Assistant Vice-President, Technology Lead, Health

TL;DR

Assistant Vice-President, Technology Lead, Health (Mainframe/Health Platforms): Lead a transformational technology organization powering health and benefits experiences, owning a large portfolio across health benefits claims adjudication/processing, virtual health, and online pharmacy systems with an accent on platform modernization, delivery excellence at scale, and governance/risk for mission-critical systems. Focus on evolving a complex build vs. buy vs. partner ecosystem, driving end-to-end delivery across multiple agile squads, and leading 250+ technology professionals through strategy, culture, and operational excellence.

Location

Location: Waterloo, Ontario

Salary

Salary: 145,000 - 235,000

Company

hirify.global is a hybrid organization offering flexible work options and investing in employee development and wellbeing.

What you will do

• Define and communicate technology vision bridging near-term delivery with long-term modernization across health benefits claims, adjudication, online health platforms, and core systems of record.
• Lead build vs. buy vs. partner decisions and manage technical debt in large, non-greenfield environments.
• Own end-to-end delivery across multiple agile squads, improving velocity, quality, and reliability, and act as primary escalation for critical platform/delivery issues.
• Lead 250+ technology professionals across 5 Director-level reports, building a high-performing engineering culture focused on psychological safety and continuous learning.
• Manage platform budgeting, cost optimization, capitalization decisions, and strategic vendor/SI relationships to maximize delivery quality and ROI.
• Establish governance meeting regulatory and security requirements, and partner on disaster recovery and business continuity for enablement platforms.

Requirements

• 10+ years in senior technology leadership roles delivering complex, mission-critical enterprise systems at scale.
• Deep expertise with mainframe environments and their integration with modern, digital business-critical systems.
• Proven track record modernizing and enabling health benefits claims / health technology platforms.
• Strong financial acumen managing large budgets, vendor portfolios, and ROI optimization.
• Strong technical foundation with credibility to challenge architecture, delivery practices, CI/CD, and engineering approaches.
• Bilingualism (French and English, both oral and written) is required for Quebec only, due to managing both French- and English-speaking staff and providing daily support to the team.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible hybrid work model (#LI-Hybrid) with options to work from office and virtually based on business needs.
• Pension, stock, and savings programs.
• Work and professional development aligned with the purpose to help clients and employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives.
• Inclusive, collaborative culture with continuous improvement focus.
• Competitive salary and bonus structure influenced by market range data.

Hiring process

• Application review with only selected candidates contacted for interviews.
• Selection process may include interviews and evaluation of leadership, technical credibility, and delivery/modernization experience.