AVP, Corporate Functions Technology

Role Overview

• Oversee technology product, data and cloud roadmaps, including architecture, development and implementation
• Drive an agile mindset within the technology stack that measures progress over perfection
• Work with Business and IT stakeholders to ensure Product roadmaps are accurate and achievable
• Develop and maintain senior level relationships within stakeholders, application development teams, external vendors and industry forums for the purpose of influencing product and technology directions, promoting effective collaboration and leading change management efforts
• Hold yourself and your team accountable to contribute to the overall digital modernization of the organization
• Ensure solutions are enhanced, secured, and upgraded to evolve the roadmap
• Ensure effective and efficient use of financial and people resources
• Implement and maintain best practice standards and guidelines with custom and out-of-the-box software development, integration, and deployment of solutions
• Oversee the establishment of a framework with other related teams for integrating into new stack
• Ensure standards are in place for integration of third-party applications into new stack
• Ensure security standards are in place for current and future development
• Drive productivity improvements in areas such as process, procedures, tools, and practices
• Work with Vendor Relations on vendor procurement, contract negotiation and vendor onboarding for delivery of business capabilities and solutions
• Management of integrators/partners and technology services
• Drive a high-performance culture for staff and promote culture changes within the organization
• Set clear goals and ensure clarity of accountability
• Ensure leaders, staff and vendors work together to drive performance and deliver to high expectations
• Identify and invest in opportunities (processes, training, systems) to enhance individual and team effectiveness

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in an engineering or technology leadership position
• Experience with technology and engineering practices such as microservices, data services, event-streaming, cloud hosting, on-premises infrastructure, automated observability, IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service) and SaaS (Software as a Service)
• Experience leading through transformations
• Experience with technology vendor relationship management
• Bachelor of Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent
• Agile delivery experience
• Project delivery experience

Tech Stack

• Cloud
• Microservices

Benefits

• Opportunities for career advancement, access to industry-leading learning programs and up to $2,000 annually towards education reimbursement.
• Flexible health and dental benefits, plus a $5,000 mental health benefit to support your well-being.
• In addition to regular vacation and personal days, we support community involvement with a volunteer day.
• Company-matching pension plan, share ownership program and additional investment options.
• Employee recognition programs, service milestone celebrations, employee discounts and more!
• We provide a workplace where employees feel connected and supported through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), mentorship programs, social clubs and events.