Head of Technology, AI Operations and Observability (US)

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2 Locations
In-Office
200K-280K Annually
Expert/Leader
Fintech • Insurance • Financial Services
The Role
Lead enterprise strategy and global teams for Observability, AIOps, SRE, and incident intelligence. Advance AI-assisted operations, telemetry standards, runbook automation, and self-healing to reduce outages, accelerate recovery, and improve platform reliability while establishing governance and guardrails for LLM-enabled workflows.
Summary Generated by Built In

Work Location:

Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States of America

Hours:

40

Pay Details:

$200,000 - $280,000 USD

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.

Line of Business:

Technology Solutions

Job Description:

Additional Job Description

This is a high-impact leadership opportunity to shape how enterprise technology operations evolve in the age of AI. The AVP will influence strategy across observability, resilience, incident intelligence, and automation at enterprise scale, while working on some of the most important challenges in modern operations: reducing noise, accelerating recovery, improving customer stability, and enabling safe, governed adoption of AI in production operations.

This leader will play a central role in advancing intelligent triage, summarization, root cause hypothesis generation, runbook automation, and self-healing capabilities in a controlled enterprise environment.

Depth and Scope:

  • Define and execute the enterprise strategy for Observability, AIOps, SRE, and incident intelligence.

  • Lead global teams responsible for the platforms, practices, and product roadmap that enable 24x7 operational visibility and resilience across critical technology services.

  • Drive the next phase of transformation from reactive monitoring to predictive, AI-assisted operations by advancing telemetry standards, improving signal quality, and scaling automation across the incident lifecycle.

  • Partner closely with engineering, platform, and application teams to embed observability into design, build, and run practices, while also leading vendor strategy, platform rationalization, and cost optimization

  • Define and execute the enterprise strategy for Observability, AIOps, SRE, and incident intelligence

  • Build trusted partnerships across engineering, infrastructure, architecture, risk, and control functions to deliver secure, stable, and scalable operational outcomes.

  • Establish governance and guardrails for AI and LLM-enabled operational workflows, with a strong focus on explainability, auditability, resiliency, and data protection.

  • Improve service availability and reduce customer-impacting outages

  • Enable faster recovery and proactive issue prevention

  • Enhance reliability of digital and core banking platforms

Education and Experience:

  • Undergraduate degree or Technical Certificate

  • 15+ years of development and technology delivery experience with Agile Delivery Experience preferred

  • Strong experience with APM, Event management, Operational Automation and Reporting Platforms Including Dynatrace, Datadog, Splunk PagerDuty, RunDeck, PowerBI.

  • Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, lead through ambiguity, align teams to measurable outcomes, and create a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Physical Requirements:

Never: 0%; Occasional: 1-33%; Frequent: 34-66%; Continuous: 67-100%

  • Domestic Travel – Occasional
  • International Travel – Never
  • Performing sedentary work – Continuous
  • Performing multiple tasks – Continuous
  • Operating standard office equipment - Continuous
  • Responding quickly to sounds – Occasional
  • Sitting – Continuous
  • Standing – Occasional
  • Walking – Occasional
  • Moving safely in confined spaces – Occasional
  • Lifting/Carrying (under 25 lbs.) – Occasional
  • Lifting/Carrying (over 25 lbs.) – Never
  • Squatting – Occasional
  • Bending – Occasional
  • Kneeling – Never
  • Crawling – Never
  • Climbing – Never
  • Reaching overhead – Never
  • Reaching forward – Occasional
  • Pushing – Never
  • Pulling – Never
  • Twisting – Never
  • Concentrating for long periods of time – Continuous
  • Applying common sense to deal with problems involving standardized situations – Continuous
  • Reading, writing and comprehending instructions – Continuous
  • Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing – Continuous

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. The listed or specified responsibilities & duties are considered essential functions for ADA purposes.

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 base salary and variable compensation/incentive awards (e.g., eligibility for cash and/or equity incentive awards, generally through participation in an incentive plan) and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off (including Vacation PTO, Flex PTO, and Holiday PTO), banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition. 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.
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

TD Bank is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

If you are an applicant with a disability and need accommodations to complete the application process, please email TD Bank US Workplace Accommodations Program at [email protected].  Include your full name, best way to reach you and the accommodation needed to assist you with the applicant process.

Skills Required

  • Undergraduate degree or Technical Certificate
  • 15+ years of development and technology delivery experience
  • Agile delivery experience
  • Strong experience with APM, event management, operational automation and reporting platforms (Dynatrace, Datadog, Splunk, PagerDuty, RunDeck, PowerBI)
  • Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead through ambiguity
  • Experience defining and executing observability, AIOps, SRE, and incident intelligence strategy at enterprise scale
  • Experience establishing governance and guardrails for AI/LLM-enabled operational workflows (explainability, auditability, resiliency, data protection)

TD Bank Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about TD Bank and has not been reviewed or approved by TD Bank.

  • Parental & Family Support Parental and family-building support is positioned as a standout, including 16 weeks of paid parental leave for all parents and assistance for fertility, surrogacy, donor support, adoption, and doula reimbursement. This breadth is framed as above average for large U.S. employers and notable within banking.
  • Retirement Support Retirement support is presented as robust, with 401(k) and employer funding described in detail in some summaries (fixed contribution plus additional matching) alongside other savings programs. Employee banking discounts and related financial perks add to the overall rewards value beyond salary.
  • Healthcare Strength Healthcare and mental well-being benefits are characterized as comprehensive, including multiple medical plan options, virtual care, and an Employee & Family Assistance Program with continuous access. These elements are repeatedly emphasized as core components of the Total Rewards offering.

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The Company
New York, NY
93,823 Employees
Year Founded: 1955

What We Do

The Toronto-Dominion Bank & its subsidiaries are collectively known as TD Bank Group (TD). TD is the sixth largest bank in North America by branches & serves approximately 22 million customers in a number of locations in key financial centres around the globe. Over 85,000 TD employees represent the strongest team in banking. Delivering legendary customer experiences is who we are & is part of being the Better Bank. Visit our Careers page to learn more about TD & why TD is a great place to work.

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