Our client is a top financial institution with significant North American holdings. They have operations across most major verticals, including institutional & corporate, wealth management, private clients, commercial banking, treasury, and retail banking.

Introduction

Robertson is seeking a skilled IT - Program Manager IV to join our client in support of an existing vacancy.

Contract Period: 4 months

Pay Rate: Starting from $112 per hour

Location: Toronto, ON

Location Type: Hybrid

Business Hours: Monday-Friday, Core business hours

Job Responsibilities:

- Lead, coach, and develop a team of full-stack engineers, fostering a strong culture of ownership, collaboration, inclusion, and continuous improvement
- Manage team performance and grow engineering talent
- Create an environment where engineers can do their best work, develop their capabilities, and contribute meaningfully to business outcomes
- Provide hands-on technical leadership across the full software development lifecycle, including solution design, development, testing, integration, deployment, and production support
- Contribute directly to software architecture, code quality, technical design reviews, and implementation of key features where needed
- Guide the team in building modern, resilient, and maintainable applications using full-stack technologies and cloud-native engineering practices
- Drive technical decision-making, identify trade-offs, reduce delivery risk, and lead investigative spikes or proof-of-concepts where appropriate
- Ensure software solutions are aligned with enterprise architecture, security, compliance, and operational standards
- Lead the delivery of complex, multi-disciplinary initiatives from concept through production, ensuring outcomes meet customer and business needs
- Partner with Product Owners, Architects, Cybersecurity, Operations, and peer engineering leaders to prioritize work, resolve dependencies, and maintain delivery momentum
- Apply Agile / SAFe practices to help the team plan effectively, improve predictability,



and continuously enhance delivery performance
- Use engineering and delivery metrics (including DORA and operational health indicators) to improve team effectiveness, quality, and speed
- Oversee the health, currency, and lifecycle management of technical assets and applications within your area of ownership
- Support production releases and help drive operational excellence, reliability, and issue resolution

Experience & Qualification Requirements:

- 7 years of experience in software engineering, including significant experience designing and delivering enterprise-grade applications across multiple layers of the stack
- Proven experience leading or mentoring engineering teams with strong capabilities in team leadership, coaching, and delivery management
- Strong hands-on technical expertise in modern application development, with proficiency in one or more of the following, Java or Kotlin with Spring Boot, C# / .NET, TypeScript, React, and Node.js
- Experience building and supporting applications in Azure and AKS environments
- Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, distributed systems concepts, and modern application architecture patterns
- Experience with engineering tools and platforms such as GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Maven, Snyk, SonarQube, and related SDLC tooling
- Familiarity with engineering performance and delivery metrics, including DORA metrics
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities, balance strategic and tactical work, and drive clarity in ambiguous situations
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders across teams




- Prior experience in a hands-on engineering management or tech lead manager capacity, balancing people leadership with technical execution
- Experience working in financial services, banking, or other highly regulated enterprise environments
- Familiarity with legacy or enterprise middleware platforms such as IBM WebSphere and IBM Portal
- Experience with cloud-native engineering practices, automation, CI/CD pipelines, and platform modernization initiatives
- Passion for mentoring engineers and building high-performing teams with strong engineering fundamentals
- Experience leveraging or introducing AI-enabled tools and practices across the SDLC to improve engineering productivity, quality, or delivery outcomes

How to Apply: If you are a motivated professional looking to contribute to a leading team, please submit your resume outlining your qualifications and experience relevant to this role. Robertson & the clients we represent, value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We invite all qualified individuals to apply.

Background screening is required as part of the onboarding process. The type of screening required (criminal, credit, or other verifications) will vary based on the position and client requirements.

We use AI technology as part of our application review process to assist with screening and assessment. All applications are also reviewed by our recruitment team.

Robertson & the clients we represent are equal opportunity employers, committed to diversity and inclusion. Robertson is a certified diverse supplier and actively seeks to foster a representative and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, Aboriginal status, or any other legally protected factors.

We champion building a diverse and inclusive environment.

📌 IT - Program Manager IV (Toronto)
🏢 Robertson u0026amp; Company
📍 Toronto