Senior Technical Lead

Canada Life; Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 95,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Education reimbursement up to 2,000

Mental health benefit up to 5,000

Volunteer day

Pension plan with company match

Job summary

Canada Life is seeking a Senior Technical Lead to provide technology leadership across Sponsor Services and Plan Administration platforms supporting plan sponsors across Canada. This role is responsible for modernization, delivery, operational stability and building strong partnerships across business and technology teams.

The position can be located from London, Toronto or Winnipeg head offices, with a base salary between CAD 95,300 and CAD 158,800 per year.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of progressive technology leadership experience.
• Proven ability to lead complex solution delivery and modernization.
• Security clearance capability and ability to work with sensitive data.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation, and optimization of Sponsor Services and Plan Administration solutions.
• Manage priorities, risks, and execution across multiple initiatives.
• Coach and develop technical professionals and foster collaboration across teams.
• Oversee incident and production support activities and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Technology leadership

Delivery leadership

Architecture guidance

Stakeholder collaboration

Security & resilience

Mentoring/people leadership

Agile / DevOps practices

Tools

CI/CD

Job description

Permanent Full Time

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 role is responsible for leading modernization efforts, driving delivery execution, support operational stability and building strong partnerships across business and technology teams.

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

What You Will Do

Technology and Delivery Leadership

• 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 in partnership with Architecture and Engineering teams.
• Drive engineering excellence, technology currency, resiliency, security, and operational effectiveness.
• Identify opportunities to reduce technical debt and improve maintainability across the application landscape.

People Leadership

• 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

• Oversee the overall health and stability of supported platforms.
• Oversee incident management, problem management, release coordination, and production support activities.
• Proactively identify operational 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 with experience coaching 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 is required as a condition of employment before an employee can gain access to Protected B information, assets or work sites as outlined by the Government of Canada website. The cost of submitting these 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.

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).

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’re united by a shared purpose: to improve the financial, physical and mental well-being of Canadians. Our company is trusted by 1 in 3 Canadians and contributes to the strength of communities across the country.

We’re looking for people who live our values everyday: we step up, we do the right thing, and we deliver – for our customers, communities and each other. Are you someone who always strives to do the right thing, who steps up for themselves and others, and who 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 annually towards education 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 and personal days, we support community involvement with a volunteer day.
• Financial Security:Company-matching pension plan, share ownership program and additional investment options.
• Rewards and Recognition: Employee recognition programs, service milestone celebrations, employee discounts and more!
• Emphasis on Community: We provide a workplace where employees feel connected and supported through Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), mentorship programs, social clubs and events.

Learn more about Canada Life.

We’re committed 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 handled in accordance with applicable laws and Canada Life policies.

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