Director, Technology Assurance, Risk & Resilience
- AB, Canada
- Edmonton, AB, Canada
Full-time
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Original job description
Big decisions depend on reliable technology and that reliability does not happen by accident. Our client is seeking a Director, Technology Assurance, Risk & Resilience to help set the tone for strong controls, credible risk insight, and true operational readiness. You will guide leaders through what matters most, reduce avoidable surprises, and build confidence that technology can withstand change, incidents, and scrutiny. This role is onsite in Edmonton, Alberta.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
- Establish and run a technology assurance roadmap aligned to business priorities and risk appetite
- Lead enterprise level technology risk assessments and facilitate risk ownership with stakeholders
- Design, improve, and validate key technology controls across security, infrastructure, applications, and data
- Coordinate audit readiness efforts and support responses, evidence management, and remediation plans
- Advance resilience capabilities (disaster recovery strategy, testing, lessons learned, and recovery governance)
- Drive third party assurance activities including due diligence, control reviews, and ongoing monitoring
- Create concise reporting for executives that enables action, not just awareness
- Develop team capability and strengthen cross functional collaboration
- Proven leadership background in technology risk, IT governance, IT audit, security GRC, or assurance in regulated or high accountability environments
- Solid understanding of control testing, risk registers, remediation governance, and stakeholder management
- Familiarity with common standards and frameworks (ISO, NIST, COBIT, ITIL) and the judgement to tailor them
- Ability to balance strong governance with delivery realities and operational constraints
- Experience with DR planning and testing, incident preparedness, and resilience program governance
- Vendor and third party risk experience is preferred
- Degree in a related discipline preferred; certifications (CISA, CISSP, CRISC or similar) are a nice to have
- Competitive total compensation and comprehensive benefits
- High visibility mandate with meaningful influence on enterprise risk and resilience
- Stable long term opportunity in a mission critical environment
- Work with senior stakeholders and modernize assurance and resilience practices
- Clear ownership and the runway to build and improve a program
- If you are ready to be the person who turns risk into resilience, send your application and make it official
More about this job
Responsibilities
Lead the technology assurance roadmap, enterprise risk assessments, control validation, audit readiness, and third-party assurance activities. Advance disaster recovery and operational resilience, provide actionable executive reporting, and develop team capability and cross-functional collaboration.
Requirements
Requires proven leadership in technology risk, IT governance, IT audit, security GRC, or assurance, along with experience in control testing, risk registers, remediation governance, and stakeholder management. Candidates should understand common frameworks such as ISO, NIST, COBIT, and ITIL, and have experience with disaster recovery, incident preparedness, and resilience governance; a related degree is preferred, while certifications such as CISA, CISSP, or CRISC are advantageous.
Skills
- Technology Risk Management
- Technology Assurance
- IT Governance
- IT Audit
- Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance
- Control Testing
- Risk Assessment
- Remediation Governance
- Disaster Recovery Planning and Testing
- Operational Resilience
- Third-Party Risk Management
- Audit Readiness
- Stakeholder Management
- Executive Reporting
- ISO
- NIST
Benefits
- Comprehensive Benefits
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Categories
- Technology
- Management & Leadership
- Security & Safety
- Government & Public Sector
Keywords
- Technology Assurance
- Technology Risk
- IT Governance
- IT Audit
- Security GRC
- Control Testing
- Risk Registers
- Risk Appetite
- Remediation Governance
- ISO
- NIST
- COBIT
- ITIL
- Disaster Recovery
- Incident Preparedness
- Operational Resilience
- Third-Party Assurance
- Vendor Risk
- Audit Readiness
- CISA
- CISSP
- CRISC