Director, Technology Assurance, Risk & Resilience

Aplin; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Aplin in Canada is seeking a Director, Technology Assurance, Risk & Resilience to lead controls, risk insights, and operational readiness. You will guide senior leaders through priorities, reduce surprises, and build confidence that technology withstands change, incidents, and scrutiny.

This role is onsite in Edmonton, Alberta. The ideal candidate has a strong background in technology risk, IT governance, and assurance, with expertise across incident readiness, resilience programs, and third

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in technology risk, IT governance, or assurance in regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of control testing, risk registers, and remediation governance.
• Familiarity with ISO, NIST, COBIT, ITIL frameworks and tailoring them to business needs.
• Ability to balance governance with delivery constraints and operations.

Responsibilities

• Establish and run a technology assurance roadmap aligned to business priorities and risk appetite.
• Lead enterprise level technology risk assessments and facilitate risk ownership with stakeholders.
• Design, improve, and validate technology controls across security, infrastructure, applications, and data.
• Coordinate audit readiness efforts and support responses, evidence management, and remediation plans.
• Advance resilience capabilities including disaster recovery strategy, testing, and governance.
• Drive third party assurance activities including due diligence and ongoing monitoring.
• Create concise reporting for executives that enables action and not just awareness.
• Develop team capability and strengthen cross functional collaboration.

Skills

Technology risk leadership

IT governance

Risk assessments

GRC frameworks

Incident readiness

Resilience governance

Education

Degree in related discipline

Certifications (CISA, CISSP, CRISC) preferred

Tools

ISO

NIST

COBIT

ITIL

Job description

Big decisions depend on reliable technology and that reliability does not happen by accident. Our client is seeking a Director, Technology Assurance, Risk & Resilience to help set the tone for strong controls, credible risk insight, and true operational readiness. You will guide leaders through what matters most, reduce avoidable surprises, and build confidence that technology can withstand change, incidents, and scrutiny. This role is onsite in Edmonton, Alberta.

Responsibilities

• Establish and run a technology assurance roadmap aligned to business priorities and risk appetite
• Lead enterprise level technology risk assessments and facilitate risk ownership with stakeholders
• Design, improve, and validate key technology controls across security, infrastructure, applications, and data
• Coordinate audit readiness efforts and support responses, evidence management, and remediation plans
• Advance resilience capabilities (disaster recovery strategy, testing, lessons learned, and recovery governance)
• Drive third party assurance activities including due diligence, control reviews, and ongoing monitoring
• Create concise reporting for executives that enables action, not just awareness
• Develop team capability and strengthen cross functional collaboration

Qualifications

• Proven leadership background in technology risk, IT governance, IT audit, security GRC, or assurance in regulated or high accountability environments
• Solid understanding of control testing, risk registers, remediation governance, and stakeholder management
• Familiarity with common standards and frameworks (ISO, NIST, COBIT, ITIL) and the judgement to tailor them
• Ability to balance strong governance with delivery realities and operational constraints
• Experience with DR planning and testing, incident preparedness, and resilience program governance
• Vendor and third party risk experience is preferred
• Degree in a related discipline preferred; certifications (CISA, CISSP, CRISC or similar) are a nice to have

Why this role

• Competitive total compensation and comprehensive benefits
• High visibility mandate with meaningful influence on enterprise risk and resilience
• Stable long term opportunity in a mission critical environment
• Work with senior stakeholders and modernize assurance and resilience practices
• Clear ownership and the runway to build and improve a program
• If you are ready to be the person who turns risk into resilience,

At Aplin — together with our brands CompuStaff, Impact Recruitment, and Vantix Systems — we connect great people with great organizations across North America. We believe diverse teams build stronger companies, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We use AI tools to assist in a fair and efficient matching process, helping our recruiters connect the right people with the right opportunities. To be considered, applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada, including holding any required permits. Our recruitment services are always free for job seekers.Accommodation is available upon request throughout all stages of the recruitment process.