Manager, Technical Solutions - Enterprise Rules & Decision Services - leading financial services client Manager, Technical Solutions - Enterprise Rules & Decision Services - leading financial services client
Employment Type: Permanent / Full-Time
Team: Business Automation / Data, Automation & Platforms
Location: Toronto, London or Winnipeg (Hybrid, 3x/week)
A large financial services organization is hiring a Manager, Technical Solutions to help establish and lead its Enterprise Rules / Decision Services capability within a growing Business Automation organization.
This is a blend of people leadership, technical leadership and delivery ownership . The Manager will lead an approximately 8-12 person cross-functional team of developers, analysts/BSAs and potentially QA resources, while partnering with architecture, engineering and business stakeholders to drive platform adoption, modernization and operational excellence.
The successful candidate does not need to be the team's deepest hands-on engineer, but must be technically credible enough to challenge developers and architects, understand complex technical issues and make informed decisions.
Key Responsibilities Stand up and evolve the Enterprise Rules / Decision Services capability .
Lead, coach and manage a cross-functional technical team.
Drive delivery of platform solutions aligned to business and engineering requirements.
Lead application/platform modernization including upgrades, migrations and rewrites .
Improve platform engineering, automation, reliability, monitoring and operational practices.
Partner with architecture and engineering teams on technical direction and solution design.
Act as a trusted technology partner and advocate for Business Automation capabilities with internal business units.
Drive platform adoption and help stakeholders modernize legacy processes and technologies.
Manage technology risk, compliance, vendor relationships and adherence to enterprise standards.
Foster a high-performance, accountable and continuous-improvement culture.
Must-Have Requirements 5+ years of engineering / technology leadership experience in a complex enterprise environment.
Prior formal people-management experience ; not intended as a first-time Manager role.
Proven experience leading technical or engineering delivery teams .
Strong technical understanding of enterprise applications, platforms and distributed systems .
Experience with Rules Engines / Decision Services or adjacent Business Automation technologies .
Sufficient technical depth to challenge engineering decisions and understand the product without needing to code full-time.
Experience leading application/platform modernization, migrations, upgrades or similar transformation initiatives .
Strong stakeholder management, communication and relationship-building skills.
Demonstrated ability to take ownership,



drive execution and operate independently in ambiguity .
Experience coaching and mentoring technical practitioners.
Experience working with Agile delivery approaches and modern engineering practices.
Highly Relevant Technical Experience Experience in some of the following is strongly preferred:
Business Automation / workflow platforms
APIs and enterprise integrations
Java-based application environments
Cloud and containerized architectures
Application/platform observability and monitoring
Platform engineering and automation
Exact platform expertise is less important than being a strong technical manager with credible experience in a related enterprise technology environment .
Nice to Have Broader exposure to workflow, case management, RPA, IDP, ECM or document composition.
Previous practitioner background in Development, Solution Architecture, Technical Lead or BSA roles.
Financial services, insurance or another regulated-industry background.
Operational excellence experience such as Kanban, Lean or Six Sigma .
Experience defining delivery, platform or team-performance metrics.
Insurance or wealth domain knowledge.
Manager, Technical Solutions - Enterprise Rules & Decision Services - leading financial services client
Employment Type: Permanent / Full-Time
Team: Business Automation / Data, Automation & Platforms
Location: Toronto, London or Winnipeg (Hybrid, 3x/week)
A large financial services organization is hiring a Manager, Technical Solutions to help establish and lead its Enterprise Rules / Decision Services capability within a growing Business Automation organization.
This is a blend of people leadership, technical leadership and delivery ownership . The Manager will lead an approximately 8-12 person cross-functional team of developers, analysts/BSAs and potentially QA resources, while partnering with architecture, engineering and business stakeholders to drive platform adoption, modernization and operational excellence.
The successful candidate does not need to be the team's deepest hands-on engineer, but must be technically credible enough to challenge developers and architects, understand complex technical issues and make informed decisions.
Key Responsibilities Stand up and evolve the Enterprise Rules / Decision Services capability .
Lead, coach and manage a cross-functional technical team.
Drive delivery of platform solutions aligned to business and engineering requirements.
Lead application/platform modernization including upgrades, migrations, rewrites .




Improve platform engineering, automation, reliability, monitoring and operational practices.
Partner with architecture and engineering teams on technical direction and solution design.
Act as a trusted technology partner and advocate for Business Automation capabilities with internal business units.
Drive platform adoption and help stakeholders modernize legacy processes and technologies.
Manage technology risk, compliance, vendor relationships and adherence to enterprise standards.
Foster a high-performance, accountable and continuous-improvement culture.
Must-Have Requirements 5+ years of engineering / technology leadership experience in a complex enterprise workplace.
Prior formal people-management experience ; not intended as a first-time Manager role.
Proven experience leading technical or engineering delivery teams .
Strong technical understanding of enterprise applications, platforms and distributed systems .
Experience with Rules Engines / Decision Services or adjacent Business Automation technologies .
Sufficient technical depth to challenge engineering decisions and understand the product without needing to code full-time.
Experience leading application/platform modernization, migrations, upgrades or similar transformation initiatives .
Strong stakeholder management, communication and relationship-building skills.
Demonstrated ability to take ownership, drive execution and operate independently in ambiguity .
Experience coaching and mentoring technical practitioners.
Experience working with Agile delivery approaches and modern engineering practices.
Highly Relevant Technical Experience Experience in some of the following is strongly preferred:
IBM CP4BA / Rules Engine technologies
Business Automation / workflow platforms
APIs and enterprise integrations
Java-based application environments
AWS and/or Azure
Cloud and containerized architectures
Application/platform observability and monitoring
Platform engineering and automation
Exact platform expertise is less important than being a strong technical manager with credible experience in a related enterprise technology environment .
Nice to Have Direct IBM CP4BA / Decision Services experience.
Broader exposure to workflow, case management, RPA, IDP, ECM or document composition.
Previous practitioner background in Development, Solution Architecture, Technical Lead or BSA roles.
Financial services, insurance or another regulated-industry background.
Product Owner / Product Management experience.
Operational excellence experience such as Kanban, Lean or Six Sigma .
Experience defining delivery, platform or team-performance metrics.
Insurance or wealth domain knowledge.
Disclaimer:
AI may be used in evaluating candidates.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
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