Senior Technology Manager, Data Delivery

The Opportunity: At Equitable we believe great things happen when we work together. Were a Canadian mutual company driven by purpose - putting people first and helping Canadians protect today and prepare for tomorrow. If youre passionate about making a difference and growing your career in an inclusive and collaborative environment wed love to hear from you. Our culture is built on care passion and curiosity. We put people above all else strive to be our best and welcome new ideas to deliver positive outcomes. The Senior Technology Manager role will manage and direct a cross-functional team that identifies recommends develops implements and supports IT solutions to enable strategic and tactical business goals and objectives. The role will manage and steward a set of technology assets within a technology platform in collaboration with business and IT roles on solution design and development of systems and applications that may depend on or are used by other platforms. The role will create and drive technical strategy and roadmaps for a set of technology assets within a technology one of the regions top employers and be part of something that truly makes a Arrangements: This is a hybrid role. You will work in our office in Waterloo ON a minimum of two (2) assigned consecutive days every other week plus a fifth (5th) assigned day per month. You are welcome to work from the office more than the minimum requirement and there may be some roles that are required to work in our office more than the minimum youll do:Set and own technical vision and roadmap for assigned assets within a platform to support and enhance business outcomes deliver milestones for assigned assets monitor steward and advance the technical health and performance of assigned assets work with architects to develop technology capabilities roadmap manage lifecycle of vendor platforms and vendor relationshipsLead solution Development or Service practices and processes by enabling the team to deliver high quality solutions in a sustainable and optimized document and continuously improve and implement end-to-end software/service development quality delivery and support processesSet direction and vision for the team; including hiring mentoring and training when required; monitoring productivity quality and morale and spearheading the team through processes implementation and changesAchieve strong internal client and stakeholder relations through service commitments by balancing efficiency quality and proposing viable solutions to minimize obstacles as well as inspire colleagues to do the same Investigate and lead efforts to balance regulatory demands as well as stay updated with the changing regulations and policies to ensure clients best interests are metUse critical reasoning to examine from various perspectives to analyze and make well supported judgements and interpretations on complex issues; make time sensitive decisions with limited information and autonomously manage competing priorities and atypical disruptions effectivelyChange leadership leading cross functional team members through periods of uncertainty and ambiguityLead agile delivery teams using Scrum Kanban or hybrid models Contribute to and continuously evolve our data roadmap negotiating scope sequencing and tradeoffs with multiple lines of business Partner with architecture and platform teams to align roadmap delivery and operational healthChampion DevOps practices including CI/CT/CD release management operational readiness and production supportWhat youll bring:3 years in a team leadership or management role; 5 years of relevant business technology experience5 years managing people in an agile delivery environment Experience leading teams through ambiguity competing priorities and changing business direction Demonstrated ownership of a technology or delivery roadmapPost-secondary degree or combination of equivalent education/ experience in the following or related discipline Computer Science Computer Systems Engineering or Software EngineeringContemporary Business Intelligence Tool Certifications SQL Server tool CertificationDeep knowledge of Azure cloud services and modern cloud-native application development including Azure App Services Azure Functions Azure API Management (APIM) Azure Storage Azure DevOps and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).Strong experience in full-stack application development including front-end frameworks (e.g. Angular React or ) back-end development /C# Java or Python and designing scalable secure and maintainable enterprise expertise in API design development integration and administration including RESTful APIs microservices architecture API security (OAuth OpenID Connect JWT) API versioning and API lifecycle understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles and experience developing enterprise-grade applications using languages such as C# Python Java and JavaScript/ Organizational skills ability to break down complex enterprise needs spanning multiple assets into multiphase implementable solutionsA level of agility and flexibility to adapt to changes in priorities assigned responsibilities and projects by seeking out communicating the WHY and HOWStrong Interpersonal skills through effective and professional communication and sharing/ soliciting knowledge and insights freely with clients colleagues business partners sponsors and senior leaders providing constructive feedback embracing diversity ability to negotiate/ mediate to resolve conflicts and influence through active listening emotional intelligence and empathy Encourage a Growth Mindset and Innovation by critically evaluating current processes and proactively contributing to the implementation of continuous improvement and innovation opportunities through leveraging past learnings and industry/ external best in it for you:Career Growth: Regular learning sessions and developmentopportunitiesTotal Rewards: Incentive pay annual salary reviews employer-paid benefits and pensionmatchingTime Away: Competitive vacation plus one paid volunteer day each yearFlexibility: Healthy work-life balance with employee wellness always top of mind complemented by a dress for your day approachAt Equitable were committed to fair pay and an inclusive accessible hiring experience. If you need accommodations or alternative formats at any stage just reach out to us at Were happy to base pay will be based on your skills qualifications experience and addition to your salary this role is eligible for a discretionary annual incentive award tied to business performance plus a wide range of competitive benefits. If youre selected to move forward our Talent Acquisition team will walk you through all the details of our total rewards program so you know exactly whats To: Lead Technology Manager DataDepartment: IT Data & Analytics Term: Permanent Full-Time