Senior Manager, IT Business Solutions

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Lead technology initiative intake, evaluation, prioritization, portfolio planning and roadmaps across assigned business areas.
• Partner with business leaders to improve processes, enable growth, reduce risk and improve customer and team member experiences.
• Direct development teams and work with architects and senior developers to deliver scalable, secure, reliable, integrated and maintainable solutions.
• Align business priorities, technical direction and delivery expectations across complex initiatives; improve development practices and operational performance.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and champion practical, responsible automation, AI-enabled solutions and modern delivery tools.
• Lead and develop managers, developers and other technology professionals; support workforce planning, hiring, succession planning and capability development.
• Build accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement and engineering excellence.
• Lead vendor evaluation, selection, negotiation and performance management; assess capability, solution fit, risk and commercial value.
• Support technology budgets, planning, business cases and investment decisions; monitor relevant technology trends.

Requirements and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related discipline, or equivalent education and practical expertise.
• At least 8 years of progressive leadership in IT, software development or technology delivery.
• Significant software development experience, including leadership of enterprise application delivery teams.
• Track record leading complex technology portfolios and partnering with senior business leaders.
• Strong knowledge of application architecture, secure development, testing, integration, DevOps, CI/CD, release management and operational support.
• Ability to evaluate technical approaches, manage technical debt and strengthen engineering practices.
• Experience hiring, coaching and developing developers and technical leaders.
• Strong vendor management and commercial negotiation capability; experience with modernization or large-scale transformation.
• Strong financial acumen in budgeting, financial planning and business case development.
• AI-enabled solution evaluation or implementation experience and modern development practices are considered assets.

Leadership attributes

• Connect business priorities with practical technology solutions and build trusted relationships with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Use sound judgment to evaluate competing priorities in complex environments.
• Develop people, create accountability and challenge established approaches to find simpler, more effective ways of working.
• Be outcome-focused, collaborative and adaptable, and lead through change and ambiguity.

Benefits

• The posting mentions a competitive salary, benefits, a company pension plan and free parking.