Senior AI Product Owner, Canadian Commercial Banking

Requisition ID: 277432

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

Join a winning team at Scotiabank! Are you enthusiastic about using artificial intelligence to create meaningful outcomes for Canadian businesses? In Canadian Commercial Banking, we do not just serve businesses, we serve possibilities.

About the Opportunity

As the Senior AI Product Owner, Canadian Commercial Banking you will help shape and advance the AI product strategy for Canadian Commercial Banking. You will lead AI-enabled products from initial use-case discovery through development, rollout, adoption, optimization, and value realization.

Working across business, engineering, data, architecture, risk, privacy, compliance, and enterprise AI teams, you will translate business needs and AI capabilities into practical product decisions. You will ensure solutions deliver measurable business and client outcomes while aligning with internal policies, governance standards, and responsible AI requirements.

How You Will Make an Impact:

• • Define and communicate a clear AI product vision, strategy, and roadmap aligned with business priorities and the AI operating model.
  • Own and maintain the Canadian Commercial Banking AI product roadmap, including the evolution of AI capabilities and reusable solutions.
  • Identify and prioritize AI use cases that enhance employee productivity, improve the client experience, and generate measurable business value.
  • Lead AI products across the full lifecycle, from discovery and prioritization through delivery, rollout, adoption, and ongoing optimization.
  • Manage backlog priorities and partner with Business Analysts, engineering teams, and other delivery partners to prepare user stories and deliver solutions aligned with business needs.
  • Develop business cases and work with stakeholders to support funding, prioritization, and delivery planning.
  • Translate AI capabilities, constraints, opportunities, and risks into clear, practical product decisions.
  • Coordinate required enterprise reviews and approvals, partnering with architecture, engineering, risk, privacy, compliance, and enterprise AI teams.
  • Ensure AI solutions align with platform requirements, governance expectations, and responsible AI standards.
  • Participate in agile ceremonies and provide the product context needed to support effective delivery.
  • Champion a client-focused culture that deepens relationships and draws on the Bank’s broader capabilities, systems, and knowledge.
  • Contribute to an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing work environment.

What You Will Bring to the Team:

You bring a strong combination of strategic product leadership, practical AI experience, and business acumen. You can connect technical possibilities with real business needs, build alignment across diverse stakeholder groups, and explain AI opportunities and limitations clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

You are organized, analytical, detail-oriented, and comfortable operating in a complex, cross-functional environment. You understand how to move a product from concept into production while balancing client value, business priorities, delivery considerations, governance, and risk.

Must-Have

• • Experience: A minimum of five years of experience in digital product management or product ownership.
  • Demonstrated experience building or scaling AI-enabled products, enterprise automation products, decision-support products, or model-driven experiences in a production environment.
  • Experience developing and launching digital or AI-enabled solutions within cross-functional teams.
  • In-depth knowledge of Agile processes and principles.
  • Strong organizational and analytical capabilities, with excellent attention to detail.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
  • The ability to explain AI opportunities, limitations, constraints, and risks clearly to non-technical audiences.

Nice-to-Have

• • Product management or product ownership experience within Commercial Banking, financial services, or fintech.
  • Strong knowledge of Commercial Banking concepts, business processes, and relevant domain workflows.
  • Experience partnering with architecture, engineering, privacy, risk, compliance, data, or enterprise AI teams.
  • Experience navigating enterprise governance, approval, and responsible AI requirements.
  • Experience supporting product adoption, value measurement, and ongoing optimization following implementation.

What's In It for You?

When you join the bank, you are not just taking a job, you’re becoming part of a culture that values inclusion, accountability, integrity, and client-centricity – that is our ScotiaBond which is the foundation for how we support our people and deliver for our clients.

As an employee in Canadian Commercial Banking at Scotiabank, you can expect:

• A competitive Total Rewards package including performance-based bonuses, flexible benefits, and market-leading compensation.
• Ongoing career development and coaching from experienced leaders, with clear opportunities to grow within Commercial Banking and across Scotiabank.
• The chance to own and grow a high-impact client portfolio, with real accountability and visibility in your market.
• A dynamic, collaborative, and high-performing team that values partnership, inclusion, and shared success.
• Exposure to a broad range of industries, clients, and complex financial solutions, accelerating your learning and expertise.

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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.

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.