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Unique Opportunity
Tree Canada offers a unique and rewarding opportunity to be part of a mission-driven organization dedicated to inspiring, educating and enabling Canadians to plant and nurture trees in order to improve lives and address climate change
Pivotal Role
This is a pivotal role in leading Tree Canada’s digital architecture and ensuring its technology infrastructure supports the organization’s rapid growth and evolving operational needs.
Leadership Role
You will have the opportunity to work closely with a highly engaged Senior Leadership Team in an organization that values collaboration, innovation, and adaptability.
Director of Information Technology @ Tree Canada
Company: Tree Canada
Position: Director of Information Technology
Location: Ottawa, ON
Tree Canada is a national non-profit organization dedicated to growing Canada’s urban and rural forests, improving biodiversity, and mitigating the impacts of climate change through large-scale reforestation and urban greening initiatives. For over 30 years, the organization has worked in collaboration with municipalities, schools, hospitals, and corporate and community partners to plant and nurture millions of trees across the country.
As the country’s leading tree-planting charity, Tree Canada takes a science-based approach to restoration and conservation efforts. In urban areas, Tree Canada partners with communities to develop tree management strategies that improve air quality, reduce heat islands, and foster healthier environments. To support its continued growth and ensure its systems can meet increasing demands, Tree Canada is undertaking a major digital transformation to modernize its infrastructure and enhance operational efficiency. The organization is seeking a Director of Information Technology to oversee the implementation of its IT strategy, optimize digital systems, and guide the organization toward a more integrated and technologically advanced future.
Skills & Experience
Strategic
You are a strategic and hands-on technology leader who thrives in a multifaceted role where you can drive digital transformation while optimizing day-to-day IT operations.
Experience
Your background likely includes experience leading IM or IT teams and technology projects in a corporate, profit or non-profit, mission-driven, or resource-conscious environment.
Leader
As a leader, you embrace both strategy and execution, bringing a player-coach mentality where you are equally comfortable setting IT direction as you are rolling up your sleeves to solve technical challenges.
Expertise
You have expertise in areas such as cloud-based system implementation, UX, membership platforms, cybersecurity, and data management, and you are comfortable working across multiple platforms.
Communication
As a skilled communicator and collaborator, you excel at building relationships with senior leadership, external vendors, and internal teams, ensuring that IT priorities align with organizational goals.
Adaptable
You are adaptable, resourceful, and skilled at managing competing priorities in a fast-growing, evolving organization.
Summary of the Role
The Director of Information Technology will play a pivotal role in leading Tree Canada’s digital architecture and ensuring its technology infrastructure supports the organization’s rapid growth and evolving operational needs. Reporting to the Chief Administration Officer, the Director of IT will be responsible for optimizing and integrating digital systems, overseeing cybersecurity, and establishing a comprehensive IT strategy that enhances efficiency, data governance, and impact measurement. The role will also be responsible for strengthening cybersecurity protocols, developing data governance policies, and ensuring the organization is equipped with modern IT solutions to support its mission.
The Director will play a crucial role in driving technology-driven impact reporting and stakeholder engagement. As Tree Canada shifts away from only tree count metrics to a more sophisticated biodiversity and climate impact model, the Director will lead efforts to integrate advanced data visualization, automated reporting, and AI-supported monitoring to provide donors, corporate sponsors, and government partners with transparent, evidence-based insights into the success of Tree Canada’s reforestation projects.
Key responsibilities include working closely with the Senior Leadership Team to guide decisions on IT priorities and investments, implementing cost-effective technology solutions, establishing key policies on data management, data sharing, and AI, while maintaining operational excellence across information management and technology systems. Finally, in this hands-on role, you will balance strategic thinking and implementation, leading internally and externally with technology partners to ensure seamless IT operations.
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