Senior Manager, Data Product Owner

Requisition ID: 232012

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

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Data Product Owner to lead the definition, delivery, and lifecycle management of enterprise data products that enable secure, compliant, and value-driven use of data across the organization. This role bridges business needs with technology delivery, ensuring that data products improve decision-making, and drive revenue, efficiency, while meeting regulatory requirements.

Is this role right for you? In this role you will:

• Own the end-to-end data product lifecycle—from ideation and requirements gathering to delivery, adoption, and continuous improvements.
• Define and maintain the product vision, roadmap, and success metrics, ensuring alignment with enterprise data strategy, business priorities, and regulatory obligations.
• Collaborate with business units, analytics teams, and technology partners to capture requirements, identify opportunities, and prioritize use cases.
• Partner with cross-functional Product-Oriented Delivery (POD) teams—data engineers, analysts, governance specialists—to ensure timely and high-quality delivery.
• Define and manage data product backlogs, set clear priorities, and communicate trade-off decisions.
• Oversee testing, quality assurance, and deployment processes to ensure products are trusted, compliant, and fit for purpose.
• Act as the voice of the customer (internal stakeholders) in delivery cycles, ensuring solutions meet business objectives while complying with governance and security policies.
• Embed governance-by-design in data product development, including metadata management, lineage tracking, and data quality rules.
• Monitor product performance against defined KPIs, driving enhancements based on business value, usage analytics, and stakeholder feedback.
  
  

Skills

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We’d love to work with you if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Data, Analytics, Computer Science, Business, or related field.
• 7+ years’ experience in product ownership, data strategy, or analytics within the financial services sector.
• Proven track record delivering data products, analytics solutions, data platforms, reporting capabilities.
• Excellent stakeholder management, prioritization, and decision-making skills.
• Experience working with cloud platforms (Google Cloud, or Azure) and modern data architecture principles.
  
  

Preferred

• Certifications in Agile Product Ownership (CSPO, PSPO)
• Familiarity with data governance tools (Collibra, Informatica, Alation) and data visualization platforms (Tableau, Power BI, Looker).
• Experience in Data Product delivery.
  
  

Key Competencies

• Strategic thinking with ability to translate vision into actionable roadmaps.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, able to bridge business, technical, and regulatory domains.
• Analytical mindset with a data-driven approach to prioritization and performance measurement.
• Ability to navigate complex, matrixed organizations and influence without direct authority.
  
  

Success Measures

• Adoption and usage growth of data products across business lines.
• Reduction in time-to-insight for critical business decisions.
• Compliance with data governance, security, and regulatory standards.
• Measurable business value generated (cost savings, revenue enablement, risk reduction).
  
  

Working Conditions

• Work in a standard office-based environment; non-standard hours are a common occurrence.
  
  

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.