Vp, Information Technology - Markham, Canada - ParaMed

ParaMed

Verified Company

Markham, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Job Description:

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
All IT Operations

Through stakeholder consultation develop/maintain an IT strategy and plan and oversee the implementation, ensuring alignment with the company's overall strategy
Provide strategic direction to establish and lead the risk management and cyber security program governance, risk and compliance management processes and technologies, and information security technical operations
Maximize mix of inhouse versus managed services, develop strategic service providers and strong vendor management practices
Drive merger and acquisition strategies and processes
Develop IT business and budget plans that support both longterm and shortterm objectives
Accomplish financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing annual budget, analyzing capabilities, expenditures.
Establish (analyze, define, prioritize, and implement) an efficient framework of repeatable, scalable processes for a dynamic, centralized IT organization servicing multiple business units
Spearhead process improvement, reevaluating existing business processes to determine how they may change to support streamlined workflows and overall technology operations
Establish and maintain operations and strategic plans for systems implementation, consistent with defined objectives and strategic direction
Continuously assess capabilities and refine skills and processes to align technology capabilities with business roadmaps
Continuously assess BI capabilities to ensure best practices and technologies are incorporated into the overall strategy/direction including the creation and management of relationships with external partners that will aid in the execution of the defined strategies or supply key new technologies
Identify emerging trends and evaluate/recommend tools and technologies that will contribute to the ongoing enhancement of systems

Leadership and Management

Foster a progressive culture of innovation, empathy, action orientation and leading teams to achieve goals, build capacity to develop and innovate, and creatively manage challenges and changes
Provide leadership and vision and oversee the management of an array of IT functions
Supervise projects and mentor IT resources, develop, and support a staff to accomplish objectives and to deliver products and services to support company goals
Develop and sell business cases for technology directions, align, and communicate strategy, plans, business case and total cost of ownership

Technical Competencies

Experience managing geographically distributed organizations with ability to work collaboratively with subsidiaries and remote offices
Experience in technology sourcing strategies and large contract vendor management
Record of accomplishment building scalable enterprise platforms
Demonstrated, handson leadership in development and implementation of contemporary enterprise technology architectures, best practices and current innovations across technology solutions and platforms
Subject matter expert in cloudbased, assetlight solutions (SaaS), including the appropriate degree of focused managed services
15+ years of progressive technology leadership with a comprehensive experience set across all IT disciplines
Resultsoriented with impeccable integrity with an emphasis on both individual and team accountability
Excellent verbal, written, presentation and informal communication skills, including ability to communicate complex technical terms using nontechnical language

Time Type:
Full time

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