Senior Technical Lead - Sponsor Services Modernization

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 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.