Digital Accessibility Strategist (12-month Contract)

Requisition ID: 216540

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

What you will be doing:

Join our dynamic Digital Banking team and help us drive inclusive design and accessibility across our digital products. As a Senior Digital Accessibility Strategist, you will envision and design accessible and inclusive digital experiences for Scotiabank customers, providing strategic guidance and technical expertise to advance our digital accessibility strategy.

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

• Contribute to the development of team/project roadmaps that align with the digital accessibility strategy.
• Drive the creation of accessible and inclusive products using design thinking, validated learning, business needs analysis, and market research.
• Analyze and interpret data to inform decision-making processes and understand customer pain points, needs, and expectations.
• Serve as an accessibility technical subject matter expert for user interface experiences, monitoring industry trends and best practices.
• Develop and evolve scalable accessibility design, development, and testing processes, methodologies, tools, and criteria in collaboration with relevant centers of practice.
• Collaborate strategically with teams to support digital product development.
• Identify and remove accessibility barriers to enhance user experience and drive systemic changes.
• Provide strategic direction, training, and feedback to build accessibility knowledge and capacity within various teams.
• Lead and influence without authority using a collaborative and outcomes-based mindset.
• Proactively solve problems and bring innovation from an opportunity-seeking perspective.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? - We'd love to work with you if you have:

• 5 - 8 years of practical digital accessibility experience.
• Advanced knowledge of digital accessibility standards and inclusive design principles.
• Self-driven with the ability to take ownership and accountability, working in a self-guided manner to drive initiatives.
• Thorough understanding of front-end technologies and their limitations and constraints related to digital accessibility for mobile and responsive web applications.
• Proven ability to communicate the complexities and opportunities for digital inclusion to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Expert relationship-building and influencing skills.
• Expert understanding of usability and user interface design principles.
• High level of awareness of disability-related issues concerning digital accessibility.
• A fast learner with an appetite to understand both simple and complex financial solutions.

What's in it for you?

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employees to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans.
• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - 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. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove, and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.
• Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.
• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days, and benefits will start on day one.
• Community Engagement - no matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs such as hackathons, contests, cooking with friends, Humans of Digital and much more!

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto || Canada : Alberta : Calgary || Canada : British Columbia : Vancouver

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.