Delivery Director, Global Regulatory Implementation and Transformation

Work Location: New York, New York, United States of America

Hours: 40 per week

Pay Detail: $190,000 - $225,000 USD

About the Role

The Delivery Director is a senior execution role responsible for translating regulatory commitments into disciplined execution across multiple remediation and enhancement initiatives. You will set the delivery cadence, establish fit-for-purpose governance, and provide executive-ready reporting while unblocking teams and maintaining momentum in fast-paced, ambiguous environments. The ideal candidate is a seasoned delivery leader who has led large-scale regulatory and/or control programs in capital markets, understands products and data flows, and can translate complex requirements into executable plans across engineering, data, operations, risk, compliance, and front-office stakeholders.

The Director, Change Delivery-TDS leads, manages, and supports the end-to-end delivery of projects and major strategic and cross-functional initiatives across the dealers that are high in complexity and major in scope.

Responsibilities

• Own planning through execution across multiple workstreams (process, data, and technology), ensuring measurable and sustainable outcomes are delivered on budget with disciplined change control.
• Drive regulatory and compliance outcomes by partnering with business, compliance, technology, data, and operations teams to translate requirements into deliverables with clear ownership, testing evidence, and sustainable BAU handoffs.
• Serve as a trusted partner and point of accountability for senior stakeholders, driving clarity, momentum, timely escalation, and outcomes across the portfolio.
• Align priorities, clarify dependencies, and resolve conflicts between business, engineering, data, compliance, and operations teams.
• Lead with resilience and integrity, staying focused and effective through ambiguity, shifting priorities, and demanding timelines.
• Communicate decisions, issues, risks, progress, and trade-offs clearly and succinctly to senior decision makers.
• Produce executive-ready reporting that clearly communicates progress, risks, decisions, dependencies, and delivery outcomes.
• Manage senior stakeholder expectations, balance competing priorities, and adapt delivery approach to evolving regulatory timelines and organizational constraints.
• Establish and run governance forums; manage RAID (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies); drive timely decisions and escalations with options and recommendations.
• Coach and develop delivery resources, improve delivery practices, and continuously raise the bar on predictability, transparency, and outcomes.
• Ensure end-to-end delivery of projects in close partnership with all project stakeholders to align plans, timelines, expectations, and deliverables.
• Use negotiation and influencing skills to build consensus amongst diverse stakeholder groups to ensure project deliverables are met.
• Ensure projects are delivered based on agreed scope, timeline, and approved budget.
• Manage resolution of issues and risks effectively and ensure timely escalation when required.
• Communicate project status effectively to stakeholders.
• Manage project financials and benefits realization.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project management artifacts as required by project governance standards.
• Manage projects through the Project Management Life Cycle including Planning, Execution, Control, and Closure.
• Oversee testing deliverables for the project including: testing strategies, planning, preparation and execution activities, review, and sign-off of testing documentation.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience leading end-to-end delivery for complex, cross-functional programs (regulatory, compliance, risk/control, data, and/or technology change) in capital markets or a similarly regulated environment.
• Experience demonstrating accountability for delivery outcomes, executive stakeholder management, governance, escalation, and cross-functional leadership.
• Strong understanding of financial products and end-to-end flows (front-to-back), with the ability to communicate impacts to stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience supporting SEC, CFTC, FINRA, DOJ, or global regulator engagements.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with delivery tooling (e.g., JIRA, Confluence) and practical understanding of modern delivery methods (Agile, hybrid, and waterfall) as appropriate to regulatory commitments.
• PMP, Agile, Lean/Six Sigma, CFA, FRM, or CPA designation is an asset.
• Strong analytical mindset; comfortable with process mapping and translating control requirements into clear delivery artifacts (testing approach, evidence, operational readiness).
• 7+ years of prior experience.
• Outstanding record of project management success preferably in Capital Markets, both in results achieved and in use of professional methodology, especially using Agile approach.
• Strong project management skills and demonstrated experience.
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Pro-active in developing and implementing strategies that significantly mitigate risk.

Team Overview

The Global Regulatory Implementation and Transformation team is responsible for the design, implementation, and sustainability of regulatory projects. This includes strategic remediation programs across TD Securities – e.g., market conduct (trade and communications surveillance, control room). This function supports regulatory commitments to US and global regulators, and partners closely with Business leadership, Technology, Data, Compliance, and Legal.

Benefits

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).
• 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.

We provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role. We’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan.