VP of Technology

3 days ago

Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada Updata Partners Full time
Job Title: VP of Technology

Join Acuity Insights as our first VP of Technology and lead our technology functions to maximize the potential of our products and drive business growth.

About the Role

We're seeking a purpose-driven technical leader with an understanding of broader business dynamics and deep expertise in shaping software ecosystems to lead our technology functions. In this role, you'll define and drive a vision, strategy, and roadmap that guides platform and software development and fuels business growth.

Key Responsibilities
  • Drive technology vision & roadmap in alignment with business and product objectives.
  • Define, develop, and drive the execution of Acuity's technology roadmap, covering support for current customers, modernization of our technology for robustness and scalability, and exploring innovation and growth opportunities.
  • Explore and adopt AI and other emerging cloud-based technologies, particularly to strengthen product integration, enhance services, and drive innovation in data initiatives.
  • Collaborate with the Product Management, Design, and Operations teams to evolve and strengthen the adoption of our Product Development Life Cycle (PDLC).
Requirements
  • Proven software development leader with experience at the CTO, VP, or Director level in scaling product organizations, driving technology vision, roadmap, and data strategy from ideation to execution.
  • Led a 40+ person software development organization, with Directors and/or Managers as direct reports, and have supported them in building an outcomes-oriented team and an engaging, rewarding, productive software development culture that values diversity, equity, and inclusion.
  • Bring technical depth rooted in your passion as a builder, allowing you to guide the technical roadmap, contribute to the overall systems architecture, and support your team in solving complex technical problems.
  • Have worked with data-centric products or data warehousing platforms and had a chance to explore and experiment with how best to integrate machine learning/AI capabilities to deliver value to customers.
  • Led the evolution from a single product to a multi-product platform or software application ecosystem, navigating challenges like organizational design, cross-team collaborations, and high-stakes technology decisions with product/platform implications.
  • Helped define, evolve, and adapt software development processes to organizational needs with a clear focus on achieving measurable results and delivering incredible customer experiences.
What We Offer
  • Flexible and remote work, with the freedom to work from anywhere within Canada and configure your schedule and work hours to best suit your life.
  • Fair pay, with a salary aligned to your role, skill level, and job responsibilities, informed by internal pay equity and market data.
  • Prioritized rest and time off, with two weeks of disconnected vacation at year-end, self-directed vacation, extra Fridays off throughout the year, and support for medical, family, or mental health needs without financial worry.
  • Company equity, with the opportunity to become a partial owner of Acuity Insights and share in long-term value creation and financial success through our employee stock option plan.
  • Investment in your growth, with a $3,000 yearly budget for professional and personal development.
  • Save for retirement, with a GRSP matching program through Wealthsimple, where we match contributions up to 2% of your salary.
  • Support for health & wellness, with comprehensive health benefits for yourself and your dependents through Equitable Life of Canada from Day 1 of your employment.
  • Growing your family, with parental leave and a top-up for 16 weeks beyond EI benefits.
About Us

At Acuity Insights, we're a team of 130+ caring, curious, and driven individuals dedicated to our company's success. We collaborate remotely and occasionally co-work in person across Canada and some international locations.

We're committed to fostering a work environment where everyone feels respected, valued, and well-supported. We've designed our processes and policies to create a sense of community and belonging, promote equity, embrace diversity, champion inclusion, and encourage work-life balance so that every individual can bring their full potential.

We recognize that every person on our team is unique and has different qualities, lived experiences, strengths, and life situations. Our team's diversity is our strength, enabling us to build and operate a more sustainable organization and deliver better business outcomes.

We encourage individuals from non-traditional backgrounds or historically marginalized and underrepresented groups to explore and apply to this role.

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