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YOUR MISSION

In an emergent industry and a rapidly growing environment, the director will guide a team of 9 professionals through the conception and selection of tools to support the environmental detection software solutions created by our engineering team.

Core responsibilities:

Oversee IT Infrastructure (30%)

• Standardize and implement our business processes and solutions with an international outlook to improve organizational efficiency and capitalize on the inherent synergies in business processes and technology use
• Deploy a robust, secure international technology infrastructure to ensure IT business solution availability and efficacy
• Design and implement IT infrastructure capable of meeting the company’s growth and availability objectives, including Cloud options
• Advise and suggest solutions then participate in developing the recommended solutions
• Support ERP system use (Updates and BI)
• Monitor and adjust data storage needs
• Guarantee cybersecurity by conducting regular internal and external audits, providing training, raising awareness and setting up/maintaining security governance

Execute IT Strategy (40%)

• Write and update documentation, including IT department ISO procedures
• Ensure application of IT department policies
• Analyze operating anomalies and security issues and provide solutions to resolve them
• Ensure maximum availability of company infrastructure and applications
• Define network performance dashboards
• Oversee testing of solutions under consideration to meet the company’s future IT needs

Manage IT Department Employees (20%)

• Fill open positions in your department
• Set IT team member performance objectives
• Manage periodic reviews and check-in meetings with employees in your department
• Support skill development for your team members

Manage IT Purchases and Contracts (10%)

• Select the company’s IT solution suppliers
• Track and document software inventory in order to coordinate annual license renewals
• Set and track the IT budget and make purchases in collaboration with the purchasing department

The ideal person for this job will have

• Undergraduate IT degree or DEC (diploma of college studies) equivalent + 20 years of progressive IT experience
• 15 years of experience with similar responsibilities as head of an IT department at a rapidly growing international organization
• Experience designing network infrastructure
• Demonstrated experience building teams and managing employees
• Focused on the internal clients you serve
• Ability to explain complex ideas to a varied audience
• Ability to maintain good relationships in a multicultural context
• Fluent in English and French (written and spoken)
• Organized, taking a structured approach to proposing and implementing suggestions
• Meticulous, solution-focused follow-up
• Extraordinary ability to adapt in the context of rapid company growth
• Results-oriented and outstanding ability to navigate ambiguity and make complex decisions with limited information
• Skilled in problem analysis and diagnostics