Why Work at
LiftWerx

Work Life Balance

LiftWerx operates on a best-in-industry rotation schedule of three weeks on, one week off.

Salary and Bonus

We offer competitive salaries, giving you peace of mind that you'll receive a paycheck every week of the year, even when not in the field. We also offer multiple bonus programs and coverage of living expenses when working in the field.

Innovative Leader

Up-tower cranes are becoming the technology of choice in the wind industry. LiftWerx is the only company worldwide that offers training and certification on every brand of up-tower cranes.

Opportunity

LiftWerx is a growing company with fantastic opportunities for people who want to make a difference. We have a team-centric culture aimed at Raising the Bar!

Careers

At LiftWerx, our people are, by far, our most valuable assets.

As a fairly young company, we are always looking for opportunities to find customer-focused, talented, and ambitious professionals who can contribute to the growth, optimization, and improvement of our business.

If you are interested in joining a team of motivated professionals in the transportation and lifting industry, and feel that you have the skills, ambition, and qualifications to join our growing team, please apply with your resume and cover letter to our current job opportunities below.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible hiring process for all candidates. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, medical condition, or other protected reason during the application or interview process, please reach out to our email below.

E. [email protected]

Cambridge, Ontario, Canada LEADER, DIGITAL SYSTEMS, TECHNOLOGY AND AI

Location

Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

Posted Date

October 28, 2026

Job Type

Full-Time, Permanent

Job Segment:

Wind Energy

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:

LiftWerx is a specialized wind energy contractor which performs large corrective repairs, mainly using crane-less technology. LiftWerx offers both specialized equipment and experienced personnel to perform corrective repairs on a wide variety of wind turbines. The majority of lifting services are performed using up-tower crane technology, which avoids the high cost and disruption of utilizing large conventional cranes on the ground.

We invite you to join LiftWerx, where we are focused on raising the bar.

JOB TITLE:

Leader, Digital Systems, Technology and AI

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Leader, Digital Systems, Technology and AI provides strategic leadership for the organization’s technology ecosystem, ensuring technology investments, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and business systems support the company’s continued growth and operational objectives. As a key business partner, this role develops and executes the technology roadmap, enhances digital capabilities, manages enterprise risk, and ensures the scalability, security, and reliability of all technology services across the organization.

This role will play a central part in accelerating the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation capabilities across the organization to improve productivity, enhance decision-making, reduce manual effort, and accelerate business performance. Joining as the organization actively rolls out its AI roadmap, governance framework, and enterprise AI platform, the leader will have a high degree of influence over how these evolve and will drive the adoption strategy that enables employees and leaders to effectively leverage emerging technologies while ensuring appropriate security, compliance, and risk controls.

The Leader, Digital Systems, Technology and AI is responsible for aligning technology strategy with business priorities, leading digital transformation initiatives, overseeing third-party technology partners, and developing an IT function capable of supporting a rapidly growing and evolving organization.

LOCATION:

This is an on-site position, based out of our Cambridge, ON office.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Technology Strategy & Business Partnership





- Develop and execute a multi-year technology strategy aligned with organizational growth objectives and business priorities.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on technology opportunities, risks, investments, and innovation.
- Establish and maintain a technology roadmap that improves business capability, operational efficiency, and scalability.
- Partner with business leaders to identify, prioritize, and implement technology solutions that drive measurable business value.

Digital Transformation & Enterprise Business Systems

- Provide strategic leadership and governance for LiftWerx’s enterprise business systems, including ERP, EAM, project / work management, collaboration, reporting and other critical operational platforms.
- Establish explicit system ownership, governance, administration and lifecycle management to ensure enterprise applications remain reliable, secure, scalable and aligned with evolving business processes.
- Partner with functional leaders to optimize the use of enterprise systems, ensuring technology enables effective processes rather than reinforcing fragmented or inefficient ways of working.
- Champion digital transformation initiatives that improve productivity, collaboration, reporting, and decision-making.
- Ensure business systems support operational excellence and future organizational requirements.

Data, Analytics & Information Management

- Establish an enterprise data strategy and governance framework that improves quality, accessibility, consistency and security of business information.
- Partner with business functions to define authoritative data sources, data ownership and standards for critical business information.
- Enable scalable analytics and business intelligence capabilities that provide leaders and teams with timely, reliable information for operational and strategic decision-making.

Cybersecurity, Risk & Governance

- Establish IT governance frameworks, policies, standards, and controls that support compliance and risk management objectives.
- Establish and maintain technology business continuity, disaster recovery, backup and incident response capabilities appropriate to the organization’s operational risk.
- Lead cybersecurity awareness initiatives and ensure effective management of technology-related risks.
- Monitor evolving regulatory, privacy, and security requirements and ensure organizational compliance.

Infrastructure & Service Delivery

- Ensure reliable, secure, and scalable technology infrastructure supporting all business operations.
- Establish service delivery standards and performance metrics to maintain exceptional user experience and system reliability.
- Oversee cloud services, networks, hardware, software, communications systems, and enterprise technology platforms.
- Lead continuous improvement initiatives that enhance system performance, support capabilities, and technology effectiveness.

Artificial Intelligence & Emerging Technology

- Take a leading role in shaping, refining, and executing the organization’s AI vision, roadmap, governance model, and operating framework as they evolve.
- Lead the enterprise-wide rollout and adoption of AI technologies, including the organization’s AI platform, that enhance workforce productivity, improve decision-making, and create scalable competitive advantages.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and translate innovation opportunities into practical business solutions with measurable operational and financial impact.
- Ensure AI initiatives are implemented responsibly, balancing innovation with cybersecurity, privacy, regulatory compliance,



and organizational risk management.

Vendor & Financial Management

- Develop and manage the annual IT operating and capital budgets.
- Establish technology investment priorities based on business value, risk mitigation, and strategic objectives.
- Manage strategic relationships with technology vendors, consultants, and managed service providers.
- Negotiate contracts, service agreements, licensing arrangements, and technology procurement initiatives to maximize value and control costs.
- Monitor vendor performance and ensure contracted service levels are consistently achieved.

Function Development

- Build, lead, and develop a high-performing IT team and technology partner network capable of supporting organizational growth.
- Establish clear performance expectations, succession planning strategies, and professional development opportunities.
- Foster an AI-enabled culture by building organizational capability through training, change management, governance, and user adoption initiatives.
- Develop internal and external capabilities required to evaluate, deploy, support, and continuously improve AI-driven business solutions.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS:

Education

- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.

Experience

- 10+ years of progressive IT leadership experience, including experience leading enterprise-scale technology initiatives.
- Experience developing and executing technology strategies in a multi-site or rapidly growing organization.
- Proven experience managing technology budgets, vendors, contracts, and capital investments.
- Demonstrated success leading digital transformation, system implementations, and organizational change initiatives.
- Experience overseeing cybersecurity, compliance, risk management, and business continuity programs.
- Experience leading internal teams and managing outsourced technology service providers.

Knowledge/Skills

- Executive presence and ability to influence at all organizational levels.
- Strong people leadership and team development skills.
- Ability to lead through change and organizational growth.
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strategic thinker with a continuous improvement mindset.
- Strong decision-making and prioritization abilities.
- Ability to balance innovation, risk management, and operational effectiveness.
- Customer-focused approach to technology service delivery.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:

- Competitive salary and vacation
- Medical, dental and paramedical benefits from day one
- Additional $500 health spending account
- Short-term disability
- Five paid sick days
- Employee & family assistance program
- RRSP matching program
- Annual bonus, long-term incentive programs and long-term bonuses
- Company branded clothing allowance

Salary:$139,900 – $181,400 CAD

Use of AI: Please note that AI is not used for screening, assessing or selecting candidates.

Vacancy Status: The job advertised above is an existing vacancy. There is currently 1 vacancy.

HOW TO APPLY:

Please submit your resume and cover letter to [email protected] and you could be the next addition to our growing team!

About LiftWerx

LiftWerx is an industry leading wind energy contractor specialized in major component replacement using up-tower cranes.

OUR COMPANY

ESTABLISHED

LiftWerx was founded in 2016.

GROWING FAMILY

Our business is comprised of more than 200 high-performance teammates with a great company culture.

TECHNOLOGY

LiftWerx engineers, builds and operates the wind energy industry’s most advanced up-tower cranes.

OUR SERVICES

LiftWerx exchanges wind turbine main bearings, gearboxes, blades, and generators. We offer services on GE, Siemens, Vestas, Senvion and other platforms.

OUR ADVANTAGE

OUR TEAM

Our major correctives teams are the core of our business and seasoned with expertise.

OUR CRANES

LiftWerx's up-tower cranes are the safest and swiftest way to repair wind turbines.

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