Skywise - Business Applications & Development Tools Manager

Location: Waterloo, Canada; hybrid working environment with 3 days in office

Company

hirify.global is a digital services company wholly owned by Airbus, delivering integrated digital solutions for airline planning, flight, technical, and ground operations.

What you will do

• Lead the selection, implementation, operation, and management of business applications across HR, Finance, Procurement, Sales, and Support.
• Oversee development-tool infrastructure, including CI/CD pipelines, source control, artifact repositories, cloud infrastructure, and developer platforms.
• Act as a Technical Product Manager, refine backlogs, translate business requirements into technology solutions, and guide alignment with IT and architecture leadership.
• Allocate team resources, manage subcontractors and suppliers, and oversee project roadmaps, budgets, licenses, upgrades, security compliance, and ROI.
• Maintain high availability through system operations, support plans, incident triage, process monitoring, and controlled software releases.
• Lead change management, stakeholder communication, user adoption, team building, health reporting, and hiring support.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in data management, IT Management, Computer Science, or a related field; equivalent experience will also be considered.
• At least 7 years of hands-on experience facilitating business systems and guiding end-to-end organizational transformations.
• Experience maintaining project schedules, documentation, communications, and deadlines, with project and change management experience.
• Proven experience leading projects with multiple stakeholders and managing suppliers, contracts, and partners.
• Ability to communicate technical architecture and integration topics to management, clients, and staff at all levels.
• Ability to translate business requirements and strategic objectives into technology solutions and daily delivery activities.
• Ability to delegate tasks, monitor progress, and develop high-quality, high-availability software aligned with business specifications.
• Expertise in enterprise business applications and modern development tooling, including CI/CD, source control, cloud infrastructure, and application integration utilities.
• English communication skills are required.

Nice to have

• Experience with IT infrastructure and Infrastructure as Code.
• Basic understanding of AWS or similar cloud technology.
• Knowledge of aviation, aeronautics, or flight and operations management.
• French language skills.
• Ability to manage through a period of growth or transition.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent employment with flexible hours and a hybrid working environment.
• 15–25 vacation days, Christmas shutdown, summer core hours, sick and personal days, and strong work-life balance.
• Competitive group benefits, mental health support, life insurance, maternity and paternity benefits, and RRSP matching.
• Professional development support, training, monthly Lunch and Learns, and a Professional Development Day.
• Free parking, fitness and wellness reimbursement, employee share scheme, referral and recognition programs, and organized volunteer events.
• International and domestic travel required at 5%–20%.

Hiring process

• Only selected applicants will be contacted.
• Accommodations are available on request throughout the recruitment and selection process.