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Department OverviewTD Invent is our approach to transforming experiences for customers, colleagues, and the communities we operate in. Behind TD Invent is a community of innovators, patent filers, designers, researchers, developers, and partners who come together to build today's solutions with tomorrow's mindset. TD Invent will introduce you to areas and topics that may make you rethink what it's like to work in financial services.
Department Overview:
Within TD Invent is the TD Enterprise Innovation team where our highly collaborative pods of Product Owners, Designers and Solutions Leads work together to ideate, explore, and validate innovative solutions that will change the way the bank thinks about its customers – one sprint at a time. Make your mark in a setting where every day operates like a well-funded start-up, while helping TD shape the future of banking.
Job DetailsThe Innovation Solutions Lead plays a key role in building early-stage solutions for the team, rapidly bringing new concepts to demo, functional prototype or proof of concept for user testing and feedback, while preparing for potential production deployment. They work directly with highly collaborative pods of Product Owners, Analysts, Designers and TD partners to help actualize design work and concepts.
As an Innovation Solutions Lead within Enterprise Innovation, you will have an opportunity to also explore emerging technologies, work with pods to explore new concepts, and test with users to improve customer experiences. This is a unique opportunity to work in a highly collaborative team, learn continuously, unleash your creativity, and move quickly leveraging our Innovation Framework.
Job Responsibilities:
? Work closely with product owners, analysts, Solutions Leads, and designers, and at times with TD lines of business, to develop extraordinary early-stage products and experiences
? Participate in collaborative team ideation sessions and contribute to invention opportunities using the TD Innovation Framework.
? Act as an internal expert resource in the exchange of technical information for project teams, and provide technical insight and recommendations to the business and/or outside vendors
? Rapidly develop your vision of a solution into functional demo or prototypes (for web and/or mobile)
? Continuously enhance knowledge / expertise in own area and keep current with leading-edge technologies, emerging trends / developments, and grow expertise of the business, applications, infrastructure analytical tools and techniques
? Investigate the potential of emerging and enabling technologies (e.g., GenAI, VR/AR, big data, platform features)
? Document and present innovation areas of opportunity to the team based on your own findings and experiences
? Conduct code reviews to ensure adherence to quality, reusability and ease of maintenance
? Act as developer lead or consultant on a diverse range of activities (e.g., design, support of technical business solutions) and be relied upon to coach / educate and monitor the work of others for feasibility
? Assist in the assessment of the scope and risk of projects; work product owners and/or 3rd party vendors to ensure the development of broad project plans, budgets, and deliverables
? Promote your work at reviews with the Office of Patentable Innovation for assessment for patentability
? Support a positive work environment that promotes service to the business, quality, innovation and teamwork and ensure timely communication of issues / points of interest
? Undergraduate or Graduate degree or Technical Certificate
? 7+ years of relevant development experience including:
? Object oriented programming languages
? iOS (Swift), Android, or Flutter (Dart) mobile development experience
? Web development experience (e.g., HTML, SCSS, ES6 JavaScript / Typescript, React, Vue, etc.)
? RESTful APIs (e.g., NodeJS, Express, etc)
? Experience with back-end cloud-based solutions (e.g., Azure, Firebase)
? Git version control
? Experience with an agile scrum methodology, and a user experienced focused development process
? Strong collaborator who engages colleagues, business partners, external stakeholders, and employees
? Resourcefulness – understanding of whom to engage in order to identify solutions and resolve issues.
? Excellent judgment, impact and influence capability, with a demonstrated ability to work effectively with leaders at all levels across a broad range of stakeholders
? Experience with TD technology delivery practices and standards and project management disciplines, business technology architecture, and risk and production capacity, an asset
? Expert knowledge of the business, the broader organization, technical environment, processes, procedures, tools and other relevant technology areas (e.g., Architecture, Infrastructure, Security etc.) from a design / support / solutions perspective, an asset
Location
Physically centered in Downtown Toronto but currently "Flexible Hybrid", with the expectation that employees are present in either our Kitchener or Toronto offices a minimum of two days per week.
Company OverviewOur ValuesAt TD we're guided by our purpose is to enrich the lives of our customers, communities and colleagues, and share a set of values that shape our culture and guide our behavior. In exchange for how our colleagues show up to help TD succeed, we are committed to delivering a colleague experience grounded in Impact, Growth and a Culture of Care. No matter where you work across TD, we empower you to make an impact at work and in your community, explore and grow your career and be part of our caring and inclusive culture.
Making Your Well-being a Priority
A supportive culture that promotes colleague well-being is core to who we are. At TD, we focus on total well-being with extensive programs to help colleagues assess, manage, and improve their well-being across four core pillars — physical, financial, social and mental/emotional. In addition, we champion a safe and inclusive work environment so colleagues feel a sense of belonging and feel supported in their personal and professional growth. Through our focus on well-being, we know that we can help our colleagues thrive, contribute to our culture of care, and support better business outcomes, because when colleagues feel their best, they're more likely to do their best.
Our Total Rewards Package
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investment we make in our colleagues to help them, and their families achieve their 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 including medical, dental, vision & mental health coverage, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs.
How We Work
At TD, we believe in-person connections fuel collaboration and collective creativity. Our workplace experience empowers colleagues to do great work side-by-side at TD locations, while offering flexibility to work remotely where it makes sense for the work and team. Our teams work in one of three workplace models: Hybrid, Onsite and Primarily Remote. Wherever our colleagues are working, they'll always have access to the TD community and experience our culture of care.
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. 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.
At TD, we're committed to fostering an environment where all colleagues are encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work, experience equitable opportunities, and feel respected and supported. We're dedicated to building an inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity of the customers and the communities in which we live and serve.
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.
How We're Helping Make an Impact in Communities
TD has a long-standing commitment to help drive progress towards a more inclusive and sustainable future. That's why we launched the TD Ready Commitment in 2018, now a multi-year North American initiative. Under the TD Ready Commitment, we are targeting a total of $1 billion by 2030 in community giving four key, interconnected drivers of change: Financial Security, Vibrant Planet, Connected Communities, and Better Health. It's our goal to help support change, nurture progress, and contribute to making the world a better, more inclusive place for our customers, colleagues, and communities.
We look forward to hearing from you!
