Senior Principal Architect, Enterprise Architecture- Data & Analytics

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Strategy Development

• Partner with Global Data and Analytic team to define and lead the enterprise data architecture strategy, aligning modernization, analytics, and governance with Scotiabank’s long-term business and technology objectives.

• Actively participate in Developing and executing the data and platform migration strategy to the cloud, ensuring scalability, resiliency, security, and compliance while optimizing cost and performance.

• With Collaboration across domains, establish the enterprise foundation for analytics and intelligence by selecting and integrating platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, and Azure Synapse, enabling unified, governed, and high-performing data environments.

• Define future-state architecture blueprints and reference models to guide interoperability, modernization, and sustainable platform evolution.

• Collaborate across domains — Cloud, AI, Security, Integration, and Applications — to ensure data architecture strategies align with enterprise-wide transformation and business outcomes.
Transformational Leadership

• Partner with Global Data and Analytic team to Lead the design and execution of enterprise data modernization initiatives, including data lake, data warehouse, and real-time streaming capabilities.

• Architect secure, resilient, and compliant data ecosystems, ensuring end-to-end traceability, data quality, and business continuity.

• Provide architectural oversight for major transformation programs, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, security policies, and regulatory compliance.

• Partner with engineering and delivery teams to operationalize data architecture roadmaps, governance frameworks, and platform automation.

• Promote data-driven decision-making and self-service analytics across business units to accelerate innovation and agility.

Executive Presence & Influence

• Act as a strategic advisor to C-suite and senior executives, translating complex data and cloud transformation strategies into clear business outcomes and measurable value.

• Demonstrate strong executive presence by engaging board-level stakeholders, influencing investment priorities, and aligning enterprise data strategy with business growth objectives.

• Lead with clarity and thought leadership, simplifying complex architectural discussions to guide strategic decisions on modernization, cloud adoption, and data governance.

• Build trusted relationships across technology, business, and risk functions, fostering alignment and accountability for data transformation outcomes.

• Represent Enterprise Architecture in executive governance and investment forums, providing direction on platform evolution, data architecture, and enterprise intelligence initiatives.

• Inspire teams through vision-driven leadership, cultivating a culture of collaboration, innovation, and responsible data use across the enterprise.

Stakeholder Management

• Present and communicate with our CTO, engineering heads and other senior leaders on an ongoing basis to gather feedback, report progress and solve issues

• Work closely with technical teams and SMEs to ensure technology initiatives are delivered on time, within budget forecasts and deliver value identified at inception

• Work closely with non-technology teams including business lines, HR, Finance and Risk to ensure technology initiatives are meeting business needs and are integrated within the bank effectively
People Leadership

• Lead and coach a high performing team of individuals

• Direct, motivate and develop the team, to ensure maximum contributions from each member and considering their professional growth

• Share knowledge and collaborate with others within the team and with other teams across the Bank to ensure effective delivery of projects

• Encourage innovation and collaboration across global architecture teams to ensure consistent and sustainable data solutions.

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• 10 + years of enterprise architecture leadership, specializing in data modernization, analytics enablement, and cloud transformation in large,…