Our Client is Canada’s export credit agency, offering information, knowledge and innovative commercial solutions to help Canadian exporters and investors expand their international business. They take on risk so Canadian businesses can take on the world.
When you join their team, you’ll be helping Canadian companies bring their vision, passion and innovation to the global marketplace. Your knowledge and expertise will support more than 13,000 Canadian companies and their customers in as many as 200 markets worldwide. You’ll work shoulder-to-shoulder with the best and brightest in an inclusive, collaborative environment that fosters professional development and success. And you’ll know that you’re making a difference every day—for companies, for Canada and for the people you work with.
Year after year, Client has been recognized as a Top 100 and Top Family-Friendly Employer.
Scope of Position
In Late 2019, Client created a dedicated Technology & Digital Assets (TDA) team to be led by a Chief Digital Officer (CDO). Over the past 9 months, TDA, in partnership with the business, has established a digital strategy and transformation roadmap to deliver on the longer-term corporate strategy. In addition, corporate functions have co-designed their respective digital roadmap and transformation blue print. The strategy has been approved by the board of directors and is now in start-up mode. Client now seeks a tenured leader to govern and manage the entire digital transformation effort in partnership with the business estimated at $250M+ over the next 3-4 years.
Reporting to the Vice-President Digital Strategy, IT Delivery & Transformation, you will govern and manage the transformation program while providing leadership in ensuring Client’s culture and ways of working also evolve. You will start by designing a dream team of digital experts that will lead crucial aspects of the transformation and be focused on benefit realization and outcomes of results. Strong partnership with the business will be imperative as the model chosen to execute the transformation must ensure continuing operations while allowing for the design and development of new solutions. The governance and oversight of the transformation will also demand strong collaboration with the multiple digital teams, including cyber security, data & analytics and technology assets & operations. Throughout, executive and employee engagement will be crucial, and strong communication skills coupled with a data driven mindset and relentless focus on results are crucial behaviors.
This role falls within our strategic planning and corporate development discipline. The candidate develops the organization’s strategic plan(s) to ensure its continued successful growth and relevancy. He/She also conducts environmental scans, organization positioning analyses and other studies to establish and support the organization’s long-range goals. This role also coordinates input from all major business units to facilitate the integration of individual business unit plans with the corporate plan; in this case the digital plan. This senior role will conduct or facilitate periodic reviews of achievements and performance versus strategic plans and will evaluate, develop initiatives and analyzes opportunities in both new and existing businesses.
Key Responsibilities
Preferred Experience and Education
Skills and Assets: