Senior Manager, HR Business Partner (HR portfolio)

Requisition ID: 278777

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

Contributes to the overall success of the Human Resources function by ensuring specific individual goals, plans, and initiatives are executed and delivered in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives. Ensures all activities are conducted in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies, and procedures.

As a strategic partner to business leaders across HR, the Senior Manager, HRBP optimizes the people strategy and maximizes talent investment. With a deep understanding of business drivers and the internal and external talent landscape, the Senior Manager ensures the right talent mix and succession plans are in place. Through close collaboration across HR, this role aligns HR strategies with business objectives while proactively managing human capital risks and potential reputational challenges.

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

• Champion a customer-focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems, and knowledge.

• Strategic Talent Leadership: Develop and drive talent strategies aligned with business priorities, ensuring the organization attracts, retains, and develops top talent. Translate business needs into actionable workforce strategies, remove barriers, and effectively manage conflicts.

• Business Acumen & Influence: Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, providing expert insights on HR best practices and industry trends. Leverage internal and external networks to proactively inform business and HR strategies, ensuring alignment with evolving market dynamics.

• Change Management & Workforce Planning: Lead organizational change efforts to build an adaptable workforce, anticipate future talent needs, and ensure the organization has the right skills and capabilities to maintain a competitive edge.

• Lead HR Annual Lifecycle Processes: Partner with leadership to execute key HR programs, including talent management, performance development, compensation, employee engagement, and learning strategies. Foster cross-functional collaboration to drive results and embed HR initiatives that support long-term success.

• Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.

• Actively pursue effective and efficient operations within the respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank’s Values, Code of Conduct, and Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to, and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations related to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions, and conduct risk.

• Champion a high-performance environment and contribute to an inclusive work environment.

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

• A minimum of 5 years of relevant HR experience, demonstrating expertise in strategic HR planning and execution.

• An undergraduate degree or equivalent work-related experience.

• An HR designation (CHRP, CHRL, or equivalent), or actively pursuing certification, is considered an asset.

• Communication & Strategic Influence: Strong ability to articulate ideas clearly and persuasively, foster collaboration, and drive stakeholder alignment on HR strategies and decisions.

• Strategic Thinking & Consulting: Expertise in analyzing business trends, anticipating challenges, and developing innovative solutions to support organizational goals. Ability to provide expert advice that enhances decision-making.

• Business Acumen: Deep understanding of business operations, industry dynamics, and organizational structures, with the ability to effectively align HR strategies with business priorities.

• Agility & Creativity: Ability to navigate evolving business environments with adaptability and innovation, implement flexible processes, and foster a culture of change and creativity.

• Change Leadership & Advocacy: Ability to actively promote and support organizational change initiatives, reduce resistance, and support successful implementation through strategic advisory and leadership.

• Leadership & Collaboration: Ability to guide teams in achieving HR objectives, foster a high-performance culture, and drive engagement and accountability across the organization.

What’s in it for you?

• An inclusive and collaborative work environment that values curiosity and ownership, encourages pragmatic creativity and true innovation, and celebrates success.

• A rewarding career path with diverse opportunities for professional development.

• Internal training to support your growth and enhance your skills.

• A competitive rewards package that includes base salary, performance bonus, company matching programs for pension and profit sharing, paid vacation, personal and sick days, medical, vision, and dental benefits starting from day one, 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.