Senior Manager, Product Initiatives

Purpose

Contributes to the overall success of Scotia Global Asset Management (SGAM) by leading strategic, cross-functional product initiatives, ensuring specific individual goals, plans, and initiatives are executed in support of the team’s business strategies and objectives.

The Senior Manager, Product Initiatives will lead and/or co-lead high-impact initiatives including Cost of Ownership, pricing and fee strategy, data-driven initiatives, and other SGAM priorities as required. The role works closely with Product, Asset Management leadership, and key partners to translate strategy into execution with strong discipline, governance, and measurable outcomes.

What you will be doing:

• Lead and/or co-lead strategic SGAM initiatives (e.g., Cost of Ownership, fee alignment, pricing strategy, Product initiative dashboard) translating business strategy into execution.
• Own end-to-end delivery of initiatives including scope definition, planning, milestone tracking, risk management, and benefits realization.
• Drive development and adoption of a centralized initiative dashboard to support decision-making, including pricing insights, competitor monitoring, and prioritization of actions.
• Partner with stakeholders to develop data-driven recommendations (pricing, product strategy, cost optimization) supported by robust analysis and insights.
• Lead executive reporting across initiatives, including dashboards, status updates, risks/issues, and presentations for senior leadership and governance forums.
• Champion data governance, data quality and consistent data standards across SGAM, supporting the development of a centralized Product Data Hub that is integrated with the GWM data ecosystem.
• Drive adoption of advanced analytics and AI capabilities, identifying opportunities to improve decision-making and operational efficiency.
• Maintain an understanding of the competitive best practices and emerging trends around strategies and