AVP Technology Strategy

5 days ago

Golden Horseshoe, Canada TechAlliance of Southwestern Ontario, London Economic Development Corporation Full time
p>We are looking to hire an Assistant Vice-President, Technology Strategy & Governance to join our Great-West Life Co & Canada Technology team.

Technology redefines the way we work and deliver to meet business needs and elevate the customer experience. You’ll be part of an organization that is embracing modern technology, innovation, and agile ways of working.

Our Lifeco & Canada Technology Team is a strategic partner in our business – with an ambition to be a forward-thinking, agile technology organization delivering secure, resilient, and leading solutions that support Canada Life and the well-being of millions of Canadians.

Reporting to the Vice-President, Global Technology Strategy & Governance, this role is accountable for implementing strategic management and governance processes that:

  1. Improves Decision Making: Strategic decision support to SVP, Transformation and the CIO as well as other leaders in the Technology leadership team to maximize value delivered, enabled by greater visibility and strategic alignment.
  2. Optimizes Value: Value delivered is measured and managed through diligent and regular analysis against all technology metrics including risk, security, and operational metrics, managing technology as a business with improvement opportunities identified and incorporated into execution plans.
  3. End-to-End Ownership: Responsible for end-to-end ownership of research, creation, and socialization of presentation materials to support senior executive discussions at various forums and including but not limited to audiences such as the Board, Regulators, and Senior Management.
  4. Reporting: Oversee the development, implementation, and issuance of timely and complete information/reports/scorecards that provide evidence whether commitments are being fulfilled and objectives are being met. Accountable to the CIO for end-to-end ownership of regulatory issue/audit/other risk dimension reporting to audiences that include Senior Management team, Board, and Regulators.
  5. Support: Support ad hoc analysis or business case inputs of new programs as needed to achieve desired outcomes and objectives.

As the trusted technology delivery partner of Great West Life’s and Canada Life’s Senior Technology Leaders, the AVP will ensure the activities are planned, budgeted, executed in ways that meet the highest standards of governance and execution. This leader will be the delivery expertise working across multiple technology portfolios and product teams, interfacing different planning, implementation, and release experts to ensure:

  1. Delivery risks and dependencies are identified and mitigated.
  2. Efficient and quality delivery.
  3. Business agility in the technology teams.
  4. Drive a high-performance culture for the team and influence this culture within Canada technology as a senior leader in the organization.
  5. Drive collaboration across our portfolio and product technology teams to drive solutions development in alignment with the Lifeco & Canada Technology Strategy & Roadmap.
  6. Collaboratively work with Portfolio Leaders from our various technology teams to provide greater efficiency in our overall technology strategy.

Experience Required:

  1. 10+ years’ experience in business technology to support technology journey, business operation, and data insights.
  2. Bachelor of Computer Science or Engineering degree; or equivalent work experience.
  3. Specialized Knowledge/Experience with cloud, modern architectures, Dev Ops, and sound financial knowledge and knows how to apply to a Technology area.
  4. Demonstrated a high level of innovation, the ability to utilize and implement best practices, as well as creating new ways of working, rolling out and implementation across a group.
  5. An agile mindset that is focused on delighting our customers, advisors, and shareholders.
  6. Be a “translator” between business and technology, excellent understanding of product development lifecycle, and versed in agile delivery frameworks.
  7. Extremely detail-oriented, excellent understanding of how technology products are delivered and able to anticipate future roadblocks and help mitigate delivery risks.
  8. Demonstrated ability to work with senior leadership and other internal/external stakeholders on the development and delivery of large-scale technical projects and transformation work, building plans and managing progress reporting which provide visibility of work in progress.
  9. Applies a structured process to reporting to ensure consistent measurement across different technology initiatives.
  10. Finding the right balance between building relationships and driving necessary change.
  11. Due to high regulations in our industry, the individual must be able to navigate these appropriately and collaborate and work with the appropriate experts in these areas.

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