Director, Technology Strategy Consulting

Overview

At PwC, our people in strategy consulting focus on providing strategic guidance and insights to organisations. They analyse market trends, assess business performance, and develop recommendations to help clients achieve their goals. In technology strategy at PwC, you will specialise in developing and implementing strategic plans to leverage technology for business growth and innovation. You will analyse market trends, assess organisational needs, and provide guidance on technology investments and initiatives. Working in this area, you will collaborate with stakeholders to align technology strategies with overall business objectives to increase utilisation of technology resources, driving competitive advantage.

Meaningful work you’ll be part of We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Strategic Business Leader (i.e. a Transformation Architect) to join our Technology Strategy & Transformation team, playing a pivotal role in shaping, and driving technology and data strategies across our Canadian and Quebec Government clients, with a focus on Financial Services. You will be responsible for aligning business and technology strategies, translating technical concepts into executive-level content and communications, and enabling effective decision-making by our client’s senior technology leaders. You will be part of our national Technology Strategy & Transformation team helping customers solve large-scale strategic business problems with technology-enabled solutions.

As a Director, Technology Strategy Consulting, 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:

Responsibilities

• Strategic Technology Guidance: Leverage your industry depth and knowledge of key trends, emerging technologies and leading practices to provide strategic technology guidance to our government clients. Stay ahead of current trends and likely disruptors in the Financial Servies industry, enabling the identification of innovative solutions and opportunities for growth in the delivery of government services and operations. You will serve as a trusted advisor to CIO/CTOs and their leadership teams, building and maintaining relationships with these leaders to support their priorities and transformation journeys.
• Complex Transformation: You have experience managing complex transformational and/or modernization programs built around the procurement of technology solutions, system integrators, complex technology, business processes, etc.
• Technical Expertise: Demonstrate expertise in technical project management, digital delivery, or technology consulting relevant to our clients, sectors, and industries. Bring a deep understanding of cloud technologies and the integration and implementation of emerging technologies into business solutions. You possess hands-on experience in delivering complex technology solutions.
• Architectural Assessment and Road Mapping: Evaluate and assess complex technology application ecosystems and architectures, considering solution options and recommending implementation approaches. Develop comprehensive roadmaps that align with business goals and drive digital transformation initiatives across our clients. Building business models into technical models and architectures to guide implementation teams using architecture tools.

Experiences And Skills You’ll Use To Solve

• Deep experience linking business and technology strategies, plans, and roadmaps, using enterprise architecture concepts and frameworks
• The ability to translate technical concepts into executive level presentations and discussions
• The ability to lead the solution perspective and teams, developing complex solutions across multiple technology eco-system vendors
• Demonstrated executive level communications skills with prior working experience in a consulting environment
• The ability to develop actionable insights from Architectural principles and priorities
• Experience with vendor relationship management, including processes, best practices, and governance structure
• Experience with contract negotiations, including an understanding of standard clauses / SLAs, major risk areas, and approaches to achieving favorable outcomes for all parties
• Experience developing and maintaining an enterprise architecture artifact, including detailed technical designs for enterprise solutions, with a consideration of dependencies across solutions
• Understands the vendor landscape, including major players in the outsourcing market and their core offerings
• Experience integrating solutions across SaaS, Cloud native as well as Outsource providers and their related data flows
• Experience using Enterprise Architecture modeling tools
• Enterprise architecture certifications, such as TOGAF, along with relevant cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect), demonstrating a strong foundation in architectural principles, frameworks, and cloud technologies
• The successful candidate requires fluency in English, in addition to French as they will be required to support or collaborate with English-speaking clients, colleagues and/or stakeholders during the course of their employment with PwC Canada
• PwC Canada is committed to cultivating an inclusive, hybrid work environment. Exact expectations for your team can be discussed with your interviewer

This position ensures continuity and upholds our standards of excellence following the departure of a valued team member.

The salary range for this position is $177,100 - $227,100. 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 about our Application Process and Total Rewards Package at: https://jobs-ca.pwc.com/ca/en/life-at-pwc

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