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Avison Young is currently seeking a Vice President, Business Applications responsible for developing, implementing and overseeing the strategic program and project excellence across the Company Portfolio globally, ensuring the successful delivery of all work for our clients, while reporting directly to the Chief Information Officer. Preferred candidates will demonstrate their ability to lead a group, identify tasks and ensure progress of objectives. The successful candidate must demonstrate both strong business and technical acumen and be able to lead and manage with expertise and credibility. The candidate should participate in and expect frequent communication and engagement with others. Versatility is desired as much time will be spent bringing together a multitude of talents and must be willing to adapt the talents to changing assignments as required. The successful candidate will be people-oriented and have significant experience working with a wide range of people, from diverse backgrounds, and possess ability to achieve 'win-win' outcomes. As the job requires assertiveness and a 'will to win' in dealing with highly competitive situations, a competitive attitude is key. Responsibilities Strategic Planning: As part of Global Technology leadership team, develop and execute a comprehensive strategy for the organization's business applications, aligning technology initiatives with business objectives and long-term goals. System Implementation and Integration: Lead the evaluation, selection, and implementation of business systems, ensuring seamless integration with existing infrastructure and applications. Process Optimization: Identify opportunities to streamline business processes and workflows through the effective use of technology, automation, and best practices. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with stakeholders across departments, including finance, operations, sales, marketing, to understand their needs and priorities and ensure that business systems effectively support their requirements. Vendor Management: Manage relationships with technology vendors and service providers, including contract negotiation, performance monitoring, and adherence to service level agreements. Build and develop a team of experts (including executive leaders), embedded both regionally and centrally, to deliver improved processes and tools and to enhance execution capabilities for Regional Execution Teams and Global Functions. Collaborate with Regional Execution Leaders and Global Functional Leaders to align on priority of initiatives to ensure tangible benefits of PM COE are achieved and recognized. Develop, improve, and operationalize critical tools and training of such tools to enable effective use by regional PMs. Change Management: Drive organizational change by promoting the adoption of new technologies and processes, providing training and support to users, and fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. Performance Monitoring and Reporting: Establish KPIs and other relevant metrics to measure the effectiveness of business systems and track progress towards strategic goals, providing regular reports and insights to senior leadership. Support project risk reviews and close-out meetings to drive continuous improvement. Collaborate with Regional and Functional Leaders on continuous improvement initiatives. Monitor key performance indicators and solicit direct feedback from key stakeholders to ensure progress towards the companys strategic plans. Serve as a critical member of the Companys Global Execution Executive Leadership Team to influence strategic priorities and initiatives. Qualifications 10+ years of experience in business systems and management Bachelors or Masters Degree in technical or business discipline. High level of emotional intelligence, influencing skills, and communication skills to enable collaboration with a variety of key stakeholders including senior executive stakeholders. Seasoned leader with demonstrated track record of coaching executive leaders and driving accomplishments through such leaders. Demonstrated ability to solve problems and to deliver measurable results. Ability to effectively create a collaborative, team-oriented environment including mentoring and motivating team members to be accountable. Demonstrated ability to innovate and create strategies that significantly improve Project Delivery practices that enable the organization to achieve business results. Ability to analyze project data, prepare, and present project reports and projections. Strong business and financial acumen, including strong problem solving skills, critical thinking, and business analysis skills. Personal Attributes: Resourceful This job requires a person who is driven by practical results, maximizing both efficiency and returns for their investments of time, talent, energy, and resource. Instinctive This job requires a person who is driven by using past experiences and intuition and seeks specific knowledge when necessary. Collaborative This job requires a person who is driven in a supporting role and contributes with little need for individual recognition. Executive presence and ability to debate and influence decision making. Analytical thinker, detail-oriented, high-energy level. Ability to maintain confidential and professional manner. Education: BA / BS in Business, Finance, Real Estate, or related field. MBA preferred. Workplace Type: On-Site Avison Young practices as an equal opportunity employer in all services locations around the world. We are committed to building and maintaining a workforce diverse in experience, skills and knowledge with uniformity in service excellence, commitment and integrity. The firm maintains a strict policy to ensure employment opportunities are equal and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability, marital and civil partnership / union status, protected veteran or military service status, or any other elements protected by law. Avison Young welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates during the recruitment process. For those requiring assistance, information relating to the need for accommodation and accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially. 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