VCIO

IX Solutions is Western Canada’s go-to boutique IT firm, sought after by leading tech talent and forward thinking organizations for their innovative approach, trusted team, award-winning service and standout company culture.
We act as a trusted advisor to forward-thinking organizations and their IT teams, empowering them to fulfill their potential through innovative solutions and technology that solves business problems. We help our clients effectively leverage modern technology and embrace digital transformation to achieve their critical business outcomes.

As vCIO, you are accountable for technology strategy, roadmap development, executive advisory, business alignment, and governance for IX Solutions clients. This role turns client current state, business priorities, operational needs, risk considerations, and advisory inputs into practical long‑term technology direction that helps clients make better technology decisions and prepare for what comes next.

You will develop client technology roadmaps, facilitate executive planning discussions, identify risks and opportunities before they become urgent, and create structure around priorities, ownership, governance, and investment decisions. You will work closely with Business Analysts, Solutions Engineers, Architects, Consultants, Project Managers, and IT Managers to connect strategic direction with operational realities, project opportunities, and client business outcomes.

The position reports to the Director, Client Services and works 40 hours per week, with typical business hours being 8:00am to 4:30pm or 8:30am to 5:00pm Monday to Friday. Balancing multiple client priorities with deadlines is a requirement, and after‑hours availability may be required on occasion.

This role is intended for a trusted, business‑aware technology advisor who can maintain senior stakeholder client relationships, convert complex input into clear direction, and help clients prioritize technology investments, modernization efforts, governance improvements, security needs, and operational dependencies over time.

IX Solutions is committed to helping all employees grow and develop within the organization, and the responsibilities below may be adjusted periodically to align with employee goals or aptitudes while supporting overall business objectives.

The vCIO position is a full time, salaried position. Compensation range is between $120,000 - $180,000 and is commensurate with the skills, experience and duties included in this position.

• Build, maintain, and strengthen senior stakeholder client relationships where IX Solutions has, or is developing, a deeper long-term partnership
• Act as a trusted advisor who connects business priorities with technology planning, governance, and risk decisions
• Earn credibility with client leadership through preparation, judgment, clear communication, and follow-through
• Support early strategic conversations with new or developing client relationships
• Help clients understand how current challenges should shape future technology decisions
• Maintain deep client context to effectively understand priorities, stakeholder dynamics, constraints, timing, and relationship history

• Develop technology roadmaps that give senior stakeholders a clear direction for planning and investment decisions
• Turn current-state assessments, advisory findings, Business Analysis outputs, operational issues, and client conversations into usable future-state plans
• Help clients prioritize investments, modernization efforts, lifecycle needs, risks, dependencies, and decision points
• Connect recommendations to the outcomes the client…