Manager, IT Business Applications - Toronto, ON, Canada - New Gold Inc.

Description

Career Opportunities: Manager, IT Business Applications (6730)

Requisition ID 6730- Posted - 6000 New Gold Inc. - Corporate Office - Toronto, Ontario

Make an impact at Canada's premier mining company.

When you advance your career at New Gold, you are joining a Canadian-focused intermediate gold mining company engaged in the operation, development and exploration of mineral properties. Our mission is to be a leading intermediate gold producer, driving responsible and profitable mining in a way that creates sustainable value for our employee, shareholders, the communities in which we live and work and our environment. To learn more about New Gold, visit our website at . To learn more about our culture and people practices, visit the Career page . New Gold attracts and hires highly skilled individuals. By joining our team, you can look forward to:

• A stimulating values-based work environment
• A culture of collaboration and inclusion
• Inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• A deeply rooted commitment to responsible mining, health and safety and community engagement
• A comprehensive benefits package including a retirement savings plan

Corporate
Location: Toronto, ON

Schedule: Full time, permanent

Position Reports To: Director, Information Technology

Position Overview

Reporting to the Director of Information Technology, the Manager, IT Business Applications is responsible for the delivery and support of Business Applications across the enterprise, primarily SAP, BPC, SuccessFactors, and Ariba.

The Manager, IT Business Applications has a deep understanding of business goals, objective and business outcomes, business capabilities, value-streams, and business processes. The Manager, BA provides the necessary leadership, analysis and design tasks related to support the development of applications and solutions to ensure that business needs are met and align with the corporate strategy. The role holder is a senior stakeholder in all relationships with internal and external parties related to BA's across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with leadership to set the mission, vision, and strategy of BA to maximize the success of business and BA enterprise initiatives in alignment with the overall IT strategy and overarching corporate strategy.
• Maintains the current BA environment across the enterprise ensuring reliability, performance, and efficiency.
• Introduces innovative, differentiating BA capabilities that enhance our overall capabilities and enhance employee and operational productivity.
• Works with the IT senior leadership team on the service portfolio and governance required to prioritize resources, including budget.
• Builds successful stakeholder relationships with other IT and business leaders by developing a clear understanding of business needs, acting as a trusted advisor, and ensuring cost-effective delivery of IT services to meet those needs.
• Collaborates with IT leadership to ensure BA embrace and apply security strategy.
• Operates a formal governance mechanism to establish and monitor effective controls for the processes and functions performed by BA teams. Responsible for audit compliance of the BA portfolio.
• Leverages influencing and negotiation skills across IT and the enterprise to enable cost-effective and innovative shared solutions in the achievement of business goals.
• Provides direction on what emerging technologies should be incorporated into BA suite of products to successfully deliver overall IT and corporate strategy.
• Champions BA involvement in the IT organization's innovation efforts and its role in experimenting with new solutions to take advantage of business opportunities.
• Provides strategic direction and oversight for the full life cycle of design, development, operation, and support of BA IT systems.
• Works with HR and the IT leadership team to develop and execute workforce plans that ensure BA can supply skilled resources to meet current and future demand.
• Develops the maturity of BA to improve efficiency, deliver new innovations and increase collaboration with other business areas (e.g., through Agile and DevOps).
• Drives the adoption of (and commitment towards) BA's and improvements to the BA environment.
• Serves on IT planning and policymaking committees; drives the development of enterprise technology standards, governance processes and performance metrics.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, information systems, business administration, related field, or equivalent work experience
• Ten or more years of experience in IT or business/industry
• Three or more years of leadership responsibilities, including strategy, project management, budgeting, and staffing.
• Experience with leading S/4 HANA implementation

Other Requirements

• Strong third-party management skills, working closely with 3rd party consultants.
• Demonstrated experience of influencing key stakeholders across the organization and within complex contexts.
• Proven experience or demonstrated capability in leading teams responsible for SAP and BPC systems.
• Exceptional leadership skills, with the ability to develop and communicate the BA vision to inspire and motivate staff in alignment with the IT and business strategy.
• Effective influencing and negotiation skills in an environment where resources required for success may not be in direct control of this role.
• Excellent analytical, strategic conceptual thinking, strategic planning, and execution skills
• Strong business acumen, including mining industry and technology specific knowledge of the enterprise and its business units.
• Ability to build consensus, making decisions based on many variables, and gain support for major initiatives.
• Strong sense of self, ethics, and effort, as well as the willingness to go the extra mile to achieve important goals.
• Deep understanding of current and emerging BA technologies and practices, and how other enterprises are employing them.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute a strategic staffing plan that ensures the right people are in the right roles at the right time, and employees are highly engaged and satisfied.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts and technologies to business leaders, and business concepts to the BA workforce.
• Up to 25% travel required

We thank all applicants for their interest but will only contact candidates selected to advance in the hiring process. New Gold does not accept resumes from employment placement agencies, head-hunters or recruitment suppliers that are not in a forma contractual arrangement with the Company. Any resume or other information received from a supplier not approved by New Gold will be considered unsolicited and will not be considered.

New Gold is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veterans' status, Indigenous status or any other legally protected factors. Disability-related accommodations during the recruitment process are available upon request.

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