Senior IT Manager to supervise the transition of IT services and drive operational discipline in alignment with business objectives.

Our mining client is looking for a Senior IT Manager to supervise the transition of IT services and drive operational discipline in alignment with business objectives.

This is a permanent full time role. Remote with occasional travel to the Vancouver office and mine sites across Northern BC. Open to candidates across BC and AB.

Must haves:

• 8+ years of experience managing and developing IT teams of 20 - 30 members.
• Budgetary Governance experience
• Coaching/ mentoring experience
• Strong relationship management experience with internal stakeholders and external vendors.

Nice to Haves:

• Mining or Oil & Gas experience
• IT Service Delivery Management ITIL 

Responsibilities:

• Supervise the transition of IT services (including applications, desktop support, systems and infrastructure) from development, through release and deployment, to ‘steady state’ production, including the following processes and activities.
• Driving operational discipline in alignment with business priorities and expectations through clearly defining what is expected, ensuring understanding of expectations, verifying that expectations are delivered on and leading by example.
• Lead, coach, mentor and support employees and direct reports to understand and deliver on the planning commitments.
• Drive the implementation strategies to maximise asset potential and deliver on the plans; aligning resources, people, succession plans and development.
• Identify the need for change to deliver on operational objectives; supports, drives and monitors change initiatives.
• Ensure effective safety and health management across areas of accountability through high standards of housekeeping, effective critical controls, and proactive elimination of hazards.
• Provide leadership in the identification and management of risk through compliance with risk management processes and practices.
• Elevates developing issues and concerns to the Departmental Manager for consultation and advice to reach agreed interventions and solutions, report back on the effectiveness.
• To assist in the delivery of IT projects in accordance with business requirements and needs