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About the Role

As Director, IT Delivery – Data and AI, Wealth Management, you will play a critical leadership role in delivering technology solutions that enable business growth, operational excellence, and data-driven decision making across Wealth Management. You will lead the execution of Data and AI initiatives, ensuring solutions are delivered with strong governance, scalable architecture, operational reliability, and measurable business value.

Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end delivery of Data and AI initiatives supporting Wealth Management priorities, including planning, prioritization, execution, release management, stakeholder alignment, budget oversight, and value realization.
Translate Wealth business priorities and enterprise Data and AI strategies into practical technology roadmaps with clear milestones, dependencies, outcomes, and delivery timelines.
Oversee the implementation of data platforms, data pipelines, reporting and analytics solutions, AI-enabled capabilities, automation initiatives, integrations, APIs, and operational data products.
Ensure compliance with enterprise standards related to cybersecurity, privacy, data governance, AI governance, architecture, regulatory requirements, operational resilience, and risk management.
Partner with architecture, cloud, infrastructure, security, and data engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure, reusable, and supportable technology solutions.
Manage a portfolio of Data and AI initiatives, including intake management, estimation, funding, capacity planning, dependency management, reporting, issue resolution, and executive escalation.
Foster delivery excellence through disciplined agile practices, backlog management, sprint execution, testing, deployment, release readiness, production support, and continuous improvement.
Build strong partnerships with Wealth business leaders, product owners, advisors, operations teams, compliance, risk, vendors, and technology stakeholders to align delivery priorities with business outcomes.
Lead, coach, mentor, and develop multidisciplinary technology teams, including product owners, developers, data engineers, analysts, QA professionals, solution designers, and support resources.

Requirements

Demonstrates exceptional leadership in delivering large-scale technology, data, and AI initiatives.
Excels at translating strategic objectives into executable roadmaps and measurable outcomes.
Recognized for strong stakeholder management and the ability to influence senior leaders across business and technology functions.
Possesses sound judgment and a risk-based approach to managing delivery, compliance, architecture, cybersecurity, and operational challenges.
More than 10 years of progressive experience in IT delivery, technology program management, data platforms, analytics, AI, digital transformation, or financial services technology.
At least 5 years of experience leading multidisciplinary technology teams, managing budgets, vendors, and executive stakeholders.
Proven experience delivering complex initiatives involving cloud platforms, data engineering, analytics, reporting, automation, integrations, APIs, machine learning, or AI capabilities.
Strong knowledge of agile delivery methodologies, portfolio management, DevSecOps, production support, testing, and operational readiness.
Working knowledge of modern cloud data platforms, BI technologies, data pipelines, machine learning, generative AI concepts, and responsible AI practices.
Experience collaborating with cybersecurity, privacy, compliance, legal, risk, architecture, and infrastructure teams.
Knowledge of Wealth Management, advisor platforms, client data, and financial services regulatory environments is considered a strong asset.
Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is considered an asset.
An intermediate level of French will be considered an asset.
An advanced level of English is required.

Skills

Data
AI
Analytics
Agile delivery methodologies
Portfolio management
DevSecOps
Production support
Testing
Operational readiness
Cloud data platforms
BI technologies
Data pipelines
Machine learning
Generative AI
Responsible AI
Cybersecurity
Privacy
Compliance
Legal
Risk management
Architecture
Infrastructure
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
French
English

Location

Toronto
Montreal

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Director
10+ years of progressive experience
5+ years of leadership experience

Salary/Compensations

123,000$ - 177,000$

Benefits

Flexible group insurance plans
Competitive pension plan
Employee share purchase plan
Vacation program
Wellness days
Personal development days
Telemedicine services
Employee and Family Assistance Program
Ergonomic equipment program
Performance bonus program
Employee discounts on company products

About the Company

iA Financial Group is the strength of a company with a human side, with its over 8,000 employees. Together, we have earned the trust of our more than four million clients and 25,000 advisors who have chosen us for their insurance, savings, and wealth management.
With over $200 billion in assets and half a billion invested in technological innovation, we’re a key player in the financial services industry in Canada and the United States.
The secret to our success? Investing in you, one person at a time. Because, for over 125 years, we have believed that it’s by supporting our employees and surrounding ourselves with the most reputable leaders in the industry, we will continue to innovate.
At iA, we’re invested in you.

Equal Opportunity

At iA Financial Group, we support and celebrate diversity. We strive to provide a workplace that is recognized as inclusive for all, regardless of ethnic origin, nationality, language, religious beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family situation, or physical or mental disability.
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