IT Director
2 months ago
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Meridia Recruitment Solutions
Full time
Job Summary
Meridia Recruitment Solutions is seeking a highly skilled and experienced IT Director to lead our digital transformation efforts. As a key member of our team, you will play a critical role in advancing our organization's digital capabilities, driving progress, and ensuring the success of our initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Technological Integration and Project Management
- Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of strategic IT projects, ensuring success and alignment with organizational goals.
- Lead significant digital transformation, implementing thorough change management for seamless transition. This includes needs analysis, milestone planning, change management, and pre/post project evaluation.
- Implement risk management safeguards for project outcomes.
- Strategic and Operational Support
- Align digital initiatives with ADL's goals for a cohesive, strategic approach.
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement within IT and relevant business functions.
- Define organization IT operations to maximize system efficiency in meeting customer service satisfaction standards.
- Develop intricate project plans, allocate resources judiciously, and monitor progress for timely milestones.
- Leadership and Stakeholder Engagement
- Provide strong, inclusive leadership, driving inter-organizational teams towards project goals and propelling digital initiatives.
- Cultivate strong relationships with teams, vendors, and end-users for effective collaboration.
- Lead usability and solution acceptance testing processes, ensuring solutions meet requirements.
- Integrate and optimize IT operations, collaborating for efficiency with external partners.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree – Information Technology, Computer Science, business, or related field.
- Strong strategic planning skills with proven experience in overseeing end-to-end project lifecycles.
- Change management expertise, driving effective organizational change in technology projects.
- Proven experience in strategic resource allocation and project management monitoring.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with proven effective cross-functional collaboration.
- Knowledgeable in IT operations management, with familiarity in systems integration tools and experience in optimizing IT processes.
- Demonstrated strategic thinking, adept understanding of business processes, and a proven ability to translate business goals into effective IT strategies.
- Proven experience in implementing continuous improvement methodologies.
- Understanding testing methodologies and some in usability testing experience would be advantageous.