Manager, Engineering – Accounts

Description

Investment Management, Retail Wealth is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Engineering Manager, to lead Account Pods enabling the next generation Investment platform and enhancing the client experience across Retail Wealth Investments.

This role will lead the delivery enterprise-scale capabilities spanning customer-facing digital experiences, API enablement, cloud infrastructure modernization, data strategy, and platform transformation.

The successful candidate will partner closely with Product Owners, Architects, Release Managers, Business Leaders, and Vendor Partners to define and execute delivery roadmaps that support critical business outcomes.

This is a visible leadership role requiring exceptional execution capabilities, financial services experience, and proven success leading complex technology programs through all phases of delivery.

Key Accountabilities

Strategic Technology Leadership

• Lead end-to-end technology delivery for the Retail Wealth Accounts, including platform modernization, API enablement, customer experience enhancements, and data capabilities.
• Define technology roadmaps, delivery milestones, implementation strategies, and execution plans aligned with business objectives.
• Drive architecture and engineering decisions in partnership with Solution Architects and Engineering team.
• Ensure alignment to TD technology standards, security controls, regulatory requirements, and risk management practices.

Program and Delivery Leadership

• Lead delivery teams, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Establish scope, timelines, budget forecasts, dependencies, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Drive delivery predictability through strong planning, governance, and execution discipline.
• Manage competing priorities while maintaining focus on customer value and business outcomes.
• Provide executive-level reporting, status updates, and escalation management.

Engineering Excellence

• Lead team building scalable and resilient technology solutions using modern engineering practices.
• Champion cloud adoption, automation, continuous integration, and continuous delivery practices.
• Drive quality engineering, operational excellence, platform stability, and technical debt reduction.
• Foster innovation and continuous improvement within engineering teams.

Financial & Vendor Management

• Develop resource plans, and investment recommendations.
• Ensure optimal utilization of internal and external delivery teams.

Risk & Governance

• Act as the technology owner for critical assets and services.
• Maintain strong governance over technology risk, compliance, cybersecurity, and operational resilience.
• Identify and proactively manage delivery, operational, infrastructure, and vendor risks.
• Ensure audit readiness and adherence to enterprise controls and standards.

People Leadership

• Build, lead, and develop high-performing engineering teams.
• Coach engineers, analysts, and technical leads to maximize performance and career growth.
• Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and accountable culture focused on continuous development.
• Support succession planning, talent management, recruitment, and employee engagement

Required Qualifications

Experience

• 5+ years of progressive technology leadership experience within Banking, Wealth Management, Capital Markets, or Financial Services.
• 2+ years leading large-scale technology programs with budgets of several million dollars.
• Proven success leading complex modernization, transformation, or new product enablement initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to step into existing programs and quickly establish delivery momentum.
• Experience managing multiple internal and external delivery teams simultaneously.

Technical Expertise

Strong experience in several of the following:

Application Development

• Java
• Spring Boot
• RESTful APIs / Microservices
• Event-Driven Architecture
• Integration Platforms

Cloud & Infrastructure

• Microsoft Azure
• Cloud-native architecture
• Infrastructure modernization
• DevOps and CI/CD automation
• Platform engineering

Front-End Technologies

• Angular
• Modern web application frameworks
• Customer-facing digital platforms

Data & Analytics

• Data architecture
• Data strategy and governance
• Data integration and transformation
• Reporting and analytics ecosystems

Technology Management

• Enterprise Architecture
• Solution Architecture
• Technology Risk Management
• Operational Resilience
• Software Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC)

Leadership & Professional Skills

The ideal candidate demonstrates:

• Exceptional stakeholder management skills
• Strong communication abilities
• Strategic thinking combined with execution excellence
• High emotional intelligence and people leadership capability
• Ability to influence across business and technology organizations
• Strong planning, prioritization, and decision-making skills
• Financial acumen and budget management expertise
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and rapidly changing priorities
• Proven experience building trusted relationships with senior leaders, business partners, and vendors

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within Wealth Management, Retail Investments, Asset Management, or Brokerage platforms.
• Experience delivering customer experience modernization initiatives.
• Experience leading large-scale API transformation programs.
• Experience implementing data modernization and cloud transformation strategies.
• Knowledge of Agile, SAFe, and modern product delivery frameworks.
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Finance, or equivalent experience.

This opportunity is ideal for a leader who combines engineering depth, financial services expertise, program leadership, people leadership, and delivery excellence to drive transformative outcomes for TD clients and colleagues.

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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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