Manager, Technology Strategy
8 hours ago
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
OMERS
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We are a purpose-driven, dynamic and sustainable pension plan. An industry leading global investor with teams in Toronto to London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe. We embody the values of our 665,000 members, placing their best interests at the heart of everything we do.
Join us to accelerate your growth & development, prioritize wellness, build connections, and support the communities where we live and work.
Don’t just work anywhere — come build tomorrow together with us.
Know someone at OMERS or Oxford Properties? Great If you're referred, have them submit your name through Workday first. Then, watch for a unique link in your email to apply.
Role Summary Reporting to the Director, Tech Strategy & Innovation, you will support the relationship between Data & Technology (D&T) and investment teams (private markets and public markets) through technology business partnering. Working closely with business leaders and technology teams, you will understand investment teams needs and business strategy, align technology priorities to business objectives and strengthen customer relationships.
This role offers the opportunity to shape future-focused technology and AI, support transformational change and foster a culture of innovation. You will help our investment teams achieve outcomes with D&T products and services, assess emerging technology opportunities and lead a team focused on cost transparency and value delivery.
You Will Be Responsible For
Build strong stakeholder relationships and understand customer needs, challenges and business strategy to recommend technology solutions, improve engagement and influence decisions. Develop and support customer technology strategies and roadmaps aligned to business objectives, assessing emerging technology opportunities and advising leaders on business performance implications. Drive customer success through proactive engagement, customer health metrics, issue response and liaison with technology teams, with a focus on value delivery. Develop expertise in D&T offerings to match products and services to customer needs. Use an enterprise-wide understanding to identify trends and innovative solutions, anticipate the technology implications of business strategy and support informed leadership decisions.
Partner across D&T and with the Technology Product and Services team to align innovative programs and investment-focused initiatives to evolving business needs. Champion core technology programs and D&T priorities, question established processes and share learning to strengthen continuous improvement and effectiveness.
Support on the learning and development of investment team focusing on AI platforms and tooling customized to their daily workflow/use cases.
Required Skills & Experience
A bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 6–10 years of experience in technology-driven roles.
Proven management experience in technology business partnering or a related function, with a customer experience focus and the ability to translate business needs into technology solutions.
Demonstrated program or workstream leadership, including integrated planning, dependencies, risks, decisions, governance and executive reporting across multiple stakeholders
Practical AI literacy and the ability to explain chat versus agents, assess common solution patterns and make sound tool choices without requiring deep software-engineering expertise.
Experience designing and facilitating training, coaching or leadership sessions and driving change adoption with measurable participation, proficiency, usage and feedback outcomes.
Familiarity with enterprise architecture and IT governance frameworks, plus strong business acumen spanning strategy, operations, market dynamics and emerging technology trends.
Executive-level influence and communication, with the ability to translate technical concepts for nontechnical audiences, navigate ambiguity and build trusted cross-functional relationships.
Exceptional strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, independent sound judgment and resilience in complex situations; the ability to earn trust through data-based insights, results and influence.
Effective team leadership and a track record of leading technology teams and innovation initiatives.
Clear communication of technical concepts to non-technical audiences, with strong coaching, conflict resolution, relationship-building and influence management skills.
Preferred Skills & Experience
Familiarity with Capital Marke
We are a purpose-driven, dynamic and sustainable pension plan. An industry leading global investor with teams in Toronto to London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe. We embody the values of our 665,000 members, placing their best interests at the heart of everything we do.
Join us to accelerate your growth & development, prioritize wellness, build connections, and support the communities where we live and work.
Don’t just work anywhere — come build tomorrow together with us.
Know someone at OMERS or Oxford Properties? Great If you're referred, have them submit your name through Workday first. Then, watch for a unique link in your email to apply.
Role Summary Reporting to the Director, Tech Strategy & Innovation, you will support the relationship between Data & Technology (D&T) and investment teams (private markets and public markets) through technology business partnering. Working closely with business leaders and technology teams, you will understand investment teams needs and business strategy, align technology priorities to business objectives and strengthen customer relationships.
This role offers the opportunity to shape future-focused technology and AI, support transformational change and foster a culture of innovation. You will help our investment teams achieve outcomes with D&T products and services, assess emerging technology opportunities and lead a team focused on cost transparency and value delivery.
You Will Be Responsible For
Build strong stakeholder relationships and understand customer needs, challenges and business strategy to recommend technology solutions, improve engagement and influence decisions. Develop and support customer technology strategies and roadmaps aligned to business objectives, assessing emerging technology opportunities and advising leaders on business performance implications. Drive customer success through proactive engagement, customer health metrics, issue response and liaison with technology teams, with a focus on value delivery. Develop expertise in D&T offerings to match products and services to customer needs. Use an enterprise-wide understanding to identify trends and innovative solutions, anticipate the technology implications of business strategy and support informed leadership decisions.
Partner across D&T and with the Technology Product and Services team to align innovative programs and investment-focused initiatives to evolving business needs. Champion core technology programs and D&T priorities, question established processes and share learning to strengthen continuous improvement and effectiveness.
Support on the learning and development of investment team focusing on AI platforms and tooling customized to their daily workflow/use cases.
Required Skills & Experience
A bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 6–10 years of experience in technology-driven roles.
Proven management experience in technology business partnering or a related function, with a customer experience focus and the ability to translate business needs into technology solutions.
Demonstrated program or workstream leadership, including integrated planning, dependencies, risks, decisions, governance and executive reporting across multiple stakeholders
Practical AI literacy and the ability to explain chat versus agents, assess common solution patterns and make sound tool choices without requiring deep software-engineering expertise.
Experience designing and facilitating training, coaching or leadership sessions and driving change adoption with measurable participation, proficiency, usage and feedback outcomes.
Familiarity with enterprise architecture and IT governance frameworks, plus strong business acumen spanning strategy, operations, market dynamics and emerging technology trends.
Executive-level influence and communication, with the ability to translate technical concepts for nontechnical audiences, navigate ambiguity and build trusted cross-functional relationships.
Exceptional strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, independent sound judgment and resilience in complex situations; the ability to earn trust through data-based insights, results and influence.
Effective team leadership and a track record of leading technology teams and innovation initiatives.
Clear communication of technical concepts to non-technical audiences, with strong coaching, conflict resolution, relationship-building and influence management skills.
Preferred Skills & Experience
Familiarity with Capital Marke