Vice - Ottawa, Canada - EDC

EDC

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Ottawa, Canada

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Description

Vice-President, Digital Platform Delivery and Architecture Z

Posting Date:
Feb 14, 2023, 2:06:35 PM

Primary Location:
Ontario-Ottawa

Job Type:
Permanent

Schedule:
Full-time

EDC is Canada's export credit agency, offering information, knowledge and innovative commercial solutions to help Canadian exporters and investors expand their international business.

We take on risk so Canadian businesses can take on the world.

When you join our team, you'll be helping Canadian companies bring their vision, passion and innovation to the global marketplace.

Your knowledge and expertise will support more than 25,000 Canadian companies and their customers in as many as 200 markets worldwide.

You'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with the best and brightest in an inclusive, collaborative environment that fosters professional development and success.

And you'll know that you're making a difference every day—for companies, for Canada and for the people you work with.

Year after year, EDC has been recognized as a Top 100 and Top Family-Friendly Employer. #LI-Hybrid

Position Summary

The Vice-President Digital Platform Delivery and Architecture (DPDA) is a senior-level role reporting to the CIO, responsible for overseeing teams of software engineers, architecture owners, DevOps engineers and providing leadership, vision and direction for the digital platform delivery and architecture organization.

This position is responsible for recruiting, developing, and retaining talent, as well as ensuring the software engineering staff has the skills and capabilities to meet business needs.

Working in partnership with the business sponsors, the Vice-President Digital Platform Delivery and Architecture also support his/her teams in the successful implementation digital initiatives and is responsible for championing best practices and ensuring initiatives achieve business outcomes.

Vice President of Digital Platform Delivery and Architecture is accountable for the operations, support and evolution of all the software solutions leveraged by the organization.

EDC is going through a major modernization effort of its business solutions and as such, the Vice-President will be instrumental in the definition of the strategy, and its execution, working alongside the CIO Office function, his/her technology peers, external partners, and the business leaders.

As a key member of the senior IT leadership team this role contributes to the development and execution of the enterprise-wide IT strategy and is responsible for ensuring strategy is fully aligned, positioning his/her organization to deliver compelling business value.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership and Strategy Responsibilities

Lead the Digital Platform Delivery and Architecture organization to successful delivery of business outcomes.
Sets the mission, vision, and value delivery strategy of the organization to maximize the success of business and IT enterprise initiatives
Provide platform thought leadership, vision, and direction for the organization in selecting the right digital capabilities to execute on its longterm aspirations.
Build strong working relationships with business leaders to ensure software engineering teams meet expectations and contribute to achievement of business goals.
Collaborate with IT and business leaders to develop short

- and long-term strategic plans.

Support and facilitate innovative and experimental software development and platform integration work to test new ideas, within bounded cost and time frames.
Supports the CIO by implementing solutions that align to the enterprise architecture framework and roadmap.
Serves on IT planning and policymaking committees; drives the development and adoption of enterprise technology standards, governance processes and performance metrics.
Continuously evaluates the business value of the organization, including the use of metrics such as Key Performance Indicators, Outcome Driven Metrics and Objectives and Key Results.
Manage the Digital Platform Delivery and Architecture budget, with ongoing focus on personnel, vendor, and capital expenditures.
Collaborates with peer IT Leaders to ensure knowledge and insight can be freely shared.

Talent Management Responsibilities

Develop workforce strategy to meet the organization's current and future software engineering needs through developing, hiring, and/or sourcing talent.
Partner with Human Resources to create learning and development opportunities aligned to the organization's skill and capability needs, and to provide rewarding career paths for software engineering staff.
Build a culture that supports learning, collaboration, transparency, and inclusiveness.
Manage employee engagement and promote a compelling employee value proposition to retain software engineering staff.

Responsibilities for Software Engineering Activities