Requisition ID: 230416

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

The Role 

The Senior Manager will support IGTB key strategic priorities, as well as foster employee engagement across a number of communications channels. This includes a lead role in the development, project management and oversight of multiple internal and external communications initiatives of significant complexity. This role supports strategic initiatives, speech writing, executive presentations, town halls, internal and external communications, internal video production, newsletters, infographics, engagement surveys, and various multinational employee engagement campaigns. This role requires a passionate storyteller and content creator with the ability to connect the dots and tell meaningful stories through simple and digestible content.

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

• Leads the end-to-end process (including conceptualizing and creating the communications strategy, development and delivery/distribution of communications, and measuring success) of internal and external communications while ensuring alignment with Global Corporate Affairs, all-Bank and International & Global Transaction Banking (IGTB) strategic priorities, by:
• Being a trusted advisor to the leadership team and working closely with business partners, senior management, and other key stakeholders.
• Producing, coordinating, and executing on various internal communications including announcements, events, presentations, videos, and online and social content, as well as managing owned platforms.
• Supporting external communication requirements, including managing inbound media inquiries, obtaining approvals, developing briefs, and supporting proactive media opportunities to support International Banking while ensuring strong alignment to enterprise priorities.
• Ensuring strategic alignment across our global communications channels and calendars.
• Representing IGTB communications on various working teams and at cross-functional status meetings.
• Providing support on executive communication priorities, as needed.
  Contributes to the effective operation of the IGTB Communications team by:
• Supporting a high-performance environment that attracts, retains, develops and motivates the team. 
• Acting as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to senior business leaders, key partners and communications leaders across the bank.
• Fostering strong relationships with stakeholders to further the Bank’s communications objectives.
• Leveraging feedback from formal and informal channels to deliver strong and aligned communications.
• Staying current and implementing communications best practices.
• Actively sharing knowledge and experience to enhance the development of all team members.
• Fostering a culture that fosters new ideas, effective challenge, and promotes open and honest communication.
• Actively participating and contributing to touch bases and team meetings, encouraging the generation of new ideas and approaches, and recommending process improvements.
• Understands how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
• Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her 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.

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

• Post-secondary diploma or degree in communications, journalism or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 6-8 years working experience in a corporate communications or related industry.
• Expert communications skills with exceptional writing abilities – a sharp writer, detail-oriented, creative and a superb editor – and the ability to transform complex subjects into meaningful stories. Ability to ask targeted questions to identify connections across stories.
• Demonstrated ability to drive internal and external engagement across a large employee base and amongst a range of stakeholders. 
• Solid strategic thinking skills, with excellent attention to detail, and high-level accountability for the quality and timely completion of projects.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills, comfortable communicating directly with senior executives.
• Proven project management and multi-tasking skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects at once.
• Strategic capability to develop and implement innovative and relevant communications dealing with diverse issues and subjects.
• Independent, excellent motivator and team player.
• Communications experience in a complex, dynamic, knowledge-based environment.
• Flexible and willing to take on new challenges as they present themselves.
• Fluency in Spanish.
• Experience developing visual and engaging content in Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and other digital platforms.

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.