Vice President Technology

Company Name: SolusGuard

 

Business Address: 201 – 15 Innovation Boulevard Saskatoon, SK S7N 2X8

 

Number of Positions: 1

 

Title of Position: Vice President Technology

 

Starting Immediately: Yes

 

Terms of Employment: Full Time Year Round

 

Language Requirement(s): English

 

Wage: $120,000.00 – $150,000.00/year

 

Location of work:  201 – 15 Innovation Boulevard Saskatoon, SK S7N 2X8

 

Education: No Degree Certificate or Diploma

 

Work Experience: 15 Years or More

 

Job Duties: 

SolusGuard is committed to helping organizations protect their most valuable asset – their people. We protect lone and at-risk workers with a full suite of safety solutions meant to get people the help they need, the instant they need it. We are hiring a VP Technology to lead SolusGuard’s engineering organization with clarity, structure, and accountability.

 

In this leadership role you will own:

 

Technical leadership and standards

Team effectiveness and accountability

Delivery predictability

Risk management and resilience

Alignment between technology and business goals

 

You'll partner closely with a Principal Architect, who owns deep backend architecture and execution, allowing you to focus on leadership rather than being pulled into daily coding.

 

Experience

 

8–15+ years in software engineering

3–5+ years in senior engineering leadership (Director, VP, Head of Engineering)

 

Experience leading teams across backend, mobile, and infrastructure

 

Experience with SaaS or safety-critical systems strongly preferred

 

Leadership Style

Calm, structured, and pragmatic

Comfortable making decisions and being accountable

Clear communicator with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Focused on building sustainable systems and teams

Technical Judgment

Strong systems thinking and architectural sensibility

Ability to challenge decisions and set standards without micromanaging

Experience managing risk, reliability, and scale

 

Why This Role Matters

This role is critical to SolusGuard’s ability to:

 

Scale revenue with confidence

Support enterprise and government customers

Reduce operational risk

Build a technology organization that doesn’t depend on burnout

You’ll have real ownership, real influence, and a CEO who values clarity, trust, and people-first leadership.

 

SolusGuard builds systems that will be used in situations where every second is critical. As such we are committed to building resilient, robust and performant systems and take quality very seriously. We are a remote-based workforce with the option to work in offices in Regina or Saskatoon.

 

Job Requirements: 

Key Responsibilities

Technology Leadership

 

Own overall technical direction aligned with business priorities

Balance near-term delivery with long-term platform health

Make and enforce architectural and technical standards

Guide build vs. buy decisions and vendor relationships

Ensure the platform is enterprise-ready, secure, and scalable

Engineering Leadership

Lead and support a small, senior engineering team

Set clear expectations, priorities, and success metrics

Run effective planning, reviews, and retrospectives

Create a culture of accountability, quality, and continuous improvement

Delivery & Execution

Improve predictability and reduce reactive firefighting

Establish lightweight, effective delivery processes

Partner with Product, Sales, and Customer Success on priorities

Ensure commitments are realistic and met consistently

Infrastructure, Security & Risk

Own technical risk management and resilience

Oversee DevOps, infrastructure, and security practices

Ensure compliance requirements (e.g., SOC 2) are met and maintained

Reduce single points of failure across systems and people

 

What This Role Does Not Require

 

Daily hands-on coding

Being the primary system architect

Acting as the sole technical escalation point

Technical depth matters — but leadership judgment matters more.

 

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