed in support of the Bank’s strategic objectives. Ensures all activities conducted adhere to governing regulations, the Bank’s Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) Framework, and internal policies and procedures.

The Role

The Sr. Manager Third Party Resilience will lead the development, implementation, and ongoing management of an enterprise-wide internal contingency planning program. This role is responsible for building a cohesive methodology aligning to the Operational Resilience program, TPRM lifecycle, and regulatory guidelines (e.g., OSFI), ensuring the Bank can effectively prepare for, respond to, and recover from disruptions involving external service providers.

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

• Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank capabilities.
• Lead the design, build, and rollout of an enterprise-wide internal contingency plan program, with explicit alignment to third-party risk practices, including concentration risk, substitutability, and exit strategy requirements.
• Support development of governance, standards, and processes for contingency planning across business lines and corporate functions - embedding TPRM principles.
• Drive coordination and integration between contingency planning, business continuity, operational resilience, TPRM, Global Procurement Services, and Operational Risk activities to ensure a unified approach.
• Partners closely with TPRM to validate that contingency plans and exit strategies meet Bank and regulatory expectations.
• Oversee ongoing program monitoring, reporting, and compliance, including training and onboarding.
• Guide business units in developing, testing, and maintaining contingency plans—providing subject‑matter expertise and challenge.
• Lead program exercises and scenario testing focused on third‑party disruption events, ensuring lessons learned inform continuous improvement.
• Maintain strong knowledge of OSFI guidelines (e.g., B‑10) and global regulatory trends affecting third‑party oversight and resilience expectations.
• Ensure all Audit findings are managed within the agreed to timelines, providing necessary updates and documentation.
• 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, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day‑to‑day business controls to meet obligations with respect to third‑party risk management, operational risk, regulatory compliance risk, AML / ATF risk and conduct risk, including but not limited to responsibilities under the Operational Risk Management Framework, Regulatory Compliance Risk Management Framework and the Guidelines for Business Conduct.
• Champions a high‑performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.

Skills

What's in it for you?

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.

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