Director, Technology

3 weeks ago


Ontario, Canada BlueDot Inc. Full time

Our Innovation team is looking to add a Director, Technology who has a passion for leadership and a technical background, to be the face of the Technology Team. You will be in a pivotal role in guiding technological solutions that can be applied to our early warning system for infectious diseases.

As the Director, Technology, you will utilise strategic planning skills to develop, manage, and support all aspects of software development, data management, platform, and infrastructure. You will guide and coordinate several direct reports in software development, data systems development, and DevOps, as they work in agile, cross-functional teams. You are responsible for supporting technology team members to discuss, design, implement, test, and deploy data and software systems that contribute to a comprehensive company roadmap. You will own and manage the Technology team budget, data vendors relationships, and 3rd party services that support the Technology team.

As a member of the Innovation leadership team, you will work closely with other leadership in Epidemiology and Product to collaborate on strategic decision making on the technical components that support the overall company roadmap. Reporting to the CEO, you will be a key member of a team responsible for delivering reliable services to our customers.

What you will do in more detail:
  • Guide and coach a group of direct reports across software, data systems, and platform development as an effective and collaborative team
  • Grow and maintain close strategic and priority alignment with your product and epidemiology peers by contributing to the long-term vision of the company’s technology platform including but limited to automation, scalability, and extensibility
  • Support product discovery of customer and market opportunities by working with your team to validate technology advancements/approaches, vendors, and data partners
  • Oversee and lead the company's cybersecurity initiatives, ensuring robust protection across BlueDot’s infrastructure and aligning on strategies to proactively address emerging security challenges and safeguard sensitive data and systems
  • Own, with your team, the performance, scalability, and security of BlueDot’s platform and infrastructure to ensure the reliability of BlueDot’s products, including the facilitation and support of BlueDot’s incident response process
  • Align product deliverables to technical implementation that will include; development and maintenance of data pipelines, customer facing API’s and data interfaces, and science-based model development and delivery
  • Champion effective Agile practices and facilitate where required to build the team’s capabilities and support prioritization
  • Lead and manage technology vendor and service relationships to ensure highly effective outcomes that improve efficiency, impact, and value for BlueDot
  • Be responsible for disseminating critical knowledge, changes, and developments originating from the Technology team decisions to all BlueDot or relevant members of the broader company
  • Collaborate with the Head of Finance to impact and support the Technology team budget as it relates to infrastructure, services, and hosting costs, resources and costs to support the Technology team spend
  • Maintain visibility of priorities, opportunities, risks, impacts, and outcomes for the CEO 
What you bring to BlueDot:
  • 8+ years of experience as a technical contributor in a dynamic environment, including start-ups, through the continuous delivery and support of software and data solutions following Agile methodologies
  • 5+ years as part of a strategic decision-making team with experience in the technical aspects of product development and delivery on key business objectives
  • 3+ years as a people leader overseeing a technical team with a broad range of talents, including software development, data engineering, and operations
  • Degree/diploma in Software Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent experience
  • Extensive experience supporting technical development in key domains, including cloud infrastructure, software development, data management systems, and ML Ops to support model driven outputs
  • Proven track record of delivering complex technical initiatives in highly dynamic organizations; with a preference for those with experience in health technology or similar industry 
  • Passion for inspiring, mentoring, and motivating a team to achieve a culture of growth and individualized career success
  • Demonstrated success building and sustaining a high performing team capable of driving technical development efforts while continuing to fulfill business commitments 
  • Experience driving adoption of technology through education, training, and other organizational change management strategies
  • Strong track record of managing external vendors and service providers
What we offer our team:
  • Meaningful work that truly has purpose 
  • As a smaller, agile team, we offer roles with impact 
  • Your contributions are integral, your voice will be heard 
  • Outstanding health, vision, and dental benefits from day one 
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