Senior Product Specialist

Requisition ID: 273566 

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

Position Summary

• We are seeking a seasoned Senior Product Specialist to own and advance Finance Technology products and capabilities across their full lifecycle, from ideation and discovery through implementation, launch, adoption, ongoing optimization, and retirement. The successful candidate will combine strong product ownership, practical technical fluency, and a solid understanding of banking and finance processes to translate business priorities into secure, scalable, and measurable technology outcomes.
• This role will work closely with Finance, FP&A, Technology, Data, Operations, and delivery partners. The Senior Product Specialist will shape product vision and roadmaps, manage the backlog and delivery outcomes, support governance and controls, and ensure that solutions deliver a strong user experience and sustainable business value. Experience with enterprise planning technologies such as Anaplan, Apptio and Axiom and familiarity with a bank’s core financial products, are important to success in the role.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Strategy & Lifecycle Ownership
• Own the end-to-end lifecycle of assigned Finance Technology products, including opportunity identification, discovery, business case development, prioritization, delivery, launch, adoption, optimization, and decommissioning.
• Define and communicate the product vision, value proposition, target outcomes, roadmap, and release priorities in alignment with Finance and Technology strategies.
• Build evidence-based product plans using stakeholder input, user feedback, operational data, risk considerations, and measurable business value.
• Maintain a clear, prioritized backlog with well-defined outcomes, acceptance criteria, dependencies, and trade-offs.
• Monitor product health, adoption, service performance, risks, technical debt, and benefits realization throughout the lifecycle.

Finance & FP&A Product Enablement

• Partner with FP&A and Finance teams to improve planning, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, scenario analysis, workforce planning, and performance-management capabilities.
• Own or support Finance Technology products such as Anaplan planning applications, data hubs, workflow and reporting experiences, integration services, and related analytics capabilities.
• Translate Finance needs into product capabilities that improve planning accuracy, transparency, speed, controls, and user experience.
• Guide product decisions involving platforms such as Anaplan, Apptio, Axiom, Hyperion or other EPM solutions, Power BI, Databricks, cloud data platforms, APIs, and enterprise integration services.
• Ensure appropriate data lineage, reconciliation, auditability, access controls, and support models are considered in product design and delivery.

Technical Product Delivery

• Work with engineering, architecture, data, quality engineering, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and vendor teams to convert product outcomes into feasible delivery plans.
• Participate in solution discussions involving application architecture, data models, integration patterns, APIs, batch and event-driven processing, cloud services, security, resiliency, and observability.
• Lead product-level planning across the overall software development life cycle, including requirements, solution design, development, testing, release readiness, change management, production implementation, and post-launch stabilization.
• Make informed scope and sequencing decisions by balancing customer value, technical complexity, cost, risk, capacity, and regulatory obligations.
• Promote reusable capabilities, engineering standards, automation, and disciplined management of technical debt.

Stakeholder, Governance & Vendor Management

• Act as the primary product contact for business sponsors, users, delivery teams, control partners, and senior stakeholders.
• Facilitate discovery sessions, roadmap reviews, demonstrations, release decisions, and product governance forums.
• Communicate product status, decisions, dependencies, risks, and value in concise, outcome-focused language for both technical and executive audiences.
• Coordinate with third-party vendors and implementation partners, holding them accountable for quality, delivery commitments, knowledge transfer, and sustainable support.
• Ensure product practices align with applicable enterprise policies, architecture standards, security requirements, data governance, change controls, and operational risk expectations.

Banking Product & Financial Domain Knowledge

• Apply working knowledge of a bank’s financial products and value drivers, including deposits, lending, mortgages, credit cards, payments, treasury, capital markets, and wealth-related products.
• Understand how product volumes, balances, interest rates, fees, funding costs, credit losses, liquidity, capital, expenses, and customer behaviour can influence planning and performance reporting.
• Partner with Finance subject-matter experts to ensure product capabilities reflect appropriate accounting, management reporting, forecasting, and control considerations.
• Connect business-product economics with technology roadmaps, data requirements, and measurable Finance outcomes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in product management, product ownership, business analysis, technology delivery, or a related discipline, including significant experience with enterprise applications.
• Proven track record owning technical products or platforms from ideation through implementation, launch, adoption, optimization, and ongoing operations.
• Experience working with Finance Technology, FP&A, Enterprise Performance Management, financial reporting, or planning and forecasting applications.
• Demonstrated ability to develop product roadmaps, prioritize backlogs, define outcomes, manage dependencies, and lead cross-functional delivery.
• Strong technical fluency, with the ability to engage credibly in discussions about architecture, data, integrations, APIs, cloud platforms, security, testing, release management, and production support.
• Working knowledge of banking products and the financial drivers that influence planning, forecasting, profitability, and management reporting.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, negotiation, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills.
• Strong familiarity with the overall software development life cycle and experience delivering in Agile, iterative, or hybrid delivery environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on product ownership and experience with Apptio, Axiom, Hyperion, Power BI, Databricks, SQL, data integration or orchestration tools, APIs, cloud platforms, or enterprise data products.
• Experience in banking, financial services, or another highly regulated industry.
• Knowledge of FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, scenario analysis, management reporting, financial product profitability, capital planning, or regulatory reporting.
• Product management, Agile, Scrum, business analysis, finance, or relevant technology certifications.
• Experience managing vendor relationships, implementation partners, commercial commitments, and product operating models.

Success Measures

• In the first 12 months, the successful candidate will:
• Establish a clear product vision, roadmap, governance rhythm, and measurable outcomes for the assigned Finance Technology portfolio.
• Build trusted partnerships across FP&A, Finance, Technology, Data, Operations, and delivery partners.
• Deliver prioritized product capabilities with clear business value, strong control discipline, and effective release readiness.
• Improve product adoption, user experience, operational stability, transparency, and stakeholder confidence.
• Strengthen lifecycle practices for backlog health, technical debt, risk management, benefits tracking, and product support.
• Advance FP&A capabilities, including the effective use of Anaplan and connected data, integration, and reporting technologies.

What’s in it for you?

• We are strategic technology partners dedicated to transforming the way our global workforce operates.
• Our inclusive and collaborative work environment fosters creativity, curiosity, and celebrates achievements.
• You will have the opportunity to collaborate with and learn from diverse industry leaders who have experience at top technology companies worldwide.
• We cultivate a culture of innovation and continuous learning.
• We prioritize the well-being of our employees, empowering them to design their work processes to achieve outstanding results.
• We offer a competitive total rewards package, which includes a performance bonus, company matching programs (for pension and profit sharing), and generous vacation benefits.

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. Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.