Technology Advisor

 

Job Description

We are Canada Life

 

Being a part of Canada Life means you have a voice. This is a place where your unique background, perspectives and talents are valued, and shape our future success.

 

You can be your best here. You’re part of a diverse and inclusive workplace where your career and well-being are championed. You’ll have the opportunity to excel in your way, finding new and better ways to deliver exceptional customer and advisor experiences.

 

Together, as part of a great team, you’ll deliver on our shared purpose to improve the well-being of Canadians. It’s our driving force. Become part of a strong and successful company that’s trusted by millions of Canadians to do the right thing. 

 

Be your best at Canada Life.

 

Technology redefines the way we work and deliver to meet business needs and elevate the customer experience. You’ll be part of an organization that is embracing modern technology, innovation and agile ways of working.?
 
Our Canada Technology team is a strategic partner in our business – with an ambition to be a forward-thinking, agile technology organization delivering secure, resilient and leading solutions that support Canada Life and the well-being of millions of Canadians.
 

Do you have a passion for change and improvement? Do you always think about the customer and business outcomes first? Are you a creative problem-solver and communicator? Have you lead outcome driven collaborative efforts? If you answered a wholehearted yes to all these questions, we want to talk to you.

 

We are looking for a bright and passionate Technology Advisor to be a part of the Cloud & Integration leadership team. Working closely with Canada Technology leaders, we are undertaking exciting work in several key areas with the intention to modernize the organization. Key areas of focus include improving operational excellence, maintaining a strong cloud foundation, increasing business velocity through digital delivery and integration, changing the ways in which we work, reducing risk and improving resiliency all of which are targeted at driving improved business system performance and customer & advisor experiences.

 

About Us and Our Desire to Change

Canada Life is changing the way we work and how we help our customers. In TEP we are changing, adapting and realigning in greater support of customer and business expectations. Through a systematic and focused approach we are looking to move forward change incrementally using agile approaches.

Initial areas of focus are around our processes, procedures and ways of working to improve service resiliency and reduce service risk.

 

We are looking for a Technology Advisor

 

As a Technology Advisor you are a true change agent -- responsible for thought leadership, industry perspective, modern design concepts and the art of the possible. You remove impediments to achieving operational readiness. have a deep understanding of the organization and seek to drive continuous improvement with a outcome agnostic mindset centred around business value.

 

What you will do 

• Working directly with the Canada Technology leadership areas seeking out key areas of improvement, identify teams members and guide them through to the desired sustainable outcome.
• Remove/facilitate removal of impediments and ensure team has what it needs to succeed from driving approvals to ensuring the team has required training, coaching and resources.
• Facilitate alignment with all key partners to ensure readiness for rollout and adoption, including business value measurement and feedback loops to measure success.
• Help develop transformation roadmap including identifying and planning proofs of concepts which could be piloted.

What you will bring 

• A broad network in the organization to pull the right connections and get things done
• A strong background in cloud and DevOps delivery with a keen understanding of all IT areas
• A knowledge of Agile and ability to dynamically tailor approach to the situation
• The ability to communicate complex issues and trade-offs and tell a compelling story
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to influence a diverse group of stakeholders
• The ability to quickly structure and break down problems and push the team towards a solution
• Strong coaching skills with considerable experience in coaching large teams with various profiles
• A challenger mindset with a passion to challenge status quo to find new solutions and drive out of the box ideas
• Believes in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency, and trust across the team

Be your best at Canada Life- Apply today 


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