Senior Product Owner, Wealth
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About the Role
Scotiabank is seeking a Senior Product Owner to lead large-scale transformation across Wealth Management, modernizing client and account onboarding and servicing experiences. You will own the product vision and roadmap for complex, multi-system capabilities, partnering across business, technology, and operations.
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Responsibilities
- Define and own the product vision and roadmap for onboarding and servicing capabilities, aligned to business strategy, regulatory requirements, and client needs
- Translate strategic priorities into a clear, actionable roadmap with defined outcomes and measurable impact
- Own and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring delivery teams are aligned to highest value initiatives
- Drive end to end execution across squads, ensuring transparency on progress, risks, and dependencies
- Lead resolution of complex delivery challenges across systems, partners, and stakeholders
- Lead the design and optimization of onboarding and servicing journeys to eliminate friction and improve usability
- Identify and address key pain points through data, feedback, and continuous iteration
- Ensure solutions deliver measurable improvements in client and Advisor experience
- Leverage data, research, and industry insights to inform decision making and prioritization
- Monitor outcomes and continuously refine the roadmap based on performance, adoption, and business impact
- Partner with cross functional stakeholders to align on priorities, scope, and delivery outcomes
- Ensure initiatives adhere to risk, compliance, and operational standards
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, Technology, or related field
- 8+ years of experience in product ownership or product management, preferably within wealth management, financial services, and/or fintech
- Proven track record delivering complex, large scale initiatives in regulated environments
- Deep understanding of client onboarding, servicing workflows, and associated regulatory considerations
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross functional teams and influence stakeholders at all levels
- Strong delivery management skills with experience navigating competing priorities and ambiguity
- Data driven mindset with the ability to translate insights into product decisions
- Experience with Agile delivery tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence) and workflow visualization tools (e.g., Visio)
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Overview
- As a Senior Product Owner, you will play a critical role in delivering large scale transformation across Wealth Management by modernizing client and account onboarding and servicing experiences.
- This role sits at the center of cross functional delivery, driving initiatives that reduce manual effort, improve Advisor productivity, and enable scalable, compliant client growth.
- You will own the product vision and roadmap for complex, multi system capabilities, partnering across business, technology, and operations to deliver seamless, end to end client journeys aligned with strategic outcomes.
In This Role You Will
- Define and own the product vision and roadmap for onboarding and servicing capabilities, aligned to business strategy, regulatory requirements, and client needs
- Translate strategic priorities into a clear, actionable roadmap with defined outcomes and measurable impact
- Own and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring delivery teams are aligned to highest value initiatives
- Drive end to end execution across squads, ensuring transparency on progress, risks, and dependencies
- Lead resolution of complex delivery challenges across systems, partners, and stakeholders
- Lead the design and optimization of onboarding and servicing journeys to eliminate friction and improve usability
- Identify and address key pain points through data, feedback, and continuous iteration
- Ensure solutions deliver measurable improvements in client and Advisor experience
- Leverage data, research, and industry insights to inform decision making and prioritization
- Monitor outcomes and continuously refine the roadmap based on performance, adoption, and business impact
- Partner with cross functional stakeholders to align on priorities, scope, and delivery outcomes
- Ensure initiatives adhere to risk, compliance, and operational standards
Skills That Will Enable You to Succeed
- Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, Technology, or related field
- Advanced degree or certifications (e.g., Agile, PMP, CFA, CSM) are assets
- Canadian Securities Course (CSC) or equivalent designation preferred
- 8+ years of experience in product ownership or product management, preferably within wealth management, financial services, and/or fintech
- A proven track record delivering complex, large scale initiatives in regulated environments
- A deep understanding of client onboarding, servicing workflows, and associated regulatory considerations
- A demonstrated ability to lead cross functional teams and influence stakeholders at all levels
- Strong delivery management skills with experience navigating competing priorities and ambiguity
- A data driven mindset with the ability to translate insights into product decisions
- Experience working with complex systems and workflows; exposure to APIs or workflow platforms is an asset
- Experience with Agile delivery tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence) and workflow visualization tools (e.g., Visio)
- Familiarity with design thinking and agile methodologies
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