AVP Workplace Solutions Technology

AVP Workplace Solutions Technology (WST) Engineering

Description: Permanent Full Time

Role Description

The AVP of Workplace Solutions Technology (WST) Engineering is accountable for leading the operation and continuous evolution of the technology applications and platforms that enable the Workplace Solutions business within Canada Life. You will be responsible for evolving the roadmap, building strong foundational capabilities, managing operational support and continuous improvement in accordance with Canada Technology and Workplace Solutions (WS) objectives. In this role you will direct and provide leadership for technology operations from a health, risk, security, resilience and support perspective. As we evolve our technology portfolio to configurable cloud platforms you will champion automation opportunities, and operation of a highly programmatic cloud ecosystem, building secure and operationally sustainable services (Codified policies, monitoring, ITSM integration, etc.), operating processes, and continuous optimization. You will be responsible to reflect an experiential mindset, drive velocity, consistency, and transformation adoption with measurable progress against the Canada Life overall strategies.

What you do:

1. Oversee the current application portfolio within WST and associated roadmaps, including architecture, development, automation and implementation
2. Drive an agile mindset within the product stack that measures progress over perfection
3. Work with and other IT partners and stakeholders to ensure product roadmaps are accurate and achievable
4. Develop and maintain senior level relationships with 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
5. Hold yourself and your team accountable to contribute to the overall modernization of the organization
6. Ensure solutions are enhanced, secured and upgraded to evolve the roadmap
7. Ensure effective and efficient use of financial and people resources
8. Implement and maintain best practice standards and guidelines with custom and out-of-the-box software development, integration, and deployment of solutions
9. Oversee the establishment of a framework with other related teams for integrating into new stack
10. Ensure standards are in place for integration of third-party applications into new stack
11. Ensure security standards are in place for current and future development
12. Drive productivity improvements in areas such as process, procedures, tools, and practices
13. Work with Vendor Relations on vendor procurement, contract negotiation and vendor onboarding for delivery of business capabilities and solutions
14. Management of integrators/partners and technology services
15. Drive a high-performance culture for staff and promote culture changes within the organization.
16. Set clear goals and ensure clarity of accountability
17. Balance staffing levels with external augmentation to meet business delivery needs
18. Ensure leaders, staff and vendors work together to drive performance and deliver to high expectations
19. Identify and invest in opportunities (processes, training, systems) to enhance individual and team effectiveness

What you bring:

1. Ability to flex between and be comfortable with influencing, advising, and collaboration
2. Inspires a vision that adapts to new realities, articulating meaningful expectations and creating clear pathways to desired outcomes
3. Ability to provide insight into the relationship between technology and business strategy
4. Ability to use knowledge of industry, business and systems to solve business problems
5. Strong understanding of business unit people, products and processes
6. Strong communication and relationship building skills
7. Using credibility and trusted advice, fosters collaboration
8. Promotes innovation with customer centric outward thinking
9. Ability to deal with ambiguity and flexibility of approach
10. Drives results and changes processes to improve performance; creates a culture of accountability
11. Has a bias toward action
12. Assesses issues and provides strategic direction; devises tactical solutions to iteratively advance strategies
13. Technology and systems expertise
14. Attracts, motivates, and develops talent to build the right team
15. Ability to manage and challenge vendor relationships to meet quality, cost, and performance goals
16. Understanding of internal economy and financial processes
17. Ability to oversee and manage financials
18. 5+ years of experience in an engineering or technology leadership position
19. 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) and PaaS (Platform as a Service)
20. Experience working in financial services or a comparable industry at similar size, scale and complexity
21. Experience leading through transformations
22. Experience with technology vendor relationship management
23. Bachelor of Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent
24. Agile delivery experience
25. Project delivery experience
26. Reliability Status security clearance - this is a personnel security status that is required before an employee can gain access to Protected B information, assets or work sites as outlined by the Government of Canada website

The base salary for this position is between $108,300.00 - $200,400.00 annually. This represents base salary only and does not represent other variable compensation components of our total compensation (i.e. annual bonus, commission etc). If you are selected to move forward in our recruitment process, your recruiter will be able to discuss additional details of our total rewards program with you.

Career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting, closing dates will vary depending on the search activity. All applications received will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Be your best at Canada Life- Apply today

Being a part of Canada Life means you have a voice. This is a place where your unique background, perspectives and talents are valued, and shape our future success.

You can be your best here. You’re part of a diverse and inclusive workplace where your career and well-being are championed. You’ll have the opportunity to excel in your way, finding new and better ways to deliver exceptional customer and advisor experiences.

Together, as part of a great team, you’ll deliver on our shared purpose to improve the well-being of Canadians. It’s our driving force. Become part of a strong and successful company that’s trusted by millions of Canadians to do the right thing.

Canada Life serves the financial security needs of more than 13 million people across Canada, with additional operations in Europe and the United States. As members of the Power Financial Corporation group of companies, we’re one of Canada’s leading insurers with interests in life insurance, health insurance, investment and retirement savings. We offer a broad portfolio of financial and benefit plan solutions for individuals, families, businesses and organizations.

We are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we live, and to creating an environment where every employee has the opportunity to reach their potential.

It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Canada Life policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact talentacquisitioncanada@canadalife.com.

Canada Life would like to thank all applicants, however only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted.

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