Lead, Technology Strategy & Innovation

Alquemy Search & Consulting; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Alquemy Search & Consulting is seeking a Lead, Technology Strategy & Innovation (AI & Transformation) in Toronto. The role bridges investment teams and technology groups to deliver AI-enabled solutions across Private Markets workflows.

The ideal candidate shapes ambiguous problems, facilitates executive workshops, and guides cross-functional teams to implement value-driven technology strategies with GenAI at the core.

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate practical GenAI depth beyond casual use.
• Strong workshop and executive presentation skills to influence senior leaders.
• High tech literacy; understanding data platforms and AI enablement without coding.
• Deep Private Markets domain knowledge and ability to speak investment professionals’ language.
• Experience leading technology-enabled transformation programs or strategic workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Advise on strategy and problem shaping with Private Markets leaders.
• Guide GenAI adoption across workflows, choosing prompting, structured workflows, or agents.
• Design and lead discovery workshops and craft advisory materials for senior stakeholders.
• Coordinate with engineering, data, risk, security, and architecture teams to translate business vision into practical implementations.

Skills

GenAI depth

Workshop facilitation

Executive presentation

Technology literacy

Private markets awareness

Tools

Power BI

Power Platform

SQL

Python

Workflow automation tools

Job description

One of Alquemy's clients, a pension fund in downtown Toronto, is looking to hire a Lead, Technology Strategy & Innovation (AI & Transformation)

Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid — 4 Days Onsite Mandatory)

Role Type: Flexible Engagement Options Available:

• Option 1: 6-Month Contract — Opportunity for extension, conversion, or internal mobility based on business need.
• Option 2: 1-Year Salaried Contract — Includes Day 1 benefits, 3 weeks vacation + paid firm days, sick leave, and pension eligibility.

About the Opportunity

We are seeking a sharp, articulate Technology Strategy & Innovation Lead to act as the strategic bridge between investment teams and technology groups. Sitting within a high-impact Customer Success & Innovation team, you will shape ambiguous business problems into actionable technology, data, and Generative AI solutions across Private Markets workflows.

This is not a traditional Business Analyst, Project Manager, or hands-on AI Engineering role. We are looking for a strategic problem-solver who can challenge the status quo, facilitate executive workshops, build high-impact presentations, and guide technical teams (data, architecture, engineering) to build solutions that drive measurable value.

What You’ll Do

• Strategic Advisory & Problem Shaping: Work directly with Private Markets investment leaders to uncover workflow bottlenecks, challenge initial asks, and define practical, tech-enabled solutions across research, due diligence, portfolio monitoring, and reporting.
• GenAI & Innovation Guidance: Identify where and how to integrate Generative AI into daily workflows—guiding teams on when to leverage simple prompting, structured AI workflows, or emerging AI agents.
• Workshop Facilitation & Stakeholder Engagement: Personally design and lead discovery workshops, crafting compelling pitch decks and advisory materials in PowerPoint for senior stakeholders.
• Cross-Functional Execution: Collaborate closely with engineering, data, risk, security, and architecture teams to translate business vision into practical implementation while leaving the technical build to the engineers.

What We’re Looking For

Must-Haves:

• Private Markets Expertise (2+ Years): Direct domain depth in Private Equity, Infrastructure, Private Capital, or Private Investments. You must speak the language of investment professionals and intimately understand their daily processes and pain points.
• Transformation & Strategy (3–5 Years): Proven experience leading technology-enabled transformation programs or strategic workstreams where answers were not predefined.
• Practical GenAI Depth: Demonstrated business use of GenAI tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) with a clear conceptual understanding of trade-offs between basic chat, structured workflows, and agentic AI. (Casual personal use is insufficient).
• Workshop & Executive Presentation Skills: Strong facilitator with top-tier presentation/PowerPoint skills, polished communication, and the ability to influence senior business leaders without direct authority.
• Technology Literacy: Highly tech-fluent with an understanding of how modern data platforms support AI and automation, without needing to write code.

Nice-to-Haves:

• Hands-on exposure to Power BI, Power Platform, SQL, Python, or workflow automation tools.

Ideal Profiles

• A Private Markets professional who transitioned into technology advisory, digital transformation, or strategy.
• A Technology Strategy / Transformation Consultant who has been deeply embedded within Private Equity or Private Markets user groups.
• A Senior Business Analyst or Product Lead who has evolved far beyond traditional requirements-gathering into high-level problem shaping and AI adoption.