AVP, Technology Lead, GRS Digital
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- Shape and align GRS technology strategy across the business unit and enterprise
- Define platform roadmaps, OKRs, modernization priorities, and delivery sequencing
- Provide technology leadership for digital experiences, core systems, data capabilities, integrations, and platform modernization
- Oversee end-to-end delivery of GRS digital and technology platforms across internal teams, vendors, system integrators, and enterprise partners
- Improve delivery velocity, quality, reliability, predictability, and productivity across agile squads
- Serve as the primary escalation point for platform, delivery, vendor, operational, and dependency-related issues
- Lead, mentor, and develop GRS technology leaders and teams
- Optimize team structures, platform ownership, accountabilities, succession planning, and capability development
- Manage platform budgets, financials, forecasting, investment prioritization, vendors, and system integrators
- Ensure platform stability, resiliency, security, technology currency, lifecycle management, incident management, change management, disaster recovery, and business continuity
- Manage technical debt, aging platforms, operational risk, and service reliability
- Partner with Product, Client Experience, Business Operations, Architecture, Operations, and Enterprise Technology leaders
- Represent GRS technology in executive forums and drive shared accountability for outcomes
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 10+ years of experience in senior technology leadership roles
- Demonstrated success delivering complex, mission-critical systems
- Experience modernizing and enabling wealth, retirement, investment, sponsor/advisor, or member-facing digital platforms
- Strong understanding of wealth, retirement, investment products, and regulated financial services environments
- Experience leading technology teams through modernization, transformation, and operating model change
- Experience managing sizable budgets, vendor portfolios, and technology cost optimization
- Strong technical credibility across modern digital platforms, integrations, data, mainframe/core systems, and operational reliability
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, executive presence, and leadership skills
- Decisive, pragmatic, outcomes-driven leadership in complex and ambiguous environments
- Ability to challenge architecture, delivery practices, platform decisions, and CI/CD approaches
- Strong commitment to developing people, building resilient teams, and creating an inclusive leadership culture
- Bilingual French and English, oral and written, required for Quebec-based applicants
Core Competencies
Demonstrates expertise in technology leadership, platform modernization, and managing complex digital systems within regulated financial services. Proven ability to optimize team structures, manage budgets, and drive successful outcomes in ambiguous environments.
Highest-signal resume keywords
- Technology Leadership
- Platform Modernization
- Budget Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Bilingual French and English
ATS Optimization Keywords
Hard Skills
- Digital Platform Development
- Data Integration
- Core Systems Management
- Operational Reliability
- CI/CD Approaches
- Agile Methodologies
- Technical Debt Management
- Incident Management
- Change Management
- Disaster Recovery
Soft Skills
- Excellent Communication
- Leadership Skills
- Decisive Leadership
- Pragmatic Problem Solving
- Team Development
Certifications & Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
Industry Keywords
- Wealth Management
- Retirement Products
- Investment Products
- Regulated Financial Services
- Vendor Management
$129.8k - $241.2k per year
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