Senior Director, Business Solutions & Technology Delivery

Reporting to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) the Senior Director Business Solutions & Technology Delivery plays a critical leadership role in aligning technology investments priorities and delivery with business objectives. 

This position leads the Business Solutions function and serves as a key partner to business and technology leaders across the organization. The role will help drive enterprise modernization technology transformation and AI-enabled capabilities while ensuring technology investments deliver measurable business value. 

This is an opportunity for an experienced technology leader who excels at building trusted business relationships leading high-performing teams and delivering results in a complex fast-paced environment. 

Lead Business Solutions 

• Provide leadership direction and accountability for the Business Solutions team including application portfolio ownership business relationship management and delivery governance. 

• Partner with leaders across the organization to translate business priorities into technology roadmaps investment strategies and delivery plans. 

• Monitor application portfolio health delivery performance and business outcomes using relevant metrics to inform priorities and provide transparency. 

• Oversee strategic technology vendors and partner relationships driving performance commercial compliance accountability and continuous improvement. 

Drive Enterprise Technology Delivery 

• Lead and coordinate complex cross-functional technology initiatives involving business stakeholders and teams across Infrastructure Security Architecture Operations and Strategic Sourcing. 

• Partner closely with IT Operations & Service Delivery on major technology changes operational risks escalations and initiatives that affect business or application outcomes. 

• Align business solution planning with infrastructure capabilities enterprise architecture direction operational readiness cybersecurity requirements and organizational standards. 

• Provide executive visibility into key risks dependencies priorities service-delivery considerations and delivery outcomes. 

Support the CIO and Enterprise Transformation 

• Act as a key delegate for the CIO across selected governance business and cross-functional technology initiatives. 

• Support technology governance enterprise risk management executive reporting budget and capital planning and major technology vendor and investment decisions. 

• Collaborate with Strategic Sourcing & Facilities on procurement contract renewals vendor governance cost optimization and commercial matters. 

• Advance enterprise AI integration and enablement by coordinating across business architecture security operations and delivery teams. 

• Develop business cases for technology investments and track value and return on investment to inform prioritization and resource decisions. 

Lead and Develop People 

• Build coach and develop a high-performing Business Solutions team with clear expectations development plans and accountability for results. 

• Provide leadership across matrixed initiatives through influence coordination and governance. 

• Manage team capacity organizational structure succession planning and resource allocation in alignment with portfolio priorities and budget constraints. 

Qualifications :

• A bachelors degree or college diploma in Information Technology Computer Science Engineering or a related field. An equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience will be considered. 

• A graduate degree such as an MBA or MIS or relevant certifications such as PMP ITIL or CGEIT is an asset. 

• 10 years of progressive IT leadership experience spanning applications business technology delivery infrastructure or service-delivery environments and vendor management. 

• Proven success aligning technology delivery with business outcomes navigating competing priorities and building effective cross-functional partnerships. 

• Strong business relationship management skills with the ability to translate business needs into technology priorities and clearly communicate outcomes to non-technical stakeholders. 

• Exceptional people leadership skills and demonstrated experience leading teams and influencing outcomes across matrixed organizations. 

• Effective executive communication skills with confidence presenting to C-suite and board-level audiences. 

• Strong financial and strategic planning capabilities including budget stewardship vendor cost governance capital planning and technology investment decisions. 

• Familiarity with enterprise application platforms cloud infrastructure network and server environments modern ITSM tools and core systems such as ERP CMS DAM and CRM. 

• Working knowledge of ITIL principles cybersecurity risk PCI DSS or NIST-aligned governance enterprise architecture and technology roadmap planning. 

• A structured analytical approach to risk assessment problem solving ambiguity and change. 

• Experience in media publishing or a similarly complex multi-business-unit environment is an asset. 

Additional Information :

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time