Director, Technology Strategy, Financial Services

A career within Technology Strategy services, will provide you with the opportunity to help organizations develop strategies that transform their technology capabilities and solve their most critical challenges. We focus on building technology enabled and agile operating models, planning their new enterprise architecture into a differentiating capability system that helps them win in the market, leveraging digital analytics to enhance the customer experience and optimizing business operations, and using modern management techniques such as robotic process automation and next generation sourcing strategies to help our clients get fit for growth. Directors in our financial services industry are empowered to assist our financial services customers to innovate, improve and achieve high performance. You're joining a team that will challenge you and invest in your professional development. You will have the opportunity to be an integral part of a high performing team, advising and guiding clients through a range of services. Including strategy and operations, business transformation, customer experience, and risk and regulatory consulting. The practice area is a highly collaborative and entrepreneurial work environment and is an area of significant investment and growth for the firm.

Meaningful work you'll be part of

As a Finance Technology Director, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve business issues, deliver high quality client service and operational efficiency. Responsibilities include but are not limited to :

• Support the financial services strategy and transformation programs, focused on retail banking and channels such as branch, digital and contact centers
• Gathering and analyzing client information and develop data-driven insights to support the development of platform and channel business and technology strategies
• Understand the client's business and technology strategy and operations through research, interviews, formulating and testing hypotheses
• Knowledge and experience of end-to-end SDLC, including waterfall and agile development methodologies
• Gather and prioritize business and technology requirements
• Knowledge of program and project management process, tools and ceremonies
• Deliver client projects on time and within budget, utilizing tested Project Management methods, exceeding client expectations through outstanding team performance and stakeholder management
• Work directly with clients to integrate People, Process and Technology components into meaningful, value added solutions
• Build and maintain effective, trusting and collaborative client relationships at multiple levels
• Collaborate with team members at various levels to lead and develop compelling client proposals, white paper, thought leadership and point of view, describing the business challenge and proposed business and technology solutions, scope, risks and dependencies
• Contribute to building a strong and sustainable PwC culture through effective employee engagement, mentoring and coaching team members through timely , meaningful verbal and written feedback

Experiences and skills you'll use to solve

This newly created role reflects our commitment to growth and delivering distinctive value for our clients and stakeholders .

The salary range for this position is $191,200 - $241,200. The posted salary range represents the expected hiring range for PwC locations in major city centres . Given our national recruiting approach, ranges may vary for positions in other locations. At PwC Canada, base salary is determined by your skills, experience, qualifications and work location. In addition to base salary, eligible employees may have opportunities to participate in variable incentive pay programs which are designed to reward individual and firm-wide achievements. We are committed to offering competitive compensation and adhere to all relevant pay transparency legislation. During the hiring process, our Talent Acquisition team will provide details about our comprehensive total rewards package.

Why you'll love PwC

We're inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you'll be a part of diverse teams helping public and private clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. This meaningful work, and our continuous development environment, will take your career to the next level. We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life. Learn more a bout our Application Process and Total Rewards Package at : https : / / jobs-ca.pwc.com / ca / en / life-at-pwc

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We're committed to providing accommodation throughout the application, interview, and employment process. If you require accommodation to be at your best, please let us know during the application process.

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