Senior Technical Lead

TechAlliance of Southwestern Ontario, London Economic Development Corporation; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 95,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Education reimbursement up to $2,000

Health and dental benefits

$5,000 mental health benefit

Volunteer day

Pension plan and share ownership

Job summary

Canada Life is seeking a Senior Technical Lead to provide technology leadership across Sponsor Services and Plan Administration platforms serving plan sponsors across Canada. You will guide modernization efforts, drive delivery, support operational stability, and partner with business and technology teams to shape the portfolio's future.

The role focuses on leading design, deployment, and continuous improvement while overseeing day-to-day operations and modernization priorities.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of progressive experience in technology leadership, delivery, engineering, architecture, analysis, or application development roles.
• Experience as a Technical Lead, Delivery Lead, Architect, or Senior Developer guiding complex solution delivery.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and DevOps or Agile delivery practices.
• Strong understanding of security, compliance, integration, and resilience in enterprise environments.
• Experience leading technology modernization and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Reliability Status Security Clearance – this can only be completed with candidates who receive an offer of employment. Cost of checks covered by Canada Life.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of Sponsor Services and Plan Administration solutions, including strategy, solution design, delivery, deployment, support, and continuous improvement.
• Manage priorities, dependencies, risks, and execution across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to translate objectives into executable plans.
• Drive technology investment decisions, architectural direction, and solution planning with Architecture and Engineering teams.
• Drive engineering excellence, technology currency, resiliency, security, and operational effectiveness.
• Coach, mentor, and develop technical professionals.

Skills

Enterprise technology delivery

Technical leadership

CI/CD & DevOps

Security & compliance

Stakeholder collaboration

Leadership coaching

Job description

Canada Life is seeking a Senior Technical Lead to provide technology leadership across critical Sponsor Services and Plan Administration platforms supporting plan sponsors across Canada. This roleis responsibleforleading modernization efforts, driving delivery execution,supportoperationalstabilityand building strong partnerships across business and technology teams.

This position plays a key leadership role inmaintainingthe stability and evolution of a complex ecosystem that supports sponsor onboarding, contract execution, plan setup, ongoing administration, reporting, and document management. The successful candidate willoverseeday-to-day operational leadership with longer-term modernization initiatives while helping shape the future technology direction of the portfolio.

What you will do

Technology andDelivery Leadership

Lead the design, implementation, and optimizationofSponsor Services and Plan Administration solutions, including strategy, solution design, delivery, deployment, support, and continuous improvement

Manage priorities, dependencies, risks, and execution across multiple concurrent initiatives.

Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to translateobjectivesinto executable plans.

Drive technology investment decisions, architectural direction, and solution planning in partnership with Architecture and Engineering teams.

Drive engineering excellence,technologycurrency, resiliency, security, and operational effectiveness.

Identifyopportunities to reduce technical debt and improve maintainability across the application landscape.

Coach, mentor, and develop technical professionals.

Create clarity around goals, priorities,accountabilities, and decision-making.

Foster a collaborative, customer-focused, and continuously improving team culture.

Support succession planning, knowledge transfer, and capability development.

Operational Excellence

Overseethe overall health and stability of supported platforms.

Overseeincident management, problem management, release coordination, and production support activities.

Proactivelyidentifyoperational risks and implement mitigation strategies.

Ensure effective monitoring, support processes, and service management practices are in place.

What you will bring

Technical Expertise

• Strong experience in enterprise technology delivery, solution design, development, and implementation.

Experience as a Technical Lead, Delivery Lead, Architect, or Senior Developer guiding complex solution delivery.

Familiarity with CI/CD and DevOps or Agile delivery practices.

Strong understanding of security, compliance, integration, and resilience in enterprise environments.

Experience leading technology modernization and continuous improvement initiatives.

Professional & Leadership Capabilities

• 8-10+ years of progressive experience in technology leadership, delivery, engineering, architecture, analysis, or application development roles.

Proven ability to provide leadership across solution design, delivery execution, stakeholder alignment, and technology decision-making.

Strong leadership skills withexperiencecoaching and growing technical teams.

Ability to influence, collaborate, and partner across multiple groups and seniority levels.

Exceptional communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.

Comfort with ambiguity, shifting priorities, and fast-paced delivery.

Experience driving improvements, challenging the status quo, and leading change.

Strategic mindset with hands-on execution skills, with the ability to dive deep while guiding the bigger picture.

• Reliability Status Security Clearance– this can only be completed with candidates who receive an offer of employment. This is a personal security status that isrequiredas a condition of employment before an employee can gain access to Protected B information, assets or work sites as outlined by theGovernment of Canada website. The cost ofsubmittingthese checks will be covered by Canada Life.

Given the size and scope of our organization, we have the flexibility for this position to be located in the following head office locations: London, Toronto, Winnipeg.

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The base salary for this position is between $95,300 - $158,800 annually. This represents base salary only and does not represent other variable compensation components of our total compensation ( i.e. annual bonus, commission etc). If you are selected to move forward in our recruitment process, your recruiter will be able to discuss additional details of our total rewards program with you.

Career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting, closing dates will vary depending on the search activity. All applications received will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Grow with Canada Life

We’reunited by a shared purpose: to improve the financial,physicaland mental well-beingof Canadians. Our company is trusted by 1 in 3 Canadians and contributes to the strength of communities across the country.

We’relooking for people who live our values everyday: we step up, we do the right thing, and we deliver – for our customers,communitiesand each other.Are you someone who always strives to do the right thing, who steps up for selfand others, and delivers with impact? Then we want to hear from you!

What we offer

We’re committed to supporting our employees through every stage of their career. Here’s what you can expect as a full-time or part‑time permanent team member:

• Career Development: Opportunities for career advancement, access to industry-leading learning programs and up to$2,000 annuallytowardseducation reimbursement.
• Health & Wellness:Flexible health and dental benefits,plus a $5,000 mental health benefit to support your well‑being.
• Time Off:In addition to regular vacation andpersonal days,we support communityinvolvement with avolunteer day.
• Financial Security:Company‑matching pension plan,share ownership program andadditionalinvestment options.
• Rewards and Recognition:Employee recognition programs, service milestone celebrations, employee discounts and more!
• Emphasis onCommunity:We provide aworkplace whereemployeesfeel connected and supported throughEmployee Resource Groups (ERGs),mentorshipprograms,socialclubsandevents.

We’recommitted to removing barriers and ensuring equal access to employment. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation during the application process may contact [e-mail]. All information provided will be handledin accordance withapplicable laws and Canada Life policies.

Canada Lifewould like to thank all applicants, however only those who qualify for an interview will be contacted.

Location: Toronto, ON, CA London, ON, CA Winnipeg, MB, CA