Senior Director, FX Delivery

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from November 28 at 12am ET to November 29 12am ET for scheduled system maintenance. Title: Senior Director, FX Delivery Requisition ID: 269492 Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The Team

The Senior Director, FX Delivery will lead the strategy, delivery, modernization, and operational excellence of the Bank’s Foreign Exchange technology ecosystem. This role is accountable for the successful execution of business, regulatory, risk, and infrastructure initiatives across Murex and internally developed FX trading, pricing, risk management, workflow, settlement, and reporting platforms.

The Role

The role will lead a global organization of engineering leaders, program managers, engineers, and technology specialists responsible for supporting Front Office, Market Risk, Operations, Finance, and Control Functions.

This is a highly visible leadership role requiring deep FX industry expertise, exceptional program delivery capabilities, and strong people leadership to drive technology transformation while ensuring platform stability, regulatory compliance, and business growth.

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

Define and execute a multi-year FX technology roadmap, leading large-scale transformation across Murex and proprietary applications while establishing strong governance, delivery standards, and execution frameworks.

Partner with business leaders to ensure technology investments are aligned to strategic objectives and deliver measurable business value

Drive Murex platform modernization and optimization while providing executive oversight of architecture, delivery, upgrades, integration, risk, pricing, and settlement capabilities

Accountable for ensuring the Murex platform remains resilient, scalable, secure, and compliant with business and regulatory requirements

Accountable for leading delivery teams supporting FX trading and risk applications, driving modernization of legacy applications and integration architectures

Establish engineering excellence through Agile, DevSecOps, automation, testing, observability, and strong mentorship.

Lead a portfolio of strategic business, risk, regulatory, and infrastructure programs, managing financials, dependencies, resources, and executive reporting.

Establish KPI-driven execution, transparent governance, and disciplined delivery practices to support successful transformation outcomes

Serve as the senior technology subject matter expert for FX and Capital Markets platforms, maintaining deep understanding of FX products, liquidity management, market structure, and pre- and post-trade processing.

Maintain a pulse on industry insights and application to technology strategy, solution design, and executive decision-making.

Maintain strong operational, cybersecurity, audit, and compliance controls across the FX technology portfolio.

Lead, mentor, and develop global engineering and delivery teams while building a high-performing and inclusive culture.

Represent FX Technology in executive committees and governance forums, fostering strong collaboration across business, technology, risk, and control partners.

Builds a high-performance environment and implements a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops and motivates their team by fostering an inclusive work environment and using a coaching mindset and behaviours; communicating vision/values/business strategy; and, managing succession and development planning for the team.

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

15+ years of Capital Markets technology experience

10+ years leading global technology organizations

University degree or equivalent work experience (BA or MBA in business, finance or economics).

Deep expertise with Murex or corresponding platforms and delivery

Extensive knowledge of FX products and trading workflows, including Spot, Forwards, Swaps, NDFs, FX Options, liquidity management, market structure, pre and post-trade processing.

Proven record leading large-scale transformation and regulatory programs.

Strong program management, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills.

Experience with modern software engineering, cloud, architecture, and DevSecOps practices.

Demonstrated ability to operate in an agile, delivery-focused model, managing multiple priorities and adapting quickly to changing needs

Strong business and financial acumen, with the ability to connect strategy to execution and tangible results

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience influencing senior and executive leadership

Proven leadership experience building and managing high-performing teams

Experience in continuous improvement, operational excellence, or transformation initiatives is considered an asset

Excellent knowledge with MS Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

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.

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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 .

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