Technical Change Risk Manager

Location: Toronto office at 483 Bay Street, moving to the Mississauga office at 3 Robert Speck Parkway in approximately late 2026. Current work authorization for Canada is required. Flexible hybrid schedule; remote and in-office arrangements are also available.

Salary: CAD 139,000–164,000 total annual cash compensation, including base salary and target performance bonus.

Company

hirify.global provides investment portfolios and financial services to individual and institutional investors across Canada.

What you will do

• Provide independent risk oversight and technical challenge for complex, critical, and high-risk technology changes, projects, and application releases.
• Review requirements, technical designs, application code, data flows, test cases, QA and UAT evidence, release documentation, and implementation artifacts.
• Assess control gaps, software delivery risks, release readiness, deployment sequencing, rollback plans, and post-implementation validation.
• Evaluate remediation actions, compensating controls, risk acceptances, and unresolved defects; escalate material issues to Risk Management leadership.
• Work with developers, QA teams, vendors, project teams, release managers, and risk owners to strengthen technology change controls.
• Maintain risk management reporting, deliver training and awareness materials, and support post-implementation reviews and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• University degree or equivalent work experience.
• At least 5 years of experience reviewing code, technical designs, requirements, test evidence, release packages, or production implementation evidence.
• At least 5 years of experience with technology change management, software delivery lifecycle practices, release readiness, and production implementation controls.
• Knowledge of secure SDLC principles, application security risks, software delivery controls, and technology risk or control frameworks.
• Strong risk assessment, analytical, communication, influencing, negotiation, organizational, and project management skills.
• Current authorization to work in Canada is required.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of financial services products, processes, controls, and regulatory expectations.
• Familiarity with ITIL, COBIT, ISO 27001, NIST, SOX ITGC, secure SDLC, or operational resilience frameworks.
• Experience with AI, machine learning, Agile delivery, cloud environments, or DevOps and CI/CD practices.
• Certifications such as CISA, CRISC, CISSP, CSSLP, ITIL, or cloud certifications.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements with remote, hybrid, and in-office options.
• Competitive compensation with employer RRSP contributions after six months, without employee matching.
• Employer-paid health benefits from the first day, including up to CAD 6,000 annually for mental health services and therapy.
• Parental leave top-up to 100% of salary for 25 weeks and up to CAD 650 for home office equipment.
• Generous time off, volunteer days, professional development courses, tuition reimbursement, and support for required designations.
• Inclusive workplace with employee resource groups and diversity and inclusion programs.