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VP, Technology

  • Greater Toronto Area, Canada
Vice President, Technology
Location: Toronto, ON
Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced and visionary Vice President, Technology to lead and scale a growing technology organization focused on developing innovative products in data, artificial intelligence, digital identity, authentication, and fraud prevention.
This is a product and growth-focused executive leadership role, not a traditional corporate IT position. The successful candidate will be responsible for the overall technology strategy, execution, organizational development, and delivery of a rapidly evolving product roadmap.
Key Responsibilities
Technology Leadership
  • Provide executive leadership across all technology functions, including:
    • Platform Engineering
    • Infrastructure & Security
    • Application Engineering
    • Java and Python-based Applications & APIs
    • Data Engineering
    • Data Science & Artificial Intelligence
    • Customer-facing Platforms and User Experiences
  • Drive technology strategy and execution in alignment with business and product objectives.
  • Ensure successful delivery of technology initiatives against an ambitious roadmap.
  • Balance executive-level strategic thinking with the ability to engage in detailed technical discussions.
  • Guide architectural decisions and help teams navigate complex technical challenges.
Product & Innovation
  • Lead the development and scaling of products leveraging data, AI, digital identity, authentication, and trust technologies.
  • Ensure technology investments deliver measurable business and customer value.
  • Partner with product and business leaders to bring new capabilities and services to market.
  • Support innovation while maintaining engineering quality, scalability, and security.
Team Leadership & Organizational Growth
  • Lead, coach, and develop technology leaders and engineering teams.
  • Recruit and retain top talent while scaling the organization effectively.
  • Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing culture.
  • Strengthen leadership capabilities across the organization and build succession depth.
  • Create an environment that promotes accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement.
Organizational Structure
The Vice President, Technology will initially lead three functional areas:
  • Platform Engineering (Infrastructure & Security)
  • Application Engineering (Applications & APIs)
  • Data & AI (Data Engineering, Data Science, and AI)
A key focus of the role will be supporting the continued growth of the Data & AI function while ensuring alignment across all technology disciplines.
Required Qualifications
Leadership Experience
  • Proven experience leading and scaling engineering organizations.
  • Demonstrated success developing high-performing teams and leaders.
  • Experience operating in growth-oriented environments.
  • Strong people leadership skills with a track record of engagement, development, and retention.
Technical & Product Experience
  • Demonstrated experience delivering a data or AI-enabled product into production.
  • Ability to clearly articulate the business outcomes and customer value generated by technology investments.
  • Experience beyond proof-of-concept initiatives, experimentation, or certification-based knowledge.
  • Strong technical breadth across engineering, applications, infrastructure, data, and AI domains.
  • Ability to provide credible technical leadership and challenge engineering decisions when required.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience leading technology organizations across applications, platforms, infrastructure, security, data, and AI.
  • Experience within a product-focused business.
  • Experience in high-growth or scaling organizations.
  • Background in fraud prevention, digital identity, authentication, trust, payments, banking, or fintech.
  • Experience building AI-powered products and the supporting platforms, APIs, and customer-facing solutions required to deliver them.