Senior IT Solutions & Strategy Lead

Pattison Food Group; City of Langley; On-site; CAD 134,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

highly competitive salary

a company pension plan

free parking

exclusive team member offers

opportunities for development and long

Job summary

Pattison Food Group Ltd. in Langley, BC is seeking a Senior Manager, IT Business Solutions to lead strategy across retail technology and enterprise platforms.

You will drive initiative intake, portfolio planning and technology roadmaps, and provide technical leadership to development teams and architects. You will partner with business leaders, manage vendor relationships, oversee budgeting and business cases, and champion modernization, automation and AI-enabled delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and practical expertise.
• 8+ years of progressive leadership within information technology, software development or technology delivery.
• Significant software development background, including leadership of teams delivering enterprise applications.
• A track record of leading complex technology portfolios and partnering with senior business leaders.
• Strong knowledge of application architecture, secure development, testing, integration, DevOps, CI/CD, release management and operational support.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate technical approaches, manage technical debt and strengthen engineering practices.
• Proven success hiring, coaching and developing developers and technical leaders.
• Strong vendor management capability, including vendor evaluation and commercial negotiations.
• Leadership across modernization, transformation or other large-scale technology initiatives.
• Strong financial acumen, including budgeting, financial planning and business case development.
• Exposure to evaluating or implementing AI-enabled solutions and modern development practices is considered an asset.

Responsibilities

• Leading initiative intake, evaluation, prioritization, portfolio planning and technology roadmaps across assigned business areas.
• Partnering with business leaders to identify opportunities to improve processes, enable growth, reduce risk and improve customer and team member experiences.
• Providing technical leadership and direction to development teams and technology leaders.
• Working with architects and senior developers to evaluate technical approaches and ensure solutions are scalable, secure, reliable, integrated and maintainable.
• Aligning business priorities, technical direction and delivery expectations across complex technology initiatives.
• Driving improvements in software development practices, delivery quality, efficiency, predictability and operational performance.
• Evaluating emerging technologies and recommending solutions that provide meaningful business value.
• Championing the practical and responsible use of automation, AI-enabled solutions and modern delivery tools.
• Leading, coaching and developing managers, developers and other technology professionals.
• Supporting workforce planning, technical hiring, succession planning and capability development.
• Building a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement and engineering excellence.
• Leading vendor evaluation, selection, negotiation and performance management.
• Assessing vendor capability, solution fit, risk, commercial value and long-term partnership potential.
• Supporting technology budgeting, planning, business cases and investment decisions.
• Staying current on technology trends relevant to retail, pharmacy and enterprise business functions.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Portfolio management

Vendor management

DevOps / CI/CD

AI-enabled solutions

Budgeting & financial acumen

Stakeholder communication

Team development

Architecture & security

Emotional intelligence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

Job description

Pattison Food Group Ltd. in Langley, BC is seeking a Senior Manager, IT Business Solutions to lead strategy across retail technology and enterprise platforms.

You will drive initiative intake, portfolio planning and technology roadmaps, and provide technical leadership to development teams and architects. You will partner with business leaders, manage vendor relationships, oversee budgeting and business cases, and champion modernization, automation and AI-enabled delivery.