vCIO in Calgary

Company Profile

IX Solutions is Western Canada’s go-to boutique IT firm, sought after by leading tech talent and forward-thinking organizations for their innovative approach, trusted team, award-winning service and standout company culture. We act as a trusted advisor to forward-thinking organizations and their IT teams, empowering them to fulfill their potential through innovative solutions and technology that solves business problems. We help our clients effectively leverage modern technology and embrace digital transformation to achieve their critical business outcomes. Ultimately, we’re here to inspire innovation — for our customers and our people.

Position Summary

As vCIO, you are accountable for technology strategy, roadmap development, executive advisory, business alignment, and governance for IX Solutions clients. This role turns client current state, business priorities, operational needs, risk considerations, and advisory inputs into practical long-term technology direction that helps clients make better technology decisions and prepare for what comes next. You will develop client technology roadmaps, facilitate executive planning discussions, identify risks and opportunities before they become urgent, and create structure around priorities, ownership, governance, and investment decisions.

What You’ll Do Here

• Client Relationship and Strategic Advisory
  • Build, maintain, and strengthen senior stakeholder client relationships where IX Solutions has, or is developing, a deeper long-term partnership.
  • Act as a trusted advisor who connects business priorities with technology planning, governance, and risk decisions.
  • Earn credibility with client leadership through preparation, judgment, clear communication, and follow-through.
  • Support early strategic conversations with new or developing client relationships.
  • Help clients understand how current challenges should shape future technology decisions.
• Technology Strategy and Roadmap Development
  • Develop technology roadmaps that give senior stakeholders a clear direction for planning and investment decisions.
  • Turn current-state assessments, advisory findings, Business Analysis outputs, operational issues, and client conversations into usable future-state plans.
  • Help clients prioritize investments, modernization efforts, lifecycle needs, risks, dependencies, and decision points.
• Executive Advisory and Governance
  • Facilitate executive discussions on governance, modernization, security, productivity, enterprise applications, architecture, and business alignment.
  • Create structure around priorities, ownership, and planning cadence for client technology decisions.
• Risk, Opportunity, and Business Alignment
  • Proactively identify and communicate technology risks and opportunities for clients before they become urgent.
  • Shape advisory opportunities through planning conversations, workshops, assessments, and roadmap work.
• Client Planning and Delivery Coordination
  • Collaborate with Business Analysts, Solutions Engineers, Architects, Consultants, Project Managers, and IT Managers to connect roadmap direction with delivery and managed services.
  • Drive follow-through so advisory direction moves into decisions, project opportunities, managed-services activity, and delivery planning.
• Advisory Practice and Continuous Improvement
  • Create roadmap materials, advisory notes, decision records, recommended actions, and planning artifacts that support client conversations and internal continuity.
  • Identify recurring client patterns and capability development needs that can strengthen IX Solutions offerings.

Professional Characteristics

• Builds trust with senior stakeholders through preparation, judgment, clarity, credibility, and consistent follow-through.
• Connects business priorities, operational realities, financial considerations, risk, and technology direction.
• Facilitates executive and cross-functional conversations in a structured, practical, and outcome-focused way.

Qualifications/Expertise

• 10+ years of relevant experience in technology advisory, IT leadership, strategic account management, consulting, managed services, business technology planning, or a related role.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate executive technology conversations and develop practical roadmaps aligned to business objectives.
• Strong understanding of technology governance, modernization planning, security, productivity, enterprise applications, infrastructure, cloud, lifecycle management, and operational service needs.

Requirements

• Legally permitted to work within Canada.
• Currently residing in Alberta, Canada.
• Hold a valid Driver’s License and vehicle.
• Ability to speak and write English fluently.
• Be able to travel occasionally for business purposes.