Manager, Engineering

Work Location:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours:

37.5

Line of Business:

Technology Solutions

Pay Details:

$126,800 - $164,100 CAD

The pay details posted reflect a temporary market premium specific to this role that is reassessed annually.

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.

As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced Manager, Engineering to lead a team of technology professionals responsible for delivering and supporting business-critical applications and technology solutions.

In this role, you will provide day-to-day leadership to a cross-functional team that may include developers, analysts, specialists, project managers, and permanent and contract resources. You will oversee application and project delivery, establish priorities, manage risks and capacity, and partner closely with business and technology stakeholders to deliver reliable, scalable, and effective solutions.

This is an opportunity for a technology leader who combines strong people leadership, engineering delivery, stakeholder management, and technical breadth and can translate business priorities into clear execution plans for their team.

Job Accountabilities

Engineering & Delivery Leadership

• Lead and manage a cross-functional team of IT and engineering professionals supporting assigned applications, business partners, and stakeholders.
• Establish day-to-day direction, priorities, and delivery strategies aligned with business objectives and broader Technology priorities.
• Oversee delivery across a portfolio of applications and technology initiatives, partnering with Technology Project Managers and other delivery leads.
• Manage application enhancements, new releases, and technology projects of moderate scope and complexity.
• Assess project scope, plans, schedules, dependencies, budgets, and delivery risks, escalating issues where appropriate.
• Monitor key deliverables and portfolio health to help ensure commitments are delivered on time, within budget, and to expected quality standards.
• Assess change requests and delivery impacts across the portfolio and drive resolution of key issues.
• Champion engineering solutions that support reusability, scalability, operational stability, and enterprise-wide technology standards.
• Support initiatives that improve time-to-market, delivery effectiveness, productivity, and cost management.

People Leadership

• Provide direct or indirect leadership to a team of technology professionals, potentially including developers, analysts, specialists, administrators, and project managers.
• Set clear priorities and help team members effectively manage workloads and delivery commitments.
• Create a positive, collaborative environment that promotes innovation, quality, accountability, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement.
• Support the ongoing development of team members through coaching, knowledge transfer, and sharing of lessons learned.
• Build strong relationships across technology teams, business partners, program teams, and project stakeholders.

Stakeholder & Portfolio Management

• Build strong partnerships with business clients, internal partners, Technology Leadership, and other key stakeholders.
• Translate business requirements and priorities into technology delivery plans and clearly communicate portfolio priorities to the team.
• Develop impact assessments and manage portfolio delivery schedules, capacity planning, and operational processes.
• Provide clear reporting on progress, risks, issues, dependencies, and overall portfolio health.
• Partner with stakeholders to resolve schedule and delivery impacts and escalate material risks when required.
• Support technology planning, forecasting, and discussions related to scope and cost.
• Manage vendor relationships within the portfolio, including issue resolution and monitoring expenses against contractual commitments.
• Maintain strong service levels and identify opportunities to improve the experience of business and technology partners.

Risk, Governance & Continuous Improvement

• Ensure delivery aligns with established technology practices, standards, project management disciplines, and documentation requirements.
• Identify and manage operational, reputational, technology, and intellectual-property risks, escalating concerns as appropriate.
• Maintain awareness of industry trends, emerging technologies, and technology initiatives across the organization.
• Identify opportunities to modernize solutions, improve operational efficiency, and strengthen engineering and delivery practices.
• Contribute to strategic and operational planning for the portfolio with a short- to medium-term business perspective.

Job Requirements

What You Bring

• Undergraduate degree or technical certificate in a relevant discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of relevant technology experience, with demonstrated experience leading people, projects, applications, or technology delivery.
• Experience leading cross-functional technology or engineering teams in a complex environment.
• Strong understanding of the application development lifecycle and modern technology delivery practices.
• Experience managing multiple initiatives, applications, or projects with competing priorities and dependencies.
• Demonstrated ability to assess delivery risk, establish priorities, manage issues, and drive work through to completion.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills with the ability to work effectively across business and technology teams.
• Experience with capacity planning, delivery forecasting, risk management, and project or portfolio reporting.
• Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and translate broader strategic objectives into actionable plans.
• Strong communication, relationship-management, and collaboration skills.
• Experience working in an Agile development environment.
• Strong commitment to engineering quality, operational excellence, continuous improvement, and customer service.

Technical Experience Considered an Asset

You do not need experience with every technology listed below. Exposure to a combination of these technologies, platforms, and practices would be an asset:

• Programming & scripting: Python, Scala, Java, C++, C#, VB.NET, VBScript, JavaScript, Shell scripting
• APIs & integration: REST, SOAP, Web Services, JSON, XML
• Databases: Teradata, Vertica, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, MemSQL, SQLite, Oracle, MS Access
• Operating systems: Windows and Linux environments, including Red Hat, CentOS, and Ubuntu
• Data & reporting: Tableau, JasperReports, SSRS, BusinessObjects, Excel, Python, and R
• Data integration and data cleansing
• Data analysis and visualization
• Client-server applications
• Application development lifecycle practices
• Integration and adoption of new technologies
• Mainframe technology exposure

Nice to Have

• Graduate degree.
• Experience managing vendor relationships and technology contracts.
• Experience working across a broad application or technology portfolio.
• Exposure to enterprise-scale technology environments with multiple business and technology stakeholders.
• Knowledge of industry trends, emerging technologies, and evolving engineering practices.

 

Where You'll Work

You’ll be expected to work primarily onsite at a TD location for meetings, team events and experiences. The hiring manager will provide more information about how this works for their team.

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 strive to make every interaction, product, and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for 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 foster deeper relationships, ensure disciplined execution, and build a simpler, faster banking experience. TD is deeply committed to being a leader in client experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are client facing. Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities.

Our Total Rewards Package
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, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs. Learn more

Additional Information:
We’re delighted that you’re considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.

Colleague Development

If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities.

If you’re passionate about helping clients and building deep, lasting relationships, TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.  

We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process 
We’ll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation
Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you’d like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Language Requirement (Quebec only):

Sans Objet