Program Director

Montreal - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Experience Required: 8years

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Program Director is responsible for the planning coordination and delivery of high-visibility strategically impactful cross-functional technology initiatives. They directly contribute to the organizations transformation by orchestrating complex programs integrating components of architecture infrastructure application development security and systems integration.

The incumbent ensures the technological and organizational feasibility of the program defines the directions action plans and key milestones and coordinates multidisciplinary IT and business teams in a scaled agile environment. This individual acts as an influential leader with senior management IT governance bodies and external partners.

Their role is to ensure the organization direction and control of the human financial and technological resources necessary for the delivery of one or more large-scale strategic and highly innovative IT programs. They are responsible for the programs master plan and act as the central point of contact between IT teams business units technology vendors and decision-making bodies.

Main Responsibilities

Develop maintain and execute the IT programs master plan taking into account technological challenges architectural dependencies system complexity stakeholders and alignment with other IT programs and roadmaps.
Lead high-visibility technology initiatives with a structural impact on platforms core systems enterprise architecture and digital capabilities.
Ensure the alignment of technology deliverables with business objectives IT strategy and architecture security and governance standards.
Supervise and coordinate multidisciplinary teams (architecture development infrastructure cybersecurity data IT operations) within a matrix and scaled agile environment (SAFe).
Provide influential leadership to IT managers architects product managers and business teams to facilitate decision-making and the prioritization of technology needs.
Oversee change management (scope solutions resources budget timeline) and ensure adherence to IT governance practices methodology and quality standards.
Develop and maintain technology risk analyses (architecture integration security performance technical debt) and mitigation strategies.
Ensure rigorous and integrated accountability to the sponsor IT governance committees and decision-making bodies. - Represent the organization in relationships with technology suppliers and partners including negotiating and managing contractual agreements.
Manage a major IT program or several simultaneous technology initiatives with IT project managers reporting to you.

Requirements

Skills:

Influential leadership and ability to mobilize IT and business teams around common objectives
Excellent planning coordination and technological complexity management skills
Strong communication and IT concept explanation skills for senior management
Political acumen strategic judgment and ability to thrive in complex and highly governed IT environments
Ability to manage high-profile initiatives under strategic pressure
Autonomy proactivity rigor organizational skills and results orientation
Strong adaptability in digital transformation contexts

Knowledge and skills

Minimum of 8 years of experience in managing large-scale IT projects and programs
Significant experience in delivering complex technology programs including application cloud and systems integration environments
Experience with scaled agile methodologies (SAFe or equivalent) in large organizations
Experience with strategically complex IT programs ($20 million per year)
Solid understanding of enterprise architecture information security integration and digital transformation challenges
Knowledge of Clients IT structure governance models platforms and processes (a major asset)
PMP ACP and SAFe certifications required or highly desirable
Intermediate level of English (spoken and written)

Main Responsibilities

Develop maintain and execute the IT programs master plan taking into account technological challenges architectural dependencies system complexity stakeholders and alignment with other IT programs and roadmaps.
Lead high-visibility technology initiatives with a structural impact on platforms core systems enterprise architecture and digital capabilities.
Ensure the alignment of technology deliverables with business objectives IT strategy and architecture security and governance standards.
Supervise and coordinate multidisciplinary teams (architecture development infrastructure cybersecurity data IT operations) within a matrix and scaled agile environment (SAFe).
Provide influential leadership to IT managers architects product managers and business teams to facilitate decision-making and the prioritization of technology needs.
Oversee change management (scope solutions resources budget timeline) and ensure adherence to IT governance practices methodology and quality standards.
Develop and maintain technology risk analyses (architecture integration security performance technical debt) and mitigation strategies.
Ensure rigorous and integrated accountability to the sponsor IT governance committees and decision-making bodies. - Represent the organization in relationships with technology suppliers and partners including negotiating and managing contractual agreements.
Manage a major IT program or several simultaneous technology initiatives with IT project managers reporting to you.

Requirements

Skills:

Influential leadership and ability to mobilize IT and business teams around common objectives
Excellent planning coordination and technological complexity management skills
Strong communication and IT concept explanation skills for senior management
Political acumen strategic judgment and ability to thrive in complex and highly governed IT environments
Ability to manage high-profile initiatives under strategic pressure
Autonomy proactivity rigor organizational skills and results orientation
Strong adaptability in digital transformation contexts

Knowledge and skills

Minimum of 8 years of experience in managing large-scale IT projects and programs
Significant experience in delivering complex technology programs including application cloud and systems integration environments
Experience with scaled agile methodologies (SAFe or equivalent) in large organizations
Experience with strategically complex IT programs ($20 million per year)
Solid understanding of enterprise architecture information security integration and digital transformation challenges
Knowledge of Clients IT structure governance models platforms and processes (a major asset)
PMP ACP and SAFe certifications required or highly desirable
Intermediate level of English (spoken and written)