Technology Manager

Best Buy Canada; Remote; CAD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology retailer in Canada seeks a Technology Manager to lead its engineering productivity and tools team. The ideal candidate will provide technical leadership, manage team onboarding, and drive ROI decisions. They will also act as the product owner, gathering feedback to enhance technology services. The role promotes a remote-first work model with attractive employee benefits like discounts and a matched pension plan. Annual pay ranges from $120,000 to $130,000, plus performance bonuses.

Benefits

Employee discounts

Flexible health benefits

100% matched company pension plan

Training programs for skills development

Qualifications

• 8+ years working in the IT industry.
• 5+ years in a technical discipline such as software engineering.
• Experience as a people lead for a small team.
• 3+ years with cloud platforms and migrations.

Responsibilities

• Lead onboarding and training for new team members.
• Make ROI decisions supporting business objectives.
• Act as product owner for the engineering productivity tools.

Skills

Technical leadership

Agile methodologies

Cloud platforms (Azure)

DevOps tools (GitHub, Jenkins, Terraform)

Job description

Technology Manager – Engineering Productivity & Tools (EPT)

Are you excited about leading and managing platform teams in technology?

We are seeking a technology manager for our engineering productivity & tools team, the successful candidate will deliver the vision, strategy, and overall roadmap for delivering meaningful value in conjunction with our strategic and financial goals.

This role will influence and gather support amongst peers and engage with various IT Teams, such as operations, platform, infrastructure, and software delivery, using agile best practices in ensuring the product vision is clear and that performance meets the criteria.

At our head office, in beautiful Vancouver, BC, we practice a remote-first working model, leveraging in-person interactions for strategic, collaborative, and social purposes.

Join our future-forward team as a technology manager!

What you’ll do

• Provide guidance, technical leadership, and training to other employees while working within an agile environment.
• Lead onboarding for new team members to ensure new team members are set up for success.
• Make ROI decisions that support the delivery of business objectives for the Platform teams.
• Perform research on cloud, automation and development platforms which include cost analysis and recommend new developments accordingly.
• Act as a product owner and publish/prioritize epics and stories that meet the needs of the product roadmap for the engineering productivity & tools team and our technology department.
• Interact with internal customers and stakeholders on a regular basis to obtain and apply feedback on how to improve the team’s platforms/products/technologies/services and ensure processes are efficient.
• Facilitate the ongoing support and maintenance of the team’s platforms/products/technologies/ services.

What we’re looking for

• 8+ years working within the IT industry.
• 5+ years working in a technical discipline such as a software engineer, technical lead, or devops/platform engineer.
• 5+ years working as a people lead for a small team of individual contributors.
• 3+ years working with cloud (preferably azure), devops, development platforms (github, jenkins, tekton, argo CD, terraform, ansible) and migrations.
• Experience working within an Agile environment.

Why you’ll love it here

• Remote-first work environment.
• Employee discounts on awesome tech from day one.
• Flexible health benefits and wellness program.
• TFSA and RRSP programs.
• 100% matched company pension plan.
• Training programs to build new and transferable skills.

About Best Buy

As Canada's destination for the coolest tech, Best Buy offers one of the best work environments in the country! Our culture is one of inclusivity and belonging and provides employees an environment where they can bring their whole selves to work.

We believe in a fair and inclusive hiring process. We encourage you to apply if you may not meet all the requirements.

Join our amazing team!

We are looking for people just like you.

Annualized Compensation Range

$120,000.00 - $130,000.00

This job is eligible for a company performance bonus in addition to the compensation range above.

Starting pay offered will consider skills and experience.Your pay can grow as you build your career with us.

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