Technology Business Lead - Tangerine [Scotiabank]

Requisition ID: 183940

Tangerine is Canada's leading direct bank. We offer flexible and accessible banking options, innovative products, and award-winning Client service. The reason why Tangerine employees come to work each day is to help Canadians live better lives. We focus on making a difference in our communities, and that includes our own internal community. It's important to us that our employees feel empowered and enthusiastic about belonging to our Orange culture.

As Canada's leading digital bank, Tangerine technology is at the heart of everything we do. We have redefined what digital banking is, and we continue to evolve to tackle any opportunity and face every challenge through progressive technology and the power of collaboration. Do you like new challenges? Are you ready to reach new heights in your career and become part of an established disruptor? If so, come join us and help redefine the Canadian banking landscape!

The Technology Business Lead's primary role is to elicit, analyze, validate, define and write the business requirements and technology independent processes and solutions that meet the needs for various business areas. This role will bridge the gap between the business and technology solution providers (e.g. vendors, infrastructure team and development team). The Technology Business Lead is usually involved in medium and large size projects including critical programs.

The Technology Business Lead has years of deep, practical business analysis experience with repeated practice in a variety of complex situations. The Technology Business Lead is expected to act as a mentor to Project Analysts and Business Analysts. The Technology Business Lead will also support requirements related project activities across the lifecycle of the project (e.g. design and development, testing, implementation). The Technology Business Lead will report directly to the Senior Manager of Business Analyst in the Digital Product Experience (DPX) Department.

What You Will Be Doing

• Work with the Project Owner, Project Sponsor and Project Manager to document the project vision and the project's scope.
• Analyze data related to active and/or proposed projects.
• Decompose high-level business and user requirements into functional requirements specified in an appropriate level of detail suitable for use by those who must base their work on the requirements.
• Serves as the conduit between the business, external vendor and IT through which requirements flow.
• Responsible to thoroughly understand and communicate stakeholder requirements and distribute relevant information, documentation and artifacts to project stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively with Business and IT staff to develop and maintain thorough knowledge of product, system and process capabilities, ensuring precise communications between IT and stakeholders, technical compatibility and user satisfaction.
• Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to analyze information needs.
• Responsible for the preparation, completion and compliance of business requirements based on business needs.
• Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, use cases, scenarios, business analysis and workflow analysis.
• Supports the Project Manager/Lead or Product Owner to manage requirements related activities and deliverables throughout the project life cycle (e.g. change requests, issues, risks, schedules, status reporting etc.).
• Translate standard business requirements into relevant, IT-specific summaries and instructions.
• Work with the Project Delivery Teams to identify, anticipate, assess, manage and resolve issues and risks related to requirements' activities and deliverables.
• We'd Love To Work With You If You Have

DO YOU HAVE THE SKILLS THAT WILL ENABLE YOU TO SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE.

• Excellent knowledge of the various disciplines of a software development lifecycle (i.e. requirements management, analysis and design, testing, implementation, deployment, change configuration and management, etc.)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with diverse groups, managers and subject matter experts and ability to negotiate (able to express oneself clearly and concisely both verbally and in writing) effectively to manage project delivery and project coordination of complex activities
• Working knowledge in the use of JIRA / Confluence
• Ability to work in a fast paced, demanding and rapidly changing environment
• 5+ years of experience in a Technology Business Lead role with preference in the digital space (Mobile, Web/Online)
• Project management experience is an asset
• Detail-oriented with a high degree of accuracy and results-oriented; be diligent and work with a sense of urgency
• International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) certification is an asset
• Technical background is considered an asset
• Very strong organizational sense and effective time and priority management
• Strong presentation, facilitation, analysis and problem solving skills
• High proficiency in MS Word and MS Visio, with demonstrated experience using other
• Able to work independently with focus on time management to meet deadlines
• Ability to deliver seamless execution whether on-site or remote
• Effective leadership skills
• Strong business analysis skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements
• Comprehensive and working knowledge of both Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methods including waterfall and agile or a hybrid
• Extensive experience with aligning stakeholders and communicating information that enables leaders, teams and stakeholders to have transparency on the underlying issues and potential solutions in varying settings including workshops, small group sessions or one-on-one meetings

What's In It For You

• Tangerine employees participate in Scotiabank's pension & benefits programs (available to permanent employees)
• You will have access to thousands of online and in person courses so you can shape your career growth with the support from diverse industry leaders.
• You will get our help to save for your future and to invest in your total wellbeing through our Tangerine benefits*.
• You belong here, we are equal and un-complicated. Bring your true self to work, dress codes don't apply here.
• You will enjoy workspace flexibility and all the excitement that comes from working at the official Bank of the Toronto Raptors.
• You will be part of a diverse and inclusive team of Client-focused go-getters looking to learn from each other in an environment that celebrates and recognizes success!

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto
At Tangerine we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the team, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment. If you require accommodation during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know.