Procurement Technology Group Leader
Work Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hours: 37.5
Line of Business: Technology Solutions
Pay Details: $91,200 - $136,800 CAD
This role is temporarily eligible for a pay premium above the posted salary range that is reassessed annually. You are encouraged to have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide more specific pay details for this role.
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Job Description:
Join the Procurement Technology Group and help drive modernization and innovation through cutting-edge technologies such as Generative AI, event streaming, and real-time data visualization. We are seeking a dynamic, tech-savvy leader with expertise across both product and engineering domains. The ideal candidate thrives in guiding technology teams through every stage of the lifecycle—from initial design and architecture, through hands-on implementation, and onward to day-two support and continuous optimization.
Customer
- Technology & Product Leadership: Demonstrates deep expertise in modern engineering practices, including Generative AI, event streaming, and real-time data visualization. Champions innovation and modernization across the organization.
- People Leader: Lead and manage a team of Engineers / Technology Specialists and oversee related engineering analysis activities and deliverables.
- Strategic Vision: Drives the introduction and adoption of engineering tools, methodologies, and automation across application, platform, and infrastructure domains.
- Collaboration & Influence: Partners with cross-functional teams (e.g., Cloud, ITS, Product, Architect, Business) and external vendors to deliver integrated solutions. Engages executive stakeholders to validate and approve key decisions.
- Inclusive & High-Performance Culture: Builds and retains a diverse, engaged team. Models inclusive leadership, supports colleague growth, and fosters a psychologically safe environment for innovation and challenge.
- Continuous Learning & Development: Encourages ongoing learning, coaching, and feedback. Develops succession plans and ensures every team member has a clear development path.
- Project Planning: Manages resources, budgets, and project milestones. Oversees day-to-day operations, ensuring solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
- Lead workbacks across many cross-functional technology teams (e.g., ITS Cloud, App Deployment, Product teams, Business partners and more)
- Vendor Management: Work with vendor platform providers and engineering peers to keep abreast of trends, products, frameworks, and applications
Shareholder
- Anticipate internal/external business and regulatory issues; recommends process/product/organizational improvements
- Manage resource requirements and assignment, ensuring project milestones are met and monitoring to keep projects on schedule and within budget
- Oversee business expenses and FTE plans and ensure controls in place to monitor, effectively track and manage to establish plans
- Support team in staying knowledgeable on emerging issues, engineering trends and evolving regulatory requirements and assess potential impacts to the Bank
- Proactively identify emerging technologies and innovative solutions for building more robust platform domains
- Contribute to the continuous enhancement of knowledge / expertise in own area and keep current with emerging industry trends, new technologies and best practices in the external market that can contribute to delivering effective customer solutions.
- May interact with governance and control groups, (e.g. regulatory and operational risk, compliance and audit) to provide subject matter expertise and consult on risk issues / items relating to Engineering technology and tools
- Lead teams to deliver solutions in assigned functional area, meet SLA's, Interface with IT, finance, audit, business unit management and other areas of TD to ensure integrated processes, efficient introduction of new technologies, retirement of obsolete technologies and support for business-led initiatives requiring the capabilities of the Engineering function
Employee / Team
- Cultivate and model the Colleague Promise to support colleague growth, and a culture of care; make an impact at work and in our communities by leading with authenticity and supporting wellbeing to represent TD's brand
- Connect the alignment of colleague's contributions with the TD Shared Commitments
- Build and retain an engaged and diverse team where every colleague and customer are valued, respected, and listened to; committed to a common goal and collaborate to move with speed and get things done
- Demonstrate inclusive leadership by taking meaningful action with intention to support colleagues and customers across all dimensions of diversity, including those from underrepresented communities, being actively anti-racist, attracting and retaining a diverse slate of candidates, nurturing mutual respect, inclusivity of thought and collaboration to drive successful results
- Recruit, identify strong talent and develop a diverse talent pipeline of qualified workforce to innovate and maximize individual strengths to lead to a better business outcome
- Enable colleague growth by encouraging colleague development to achieve career and business objectives; ensuring timely motivating appreciation and recognition to all colleagues
- Enable a continuous learning culture by proactively seeking, listening to and actioning feedback from peers and from colleague listening opportunities to continuously improve the colleague experience and grow your personal leadership
- Model sharing of knowledge, information, skills, and subject matter expertise among the team; ensure timely management and escalation of issues, and lead collaboration with other functions and teams
- Lead your team through change and create an environment where teams feel psychologically safe to challenge current practices by modeling resiliency and flexibility, providing direction on changing priorities and empowering colleagues to drive innovation
- Enable a high-performance culture by setting team targets and objectives, facilitating on-going and proactive feedback/ coaching and conducting Quarterly Check-Ins for all colleagues to drive accountability and business results
- Manage employees in compliance with all human resources policies, procedures and guidelines of conduct
Breadth & Depth:
- Expert knowledge of specific domain or range of engineering frameworks, technology, tools, processes and procedures, as well as organization issues
- Expert knowledge of TD applications, systems, networks, innovation, design activities, best practices, business / organization, Bank standards, and may fulfill a governance role
- In depth technical skills and a strong understanding of the team's product
Experience and / or Education:
- Experience delivering complex cross-functional solutions
- University or post-graduate degree
- Strong academic background (e.g. computer science, engineering)
- 7+ years relevant experience
Who We Are:
TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we deliver legendary customer experiences to over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to the Bank, those we serve, and the economies we support. We are guided by our vision to Be the Better Bank and our purpose to enrich the lives of our customers, communities and colleagues.
TD is deeply committed to being a leader in customer experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are customer facing. As we build our business and deliver on our strategy, we are innovating to enhance the customer experience and build capabilities to shape the future of banking. Whether you've got years of banking experience or are just starting your career in financial services, we can help you realize your potential. Through regular leadership and development conversations to mentorship and training programs, we're here to support you towards your goals. As an organization, we keep growing – and so will you.
Our Total Rewards Package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits