Sr. Technical Lead to manage a team of software developers (C#/.Net) for a Wealth management domain of a large insurance company.

Our client is looking for a Sr. Technical Lead to manage a team of software developers (C#/.Net) for a Wealth management domain of a large insurance company.

Location: Downtown Toronto - 2 days/week in office

Full Time Permanent

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain senior level relationships with leaders across multiple groups in the organization, for the purpose of influencing technology directions and promoting effective collaboration.
• Collaborates with multiple business unit leaders across divisions to anticipate and respond to customer inquiries about technology capabilities and service expectations.
• Lead a team and manage a complex portfolio with multiple products in a technology environment for either the Individual / Advisory Network or Group Customer technology groups.
• Create goal clarity, role and accountability clarity, and provide direction on decision rights and accountabilities.
• Consult with architects and business leaders on the best strategy and options to meet client and business objectives. Implement, maintain and enhance applications and technology.
• Ensure applications availability and resources are aligned with current and future support needs through the development of roadmaps and use of metrics.
• Monitor applications for health and security concerns to evolve the roadmap.
• Responsible for all aspects of application support, with recommendations on maintenance of application health and effectiveness based on assessments.
• Accountable for maintenance, support, and availability of on-premise systems and, 3rd party operated systems supporting the Business Unit. Application support responsibilities include break/fix, upgrades, patches, support optimization, continuous improvement, maintaining 3rd party operated application relationships and, 2nd level support.

Must Haves:

• 6 to 9 years experience leading a team of Software developers/engineers
• .Net/C# environment.

Nice to Haves:

• Agile/DevOps methodology
• ServiceNow platform and ITIL Certification
• Wealth / Insurance domains