EQ Bank - Equitable Bank - Associate Director, Technology Quality Management

Being a traditional bank just isn't our thing.
We are big believers in innovating the banking experience because we believe Canadians deserve better options, and we challenge ourselves and our teams to creatively transform what's possible in banking.
Our team is made up of inquisitive and agile minds that find smarter ways of doing things.
Overall we serve more than 670,000 people across Canada through Equitable Bank, Canada's Challenger Bank™, and have been around for more than 50 years.
Equitable Bank's wholly-owned subsidiary, Concentra Bank, supports credit unions across Canada that serve more than six million members.
Together we have over $125 billion in combined assets under management and administration, with a clear mandate to drive change in Canadian banking to enrich people's lives.
Our customers have named our EQ Bank digital platform ( eqbank.ca ) one of the top banks in Canada on the Forbes World's Best Banks list since 2021.
Equitable has transformed to a hybrid-agile delivery methodology with cross-functional Pods dedicated to launching new products, features, and ongoing business value for portfolios.
As part of this journey, we require a Senior Technologist who can evolve our API centric approach into an extendable and reusable Platform approach.
We think of this Associate Director, Technology Delivery role as a mash-up of a Technical Product Owner, SCRUM Master, and Conceptual Architect who can define the direction and priority for Platform delivery Pods.
Our vision is that the Associate Director, Technology Delivery and their Pods should be empowered and autonomous to drive production changes, with broader support from shared services teams such as Dev Ops & Release Management, Infrastructure & Operations, Platform Admins, and Security teams.
In partnership with Business Leads, Dev Managers, Project Managers, and API Consumers, the Associate Director, Technology Delivery will drive multiple teams to complete discovery & planning (initiation, scoping and planning), design & build Sprints, solution testing/hardening, Releases to production, and ongoing build-measure-learn releases.
As the lead Technology PO across multiple Digital Platform Pods, the Associate Director, Technology Delivery will prioritize platform capabilities and champion the Sprint & Release roadmap.
A critical success factor for this role is the build, grow and manage an API Developer ecosystem.
With vast experience in working with CRMs.
In Partnership with other core leads, the Associate Director, Technology Delivery will provide status updates based on delivery progress, velocity/trends, quality, RAID, impediments, KPIs and measurable business value.
Tailor the Bank's delivery methodology to meet objectives, and ensure a consistent flow of work across cross-functional Pod team members.
Manage the Platform & API roadmap, business priorities and investment trade-offs.
Hypothesize, test and validate platform opportunities.
Collaborate with Sponsor, Technology Directors and Business Leads to create extendable and reusable conceptual architectures for APIs and MicroServices
As a Technology PO for platform APIs, ensure comprehensive security designs to manage and mitigate Cybersecurity risks
Partner with Core Leads to identify scope, user experiences and prioritize delivery via MVP/Release plan.
Tailor delivery approach as required
Create, manage and execute a platform / ecosystem strategy to increase API adoption and developer effectiveness across consumers.
In cases where platform functionality is Technical in nature (e.g.
OAUTH2 API Registration & Consumption, API Throttling, API billing, etc.) conduct UAT as the Technical Product Owner
Facilitate and contribute to Agile ceremonies, including story-point estimation, sprint grooming, retrospectives, etc
Minimum of 10+ years in technology delivery roles such as Product Manager/Product Owner, Dev Manager, Architect, SCRUM Manager, and Consulting (Integration and/or Delivery) roles
~ Post-secondary degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical degree or equivalent experience is required
~5+ years of experience in Financial Services, with deep domain knowledge in Lending and/or Online Retail Banking
~ Experience or familiarity with Open APIs, Technical Product Management, MicroService / Enterprise Service Bus architecture, cloud IaaS / PaaS, and mobile platforms.
~ Vast experience in working with CRMs.
~ Hands-on problem-solving skills to remove technical impediments and manage closure of RAID
~ Ability to organize and coordinate senior resources with cross-functional skillsets as a holistic group with close collaboration and cooperation
~ What we offer [For full-time permanent roles]
Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits
Generous vacation policy and personal days
Virtual events to connect with your fellow colleagues
A fulfilling opportunity to join one of the top FinTechs and help create a new kind of banking experience
Equitable Bank is deeply committed to inclusion.