Data Strategist

Requisition ID: 212577

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

As a Data Strategist in the Digital Analytics team, you will support product, design, engineering, and performance teams in their decision-making process by providing insights and recommendations. You will help integrate analytics capabilities into the Bank’s digital products (website, mobile apps) by developing and implementing data strategies that will improve the customer experience.

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

• Conduct analysis and present performance results to business line stakeholders within Scotia Digital, analytics and across the bank.
• Develop and produce analyses, reports, dashboards and insights for partners that help drive tactical, operation, and/or strategic decision making in support of Digital Banking goals.
• Build, manage and grow relationships with different teams. Communicate and coordinate with teams to implement data-driven strategies while measuring progress.
• Collaborate with data scientists, data engineers, and operational teams to implement quality controls and automate data feeds and report generation.
• Understand performance trends, identify opportunities for growth, and provide actionable insights.
• Work cross functionally to define data strategy and analytics roadmap for digital initiatives, collaborating with Scotia Digital, other analytics teams, and the data office.
• Deep dive into data to identify opportunities, influence product development, and/or overall functional and business strategies.
• Create and deliver analytics solutions and data products to optimize revenue growth and improve customer experiences using predictive modeling and machine learning.
• Champion change in the bank by promoting data literacy, data analytics, and data informed decision making.

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

• You have 5+ years of experience with data management, performance measurement and stakeholder management
• You have a university degree in business or in a relevant STEM discipline (Computer Sciences, Computer/Software Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics) or equivalent experience.
• Proven data literacy and excellent storytelling — The ability to simplify and describe complex analytical concepts to stakeholders outside of analytics.
• You have experience cleaning, transforming and visualizing large data sets working with various data formats (e.g. unstructured logs, XML, JSON, flat files, image) – SQL, Phyton
• You have experience with Big Data ecosystem tools (e.g., Hive, Pig, Sqoop, Spark, Google Cloud Platform) and are comfortable with creating large queries
• You have experience using visualization tools like Power BI, Tableau, Looker or QlikView
• You have excellent analytical skills and can interpret and consolidate large amounts of information in actionable recommendations. You use sound judgment in the creation of analysis, validation, interpretation, and presentation of findings.
• You have experience leveraging digital analytics tools such as Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics or Splunk
• Strong project management and communication skills (both oral and written).
• Ability to manage process and planning, facilitate teamwork, and coordinate execution of multiple deliverables.

What's in it for you? 

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employee to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans. 
• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - 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. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove, and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.   
• Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.   
• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days, and benefits will start on day one. 
• Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more! 

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.