Vice President, Information Technology

Type:
In-Office | Full-Time, Permanent

Our client is a well-established and growing Alberta-based organization with a diverse portfolio of operations and a reputation for innovation, operational excellence, and long-term strategic growth. The organization has made significant investments in enterprise systems, technology, and business transformation and is now focused on advancing the next stage of its digital evolution. Reporting to a senior executive leader, this role offers the opportunity to shape enterprise technology strategy, strengthen data and cybersecurity capabilities, lead artificial intelligence initiatives, and support business growth through technology, innovation, and systems thinking.

The successful candidate will play a critical role in connecting people, processes, data, technology, and business outcomes across a complex and evolving organization.

As the Vice President, Information Technology, you will serve as the organization's senior-most technology leader, accountable for the strategy, security, performance, and continued evolution of the systems, data, and digital capabilities that support the business. You will lead enterprise technology initiatives, oversee the internal IT function, manage key technology partners, and ensure technology investments deliver measurable business value.

Contribute technology, data, cybersecurity, and innovation perspectives to enterprise planning and strategic decision-making. Apply systems thinking to evaluate the impact of technology decisions across business units, processes, data flows, risks, and customer outcomes. Identify opportunities to improve scalability, efficiency, integration, and organizational performance. Support growth initiatives, business expansion, and future strategic opportunities through technology leadership.

Develop, execute, and continuously evolve a multi-year enterprise technology roadmap aligned with organizational priorities. Lead digital transformation initiatives that simplify work, improve integration, automate processes, and enhance business performance. Establish governance practices for technology investments, prioritization, funding, and benefits realization. Drive technology change management, adoption, and organizational readiness for new systems and capabilities.

Serve as the executive owner of the organization's enterprise application ecosystem and integration architecture. Oversee the lifecycle, integration, optimization, and governance of enterprise platforms and business-critical systems. Establish enterprise architecture principles that support scalability, reliability, interoperability, and security. Lead major software selection, implementation, optimization, and retirement initiatives from planning through stabilization.

Develop and lead the organization's enterprise artificial intelligence strategy and governance framework. Identify practical, high-value opportunities for AI, advanced analytics, and automation across the business. Establish enterprise data governance standards, including data ownership, stewardship, quality, and reporting practices. Strengthen reporting and analytics capabilities to support informed decision-making throughout the organization.

Provide executive leadership for cybersecurity, information security governance, privacy, and technology risk management. Oversee policies, controls, monitoring, identity and access management, backup, disaster recovery, and incident response practices. Maintain technology and cybersecurity risk mitigation programs and business continuity plans. Communicate technology, security, privacy, and vendor risks to Executive leadership in clear business terms.

Act as the executive point of accountability for outsourced technology service providers and strategic technology vendors. Define service expectations, governance practices, key performance metrics, and escalation processes. Lead contract negotiations, renewals, major technology purchases, and vendor due diligence activities. Ensure technology partners deliver strong service, accountability, security, and value.

Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing IT team. Balance operational…