Posted 10 days ago
Team Leader, SAS Platform
@ Desjardins Technology Group
Overview
Desjardins Technology Group is hiring a Team Leader for its SAS Platform team, a full-time hybrid role that manages specialists running and modernizing the SAS analytics ecosystem. The work covers team leadership, platform availability and security, vendor coordination and capacity planning. The posting requires knowledge of French, eight years of relevant experience and a bachelor's degree in a related field, and offers a competitive salary, annual bonus, four weeks of flexible vacation, a defined benefit pension and group insurance.
Responsibilities:
- Diriger, développer et soutenir une équipe de spécialistes en plateformes de données
- Assurer la disponibilité, la performance, la stabilité et la sécurité des plateformes
- Collaborer avec les partenaires d'affaires, les équipes technologiques et les fournisseurs
- Moderniser et optimiser l'écosystème SAS
- Suivre les indicateurs de performance opérationnelle
Requirements summary:
- Baccalauréat dans un domaine connexe
- Huit ans d'expérience minimum en plateformes de données, analytique ou TI
- Expérience de gestion ou de coordination d'équipes spécialisées
- Connaissance du français requise
- Connaissance des environnements infonuagiques et des plateformes analytiques
- Connaissance de la gouvernance, de la sécurité et de la gestion des données
Tools & skills
Benefits mentioned
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-28
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-29
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-05
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Job details
| Seniority | Lead |
| Department | IT |
| Experience | 8+ years |
| Manages people | Yes |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English, French |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Perks mentioned | Generous paid time off, Flexible hours, Retirement plan, Wellness |
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Desjardins Technology Group
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Full company description
Desjardins Group is the largest cooperative financial group in North America and the fifth largest cooperative financial group in the world, with assets of $435.8 billion as at March 31, 2024. It was named one of Canada's Best Employers by Forbes magazine and by Mediacorp. To meet the diverse needs of its members and clients, Desjardins offers a full range of products and services to individuals and businesses through its extensive distribution network, online platforms and subsidiaries across Canada. Ranked among the world's strongest banks according to The Banker magazine, Desjardins has some of the highest capital ratios and credit ratings in the industry and the first according to Bloomberg News.
- LinkedIn followers
- 379,882
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 43,673
- Reported office locations
- 100, rue des Commandeurs, Lévis, Québec G6V 7N5, CA
- 11 King St W, Toronto, ON M5H 4C7, CA
- 110 9 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2P 0T1, CA
- 1 Complexe Desjardins, Montreal, QC H2X, CA
- Business categories
- Banking
- InsurTech
- Insurance
- Financial Services
- Other recorded names
- Desjardins
- Specialties
- Services financiers
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 0
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Desjardins Group is the largest cooperative financial group in North America and the fifth largest cooperative financial group in the world, with assets of $435.8 billion as at March 31, 2024. It was named one of Canada's Best Employers by Forbes magazine and by Mediacorp. To meet the diverse needs of its members and clients, Desjardins offers a full range of products and services to individuals and businesses…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Banking |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Lévis, Québec |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Specialties | Services financiers |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 79 |
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The SAS Platform and Data Valorization Department’s mandate is to provide the organization with modern, secure, and accessible analytics platforms to accelerate value creation through data and to help achieve Desjardins’s business objectives. We actively contribute to developing the organization’s analytical capacities by ensuring the usage, modernization and continuous improvement of the SAS ecosystem. As Team Leader, SAS Platform, you manage a specialized team that is in charge of developing, using and optimizing the analytics platforms under your responsibility. You mobilize your team around common goals and ensure the delivery of effective, secure solutions that are in line with the needs of business partners. Through your motivational leadership, you promote talent development, continuous improvement and results attainment. You also play a key role in coordinating activities with various contributors to ensure the stability, development and adoption of platforms that support analytical capacities, artificial intelligence, data science and data valorization. More specifically, you will be required to :
- Mobilize, develop and support a team of professionals specializing in data and analytics platforms.
- Plan, coordinate and prioritize team activities to make sure that operational objectives are met and to ensure quality service delivery.
- Ensure the availability, performance, stability and security of the platforms under your responsibility.
- Collaborate with business partners, technology teams, architecture teams and suppliers to ensure that platforms are updated seamlessly.
- Help modernize and optimize the SAS ecosystem, including the adoption of new technological capabilities.
- Ensure the application of best practices in operations, continuous improvement, governance and data management.
- Track operational performance indicators and implement required actions to ensure quality service delivery.
- Foster a climate of collaboration, innovation, learning and individual development within the team.
- Participate in capacity planning and risk management activities, and help resolve complex issues.
- Monitor trends and best practices related to analytics platforms, data and cloud computing technologies.
- Plan and align team activities based on management priorities.
- Distribute work and ensure optimal use of the team’s capacity.
- Monitor the progress of work, deadlines dependencies and issues.
- Provide close leadership and maintain a good team dynamic.
- Provide a clear and concise overview of the team’s activity status.
What we offer*
- Competitive salary and annual bonus
- 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
- Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
- Group insurance including telemedicine
- Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment
*Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.
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What you bring to the table
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
- A minimum of eight years of relevant experience in data platforms, analytics or information technology
- Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
- Experience in managing or coordinating specialized teams
- Experience in using, developing or supporting data or analytics platforms
- Knowledge of French is required
- Strong motivational leadership skills to help promote performance, talent development and teamwork
- Strong ability to communicate, collaborate and influence
- Knowledge of cloud computing environments and analytics platforms
- Knowledge of data governance, security and management practices
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility
At Desjardins, we believe in equity, diversity and inclusion. We're committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all. At Desjardins, we have zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind. We believe our teams should reflect the diversity of the members, clients and communities we serve.
If there's something we can do to help make the recruitment process or the job you're applying for more accessible, let us know. We can provide accommodations at any stage in the recruitment process. Just ask!
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Management support and expertise support (FG)Unposting Date
2026-11-13Journal
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