Scotiabank

Senior Manager, AI Platform Engineering

Scotiabank$135K — $160K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
  • 8+ years of experience in technology and engineering, with 3+ years in management roles.
  • Experience in regulated industries, with knowledge of security and compliance requirements.
  • Hands-on experience with AI, cloud-native platforms, and enterprise engineering.
  • Strong understanding of responsible AI practices and governance.
  • Proficient in platform engineering practices and AI service deployment.
  • Ability to effectively communicate technical strategies to diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Execute the enterprise AI platform roadmap and align delivery plans with business needs.
  • Build capabilities for consistent and secure AI solution development and deployment.
  • Establish frameworks for model enablement and AI orchestration.
  • Implement security controls and responsible AI practices in the platform.
  • Manage platform engineering teams, setting technical standards and delivery expectations.
  • Collaborate with various teams to integrate AI platform capabilities into workflows.
  • Ensure the design supports regulated use cases with embedded controls.

Benefits

  • Flexible benefits programs for family, financial, and health needs.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development.
  • Inclusive working environment that values diversity.
  • Empowerment to reach full potential and embrace individual differences.
  • Holistic well-being initiatives to support overall employee wellness.
Full Job Description
Requisition ID: 270798

Salary Range: -

Please note that the Salary Range shown is a guideline only. Salary offered may vary based on factors, including, but not limited to, the successful candidate's relevant knowledge, skills, and experience.

Purpose

The Senior Manager, AI Platform, is an experienced engineering leader responsible for managing the delivery, adoption, and continuous improvement of enterprise AI platform capabilities that enable safe, governed, and reusable AI solutions across the organization. This role will lead platform execution for services that accelerate AI adoption, improve developer productivity, and ensure AI solutions are deployed with the reliability, security, observability, and controls required in a highly regulated environment.

You will partner with technology, data, risk, security, architecture, product, and business stakeholders to translate the AI platform roadmap into delivery plans, engineering priorities, and reusable platform capabilities including model enablement, agentic AI services, orchestration, evaluation, monitoring, guardrails, prompt and context management, integration patterns, and responsible AI controls.

What You'll Do

AI Platform Strategy & Engineering Execution:
• Contribute to and execute the enterprise AI platform roadmap, delivery plan, and engineering priorities aligned to business needs, technology standards, and responsible AI requirements.
• Build reusable platform capabilities that enable teams to develop, test, deploy, and operate AI solutions consistently and securely across the enterprise.
• Establish scalable frameworks for:
o Model, foundation model, and large language model enablement
o Agentic AI orchestration, workflow automation, and tool integration
o Prompt, context, retrieval, and knowledge grounding services
o Reusable APIs, SDKs, templates, and reference patterns for AI engineering teams
• Implement enterprise-grade AI platform controls including:
o Secure access, identity, entitlement, and policy enforcement for AI services
o Responsible AI guardrails, safety patterns, evaluation gates, and human-in-the-loop controls
o Auditability, traceability, model usage tracking, and evidence generation
• Manage and coach platform engineering teams, setting clear delivery expectations, technical standards, sprint priorities, and operating rhythms.
• Partner with application, data, cloud, cyber, risk, and architecture teams to implement AI platform capabilities within enterprise delivery workflows.
• Ensure the AI platform supports regulated use cases by design, with controls integrated into engineering pipelines rather than applied as after-the-fact reviews.

AI Operations, Observability & Trust:
• Implement and operate an AI operations framework that enables reliable, measurable, and governed AI services in production.
• Deliver platform capabilities for:
o Model and agent monitoring, performance tracking, and drift detection
o Evaluation, red-teaming support, quality scoring, and regression testing
o Cost, token, capacity, and usage observability across AI workloads
o Incident management, rollback patterns, and continuous improvement of AI services
• Embed testing, monitoring, and governance checks into AI delivery pipelines to ensure trust, resiliency, and operational readiness by design.

AI Enablement, Reuse & Adoption:
• Create a platform experience that makes AI capabilities easy to discover, consume, and reuse across engineering and business teams.
• Enable governed reuse through:
o AI service catalogs, reusable components, and approved reference architectures
o Standard onboarding patterns, developer documentation, and self-service capabilities
o Reusable evaluation datasets, prompt libraries, and implementation blueprints
• Drive adoption of AI platform capabilities by working with product, engineering, architecture, and business stakeholders to turn high-value AI use cases into reusable implementation patterns.

What You'll Bring

Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, data science, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience in financial services or other highly regulated industries, with a strong understanding of security, risk, compliance, and operational control expectations.
• 8+ years of technology and engineering experience, including 3+ years managing or leading platform, AI, data, cloud, or enterprise engineering teams.
• Hands-on leadership experience with:
o AI, machine learning, generative AI, or agentic AI platforms
o Cloud-native platform engineering, APIs, microservices, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation
o Model deployment, orchestration, monitoring, evaluation, and operational support patterns
o Strong understanding of responsible AI, AI governance, model risk, security, privacy, and regulatory expectations for production AI systems.
o Experience designing platforms that support reusable AI services, developer enablement, observability, and enterprise adoption at scale.
o Cloud platform expertise, with Azure preferred.
• Strong expertise in platform engineering practices, AI delivery lifecycle, software engineering excellence, and operating production-grade services.
• Strong understanding of:
o AI security, privacy, responsible AI, model lifecycle management, and regulatory compliance in a financial services environment
• Proven ability to work directly with engineers, architects, product leaders, data scientists, risk partners, and senior stakeholders to deliver platform outcomes.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate AI platform strategy into clear engineering priorities, delivery plans, stakeholder updates, and measurable outcomes.

Interested?

If your experience is closely related but doesn't align perfectly with every qualification, we do encourage you to apply - you might be the right candidate for this or other roles at Scotiabank!
At Scotiabank, every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are and, embraced for their differences. That's why we work to grow and diversify talent and engage employees in a performance-oriented culture.

What's in it for you?

Scotiabank wants you to be able to bring your best self to work - and life, every day. With a focus on holistic well-being, our many flexible benefit programs are designed to help support your unique family, financial, physical, mental, and social health needs.

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Location(s): United States : Texas : Dallas

About Scotiabank

Scotiabankers are committed to helping individuals, companies, and communities to thrive in a changing world. From personal and business banking, brokerage, and insurance, to private wealth, and the most sophisticated commercial, corporate and institutional services, they serve the diverse needs of some 21 million customers in more than 55 countries. Founded in 1832 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, their growth has always been fuelled by the success of their customers and their longevity secured by an unshakable commitment to carefully and expertly managing risk and capital. That focus on doing what's right for customers—short- andlong-term—has made us a global financial services leader. Headquartered in Canada, they are over 86, 000 Scotiabankers strong. Each of us are committed to being the best at understanding their customers' needs and all of us working together to deliver practical advice and relevant solutions that help their customers become financially better off.

Scotiabank Careers

Join Scotiabank, a premier financial institution, and become part of a diverse and inclusive team that’s leading the way in global banking. At Scotiabank, we offer more than just job opportunities; we provide a platform for professional growth and innovation in the financial services industry.

Work You’ll Do

At Scotiabank, we’re not just filling positions; we’re cultivating leaders. Dive into a workplace where diversity training and leadership development shape the path to your future. Our commitment to professional growth is evident in our robust training programs and continuous learning opportunities that foster innovation and strategic thinking.

Explore a World of Opportunities

Whether you’re looking for a full-time position, an internship, or a leadership role, Scotiabank has a spectrum of opportunities to fit your career ambitions. Our team is composed of individuals who bring a wealth of skills and perspectives to our company, driving us forward with their creativity and strategic insights.

Innovative Work Environment

Scotiabank’s culture is one of collaboration and respect, where each team member’s contribution is valued. Engage in meaningful work that challenges you to leverage your skills and push the boundaries of what’s possible in the banking sector. Our innovative projects not only support the growth of the company but also ensure our position as a leader in the industry.

Benefits and Growth

Choosing a career at Scotiabank means opting for a life of growth and opportunity. Our employees enjoy competitive benefits, including comprehensive health coverage, retirement plans, and flexible working conditions, all designed to support your career and personal life. We believe in nurturing our team’s potential by providing them with the tools they need to succeed both professionally and personally.

Join Our Team

Ready to take the next step in your career? Explore the job opportunities at Scotiabank by searching our open positions that match your skills and interests. We are continuously hiring and looking for passionate, curious, and solution-driven team players.

Networking and Professional Development

Stay connected and advance your career through Scotiabank’s extensive networking opportunities. Participate in events that connect you with other professionals and leaders within the industry. Our career resources will help you prepare your resume, ace your interviews, and land the job that best suits your career goals.

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