Lead Quality Engineer -Artificial Intelligence

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Requisition

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high‑performing culture. Contributes to the overall success of Canadian Banking ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed and delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities conducted are in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.

• Be an advocate for quality in the project lifecycle.
• Enhance test automation framework architecture and implement approaches to maximize automation across all areas. Lead the team to design, develop and maintain test automation frameworks and write moderate to complex code/scripts to enable continuous testing in an agile environment.
• Lead innovation and introduce AI technologies and methodologies for Quality Engineering. Drive initiatives to streamline QE processes and implement best practices, on a continuous basis, to act as an agent for change to the organization.
• Lead testing for projects and initiatives across multiple applications and plan team allocation and capacity management.
• Facilitate communication across team members and motivate the team to achieve shared goals.
• Collaborate with team to plan milestones, successfully execute project delivery, and escalate issues as needed.
• Coordinate the completion of Quality Engineering deliverables on time, as per the schedule, by working in collaboration with cross‑functional teams at all levels of the organization.
• Provide regular status updates and call out risks and issues to release and project timelines, conduct root cause analysis of post‑production issues and plan to prevent them in future.
• Report defects and work closely with the team so that solutions can be determined, prioritized, and scheduled.
• Have in‑depth and up‑to‑date understanding of the organization’s products, applications, systems, environments, processes and tools.
• Champion a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day‑to‑day activities and decisions.
• Actively pursue effective and efficient operations of their respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, its Code of Conduct and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day‑to‑day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk.
• Champion a high‑performance environment and contribute to an inclusive work environment.

• Experience with AI (must have)
• Experience with API testing (preferably using Postman)
• Experience leading teams to encourage both individual and collaborative innovation
• Attention to detail in testing
• Excellent communication skills with ability to influence decision‑making across stakeholders
• Effective organizational, planning, and time‑management skills
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Positive and resilient personality – able to embrace feedback and desire for continuous iteration and improvement

• 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.
• 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.
• Upskilling through online courses, cross‑functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.
• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal,…