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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hybrid
Join a Challenger
At EQ, we're remaking banking so every Canadian gets ahead, every day. Serving nearly 4 million Canadians from coast to coast, we offer a wide variety of financial services from banking and lending, to trust and credit union solutions.
We've been at this since 1970, challenging the conventions of traditional banking with smarter, faster, and more connected financial experiences.
What's kept us moving? The people behind it all: challengers who ask better questions, push back on old assumptions, and look for a better way forward.
If you're driven to help reshape how banking works for Canadians and the businesses that power our economy, this could be your next big opportunity.
We can’t wait to get to know you!
One of our goals is to fail small and learn fast. The Senior Incident, Problem & Change Specialist will focus on minimizing the impacts of production incidents while ensuring the organization learns quickly to become more resilient.
The Incident, Problem & Change Specialist is accountable for tracking, and managing technology incidents experienced within the bank, while driving the restoration of services at pace. A key part of this role is effective communication across all stakeholders and teams within the bank, in both verbal and written form while working under pressure at a fast pace.
The role is responsible for managing the processes, guidelines, standards and tools related to Major and other high priority Incidents. This encompasses performing Root Cause Analysis.
The role is responsible for managing the lifecycle of Problems, with the aim of preventing incidents from happening or reoccurring. The Incident, Problem & Change Specialist will record and manage problems through to resolution by performing root cause analysis, coordinating third party analysis, and communicating with stakeholders. They will ensure workaround and solution suitability will establish service level objectives, indicators and agreements (SLOs, SLIs and SLAs) for critical systems and channels, including championing automated monitoring and data aggregating to streamline reporting of metrics.
This role is also responsible for managing the lifecycle of Changes with the goal of ensuring appropriate due diligence and documentation exists to reduce risk and proactively have a rollback strategy to minimize impact if issues arise. As a gatekeeper for the Change process, this role ensures adherence to the Change Enablement standard, processes and Change Advisory Board (CAB) expectations.
Success in this role will be demonstrated by ensuring that all major incidents are dealt with effectively and with minimum disruption to live service and SLAs.
Determine the severity of a potential major incident that has been raised by the business (per priority matrix)
Drive successful and timely restoration services of major incidents within response and resolution time SLAs
Establish and maintain timely communications with all stakeholders to ensure they are informed of service status with clear and comprehensive updates
Manage stakeholder expectations and update people on progress or slippages
Host both technical and managerial conference calls, and facilitate effective incident management throughout the incident lifecycle
Spin-up command centres (virtual/physical) as needed based on priority of incidents, including call-tree escalations to Level 2 / 3 experts as needed
Own the creation and distribution of succinct communications on command centre progress and activities, for both front-line technical staff and executive leaders
Co-ordinate / facilitate escalations through internal and supplier teams as needed to heighten visibility and engagement
Maintain accurate and thoroughly detailed records of incidents
Accountable for gathering required information from business and technology to enable effective Root Cause Analysis
Produce and maintain Executive level reporting of incidents, including number of customers impacted and restoration timing at the time of incident an also as ongoing reporting on a cadence
Minimize and mitigate business-impacting incidents through controlled problem identification and responsive / proactive service improvement plans
Identify the underlying root cause and the triggers of a Problem and initiate the most appropriate and economical Problem solution or temporary workaround
Ensure that after a successful Problem solution - the Problem Record contains a full historical description, and that related Known Error Records are updated
Undertake a review of the resolution of a Problem to prevent reoccurrence and learn any lessons for the future
Draw appropriate attention towards aging and inactive problems
Verify if the Problems marked as closed have been fully resolved
Provide extended and off-hour support as needed to manage command centres and communications
Manage processes to ensure on-call team schedules, systematic call-trees, and distribution lists are accurate and up to date
Develop, monitor and maintain change management standards and procedures based on effectiveness
Ensure that all changes are properly documented, reviewed, and approved
Manage the change schedule and ensure that changes are implemented in a timely and efficient manner
Work with stakeholders to identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies
Ensure that all changes are properly tested and validated before implementation
Facilitate change advisory board (CAB) meetings
Ensure that all changes are properly communicated to stakeholders and end-users
Review and update SOPs, policies and business processes to improve performance
University degree in business administration or a technology-related field required, or equivalent work experience
Incident, Problem & Change management with Major Incident Response experience preferable
3 years of experience with technical incident resolution or product defect resolution
Strong written and verbal communication, with an ability to articulate issues simply, concisely, accurately and clearly for both technical working level teams and executives
An ability to work efficiently, effectively and collaboratively
Knowledge of ITIL 4 practices
Analytical mind capable of managing numerous information sources and providing meaningful data analysis reports to senior management
Organized, structured, logical thinking and detail oriented analytic skills
Multi-tasking – can manage several concurrent initiatives with pace and prioritise demands whilst maintaining composure
Experience with tracking incidents, problems and changes including providing dashboard views of good performance & gaps over time
Strong knowledge of ServiceNow, Confluence and Jira is required
Strong attention to detail, keen problem-solving skills, with experience performing impact and root cause analyses, recommending solutions, and supporting resolution efforts
Ability to approach problems logically and with good judgment to ensure the appropriate outcome
Capacity to adapt to and manage change in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Personal maturity, personable, credible, professional presence
Coordinative authority, Calm under pressure
Ability to work professionally with other teams and individuals to get things done quickly
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
EQ is committed to building an inclusive, accessible environment where every employee feels valued, respected, and supported. We believe our organization is stronger — and our people thrive — when we honour and celebrate diverse experiences, identities, and perspectives. We’re equally committed to supporting your growth, both professionally and personally.
We provide a barrier‑free recruitment process and work environment. If you require accommodations at any stage, we will work with you to ensure you can bring your best self to the process and beyond.
As part of our recruitment process, EQ uses AI to help screen, assess, and/or select applicants for this position. All AI-enabled outputs are reviewed and validated by our talent team. All candidates considered for hire must successfully complete a criminal background check and credit check. While we appreciate every application, an EQ recruiter will contact only those whose skills and experience most closely match the requirements of the role.
EQB Inc. (TSX: EQB) is the parent company of Equitable Bank, the country's seventh-largest Schedule I bank by assets, which operates EQ Bank, Canada's Challenger Bank™. EQB Inc. serves nearly 4 million Canadians and manages approximately $150 billion in combined assets under management and administration.
To learn more, visit eqb.investorroom.com and eqbank.ca.