Senior Manager, Cybersecurity Risk Management / Cyber & IT Risk / Global Risk Management

<p><span><span></span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span><span>Requisition ID: 244917<br/> <br/> Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span><strong><em>Purpose</em></strong></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span>Contributes to the overall success of Cyber, IT, Data &amp; AI Risk Management by ensuring individual goals, plans, and initiatives are delivered in support of the team’s strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities are conducted in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies, and procedures.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span>Collaborates with business-aligned risk leads, the first line of defense (1LOD), Regulatory Relations, Internal Audit, and Enterprise Technology Risk Management. Together, you will identify, assess, and challenge risks across cybersecurity, data, and AI/ML domains while ensuring effective, timely communication with senior management and stakeholders.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span>As part of the second line of defense, the Cyber, Data &amp; AI Risk team provides independent oversight, challenge, and advisory support to strengthen methodologies, policies, processes, and tools within the Bank’s Technology Risk Management Framework.</span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span><strong><em>Accountabilities </em></strong></span></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span>Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span>Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span>Lead 2nd Line Challenge: Conduct comprehensive challenge to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities in the Bank’s processes, systems, and operations across cybersecurity, data governance, and AI/ML risk domains. Partner with 1st line of defense to develop risk mitigation strategies. Challenge IT and cybersecurity risks within scenario analysis and thematic reviews. Evaluate business use of AI/ML and generative AI to ensure safe, responsible, and policy-aligned deployment. Conduct cyber risk assessments, metrics, and controls within globally complex, dispersed, and diverse organizations.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span>Control Evaluation: Evaluate the design of controls and communicate the impact of control weaknesses to first line teams and control implementers.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span>Alignment Evaluation: Evaluate the extent to which the first line of defense is aligned with internal and external control standards, as well as regulatory and audit requirements.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span>Stakeholder Advisory: Advise stakeholders on risk management, controls development, and adherence to mitigate risks. Influence technology, data, and AI decision-making to reflect the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span>Risk Monitoring: Proactively monitor key risk indicators, analyze control metrics, and provide insights on risk management effectiveness to senior management, driving continuous improvement initiatives.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span>Reporting: Support monthly and quarterly risk report development for various risk committees and senior management.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span>Risk Monitoring: Monitor cybersecurity risks and the controls in place within the bank, as well as external cybersecurity reporting that may impact the bank.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span>Co-ordinate local Global Risk Management (GRM) conformance program for the Enterprise Record &amp; Information Management.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span>Co-ordinate local GRM Business Continuity Plan.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span>Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of their respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, its Code of Conduct and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span>Champions a high performance environment and contributes to an inclusive work environment.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span>Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span>Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational risk, regulatory compliance risk, AML/ATF risk and conduct risk, including but not limited to responsibilities under the Operational Risk Management Frame