Director Information Technology-Enterprise Architect

Job Title: Director of Information Technology-Enterprise Architect
Work location: London, Ontario (4 days onsite)
Full-Time Position

A business professional with 5 to 8 years of relevant IT experience in a mid-to-senior management capacity, you combine strong technical knowledge of computer applications such as SAP with a solid understanding of the electrical utility market. As a Director, Information Systems, reporting to the VP, Corporate Services, you will provide strategic leadership on projects and application support.

Key duties and responsibilities of the Director role will include:

• Contributing to strategic direction/plan, roadmap and business plan of London Hydro's IT landscape, including emerging technologies.
• Responsible for envisioning, communicating, and evolving an organization's enterprise architecture. This would include the associated business processes and strategies, value streams, data and information, and supporting technologies - and how they fit together and are expected to evolve over time.
• Selection and application of appropriate computer technologies, ensuring compatibility with existing technologies, including SAP, Itron, Intergraph, Green Button and Mobility/Web.
• Managing the Project Management Office and/or application support group, including internal and external London Hydro staff.
• Program management from initiation through implementation, including strategic planning, business case application, budget preparation and management, quality assurance and testing management, and resource management (internal and external staff) through to project completion.
• Development of business cases, including ROI / NPV analysis.
• Preparing regular status reports of ongoing projects and support activities for the Executive and Steering Committees.
• Managing service level agreements, hardware and software selection, consulting services and supplies.
• Adhering to all Occupational Health & Safety Act rules and regulations, the E&USA rule book, London Hydro work practices and London Hydro's Health & Safety Management System.

The qualified Director we seek must be able to meet the following requirements:

• Successful completion of a Computer Science, Engineering or Business degree from a recognized university.
• A PMP certification is preferred; furthermore, an MBA would be an asset.
• 5 to 8 years of relevant IT experience in a mid-to-senior management role.
• Successful, demonstrable record of significant achievements in the Information Technology field.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong technical knowledge of computer applications: SAP, Intergraph, Oracle Database, Webtools (.net), JD Edwards, and Mobile Apps.
• Strong knowledge of the Electrical Utility market, including Smart Meters, Time-of-Use Billing, Meter Data Management/Repository, Retailer and Wholesale Settlement, Distribution System Automation, Demand Control and Outage Management, and Geographic Information Systems.
• Business savvy, including business planning, business case analysis, and ROI/NPV analysis.