Associate Vice President, Network Services

Description

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The Associate Vice President, Network Services role provides technical and operational leadership for enterprise network infrastructure across TD's global Network Services portfolio. This role leads a team of network delivery & engineering managers and architectural subject matter experts responsible for the design, delivery, and successful operation of secure, reliant, and scalable network services across TD's Retail, Campus, and Datacenter LAN, WAN, MAN network technologies across the US, Canada, and international locations across TD's businesses.

This highly visible network role is accountable for execution of the network strategy, operational stability, and financial management across the network services portfolio, encompassing delivery of network capabilities aligned to business objectives and regulatory requirements for a GSIB banking organization. Combining deep technical expertise with executive leadership, this key leadership function ensures consistent service performance, cost discipline, and continuous improvement across the network environment.

As a leader of one of the key network technology towers, this role has key involvement in supporting and partnering with other Infrastructure & Engineering teams to align network services consumed by application and platform owners, inclusive of Enterprise Architecture and related technology teams.

Depth & Scope:

• Leads and develops a team of globally distributed Senior Managers responsible for supporting network technologies across core routing and switching and related technologies
• Drives development and execution of the network services strategy and roadmap aligned with Infrastructure & Engineering and business priorities
• Oversees engineering, design, deployment, and lifecycle management components of enterprise network infrastructure including routing, switching, security controls, as well as connectivity and edge services.
• Ensures highly available, performant network technologies supported in partnership with Infrastructure & Engineering Operations team, ensuring operational resilience.
• Partners with Network Operations to drive enterprise monitoring frameworks and analytics platforms related to network performance testing and related platforms.
• Accountable for Network Services P&L, including portfolio planning and forecasting, cost optimization, and overall spend management
• Ensures network infrastructure operates in compliance with banking regulatory requirements and risk management frameworks prescribed by Enterprise Protect
• Maintains deep technical understanding of enterprise networking technologies, architectures, and industry trends aligned with banking technology
• Drives further adoption of network automation, observability technologies, and modern network engineering practices
• Promotes a culture of technical excellence, operational rigor, and continuous improvement across the networking domain – inclusive of automation and orchestration capabilities to drive predictable outcomes.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related fields.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in enterprise networking tied to technology leadership
• Deep understanding of network technologies in global banking environments and complexities of multi-national global WAN footprints.
• Experience with Cisco, Aruba, Arista, Zscaler, Netskope, Palo Alto Prisma, Aruba EdgeConnect, VMware Velocloud.
• Proven track record of implementing enterprise-level technology solutions in a fast-paced, regulated environment.
• Experience working with regulatory bodies and ensuring compliance with financial industry standards relative to network technologies in practice.
• Strong communication, leadership, stakeholder management, and strategic visioning skills.

Who We Are:

TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we strive to make every interaction, product, and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to foster deeper relationships, ensure disciplined execution, and build a simpler, faster banking experience. TD is deeply committed to being a leader in client experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are client facing. Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities.

Our Total Rewards Package
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs.

Additional Information:
We’re delighted that you’re considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.

Colleague Development

If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities.

If you’re passionate about helping clients and building deep, lasting relationships, TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.

We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process
We’ll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation
Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you’d like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Language Requirement (Quebec only):

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