Senior Business Management Specialist

Work Location:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours:

37.5

Line of Business:

Business Management, Strategy & Support

Pay Details:

$136,000 - $163,200 CAD

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:

Senior Manager, AI Strategy and Planning

Job Description Summary

Reporting to the Associate Vice President, AI2 Strategy & Planning, the Senior Manager, AI Strategy and Planning plays a critical role in shaping the future direction of AI across TD.

This role acts as an internal strategy consultant and trusted advisor to executive leaders, responsible for translating enterprise priorities into actionable strategies, investment recommendations, business cases, and execution roadmaps. The successful candidate will operate at the intersection of strategy, finance, transformation, and AI, helping identify opportunities that create enterprise value while supporting disciplined investment decision-making.

The role requires a highly strategic thinker who thrives in ambiguity, can structure complex problems, develop data-driven recommendations, and influence senior stakeholders across the organization.

Job Description

Strategy Development

• Support the development, refinement, and execution of TD's enterprise AI strategy and strategic priorities.
• Conduct market, competitive, industry, and internal analyses to identify emerging opportunities, risks, and strategic considerations.
• Assess future business capabilities, operating models, and investment opportunities required to advance enterprise objectives.
• Develop strategic recommendations and executive-ready insights for senior leadership and governance forums.
• Translate broad organizational priorities into actionable initiatives, implementation roadmaps, and measurable outcomes.

Strategic Investment & Business Case Development

• Lead the development of investment strategies and support business cases for enterprise AI and transformation initiatives.
• Build investment theses, scenario analyses, and funding recommendations that inform executive decision-making.
• Evaluate strategic opportunities through financial, operational, risk, and value realization lenses.
• Challenge assumptions, quantify benefits, assess dependencies, and provide objective recommendations regarding investment prioritization.
• Establish value realization approaches, performance measures, and success criteria to support funding decisions and ongoing benefit tracking.

Executive Advisory & Decision Support

• Partner with senior executives and business leaders to structure and solve complex strategic challenges.
• Facilitate executive workshops and working sessions to align stakeholders, evaluate options, and drive decisions.
• Prepare executive-level presentations, briefing materials, and recommendations for governance committees and leadership forums.
• Support strategic prioritization across competing initiatives, investments, and enterprise objectives.
• Provide thought leadership on emerging trends in AI, analytics, and business transformation.

Enterprise Transformation & Governance

• Support the development of enterprise frameworks, methodologies, and processes that improve investment rigor and execution discipline.
• Contribute to the establishment of consistent approaches for business planning, value realization, investment evaluation, and performance reporting.
• Partner across business, technology, finance, risk, and operational teams to align objectives and drive successful outcomes.
• Influence outcomes and build consensus in highly matrixed environments without direct authority.

Stakeholder Management & Influence

• Build trusted relationships with leaders across business segments and corporate functions.
• Communicate complex concepts and analyses in a clear, concise, and compelling manner tailored to executive audiences.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders, often operating in environments characterized by ambiguity and competing priorities.
• Foster collaboration and alignment to accelerate decision-making and strategy execution.

Qualifications

Required

• 7-10+ years of experience in business and  program strategy, corporate development, business planning, transformation, management consulting, finance, or related disciplines.
• Experience developing enterprise strategies, executive recommendations, and business cases for complex initiatives.
• Strong financial acumen including investment analysis, valuation methodologies, scenario modeling, and value realization frameworks.
• Exceptional problem-solving and strategic thinking capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and navigate complex organizations.
• Strong executive communication, storytelling, and presentation development skills.
• Proven experience leading large-scale cross-functional initiatives with limited direction.

Preferred

• Financial services, banking, or enterprise transformation experience.
• Management consulting, corporate strategy, corporate development, investment banking, or strategic finance background.
• MBA, CFA, CPA, or equivalent advanced business qualification.
• Experience supporting AI, data, analytics, digital, or technology-enabled transformation initiatives.
• Experience developing executive and board-level materials.

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