Location: Hybrid – Maple or Innisfil, Ontario, Canada
Reports to: VP, Business Systems & IT
Salary Range: $125,000–$155,000 CAD (commensurate with experience)
Role Summary
We are seeking a Security, Data Governance & AI Enablement Lead to strengthen information security, access governance, and data foundations across the organization, while enabling the responsible use of AI technologies.
This role is designed for a senior, hands on professional who can operate autonomously, partner effectively with managed service providers (MSPs), and balance security controls with business practicality in a growing, regulated manufacturing environment.
This is a lead individual contributor role, with significant influence over standards, priorities, and execution.
Key Responsibilities
Security & Access Governance
- Design, document, and implement role based access models across business applications and SaaS platforms
- Lead organization wide access reviews and clean up initiatives, enforcing least privilege principles
- Own ongoing access governance, including periodic reviews and exception handling
- Improve Joiner–Mover–Leaver processes to ensure access is complete, timely, and auditable
Data Governance & Microsoft 365
- Establish practical data classification and sensitivity standards aligned to business needs
- Design and roll out governance controls for SharePoint Online, Teams, and OneDrive
- Reduce data sprawl and improve information findability and trust
- Partner with business teams to clarify where and how information should be stored and shared
- Provide guidance and training to improve day to day data handling practices
Security Program Ownership & Vendor Coordination
- Act as the internal owner for information security governance
- Coordinate and govern security services delivered by the MSP and other vendors
- Support customer cybersecurity questionnaires and assessments
- Drive steady, pragmatic security maturity aligned with NIST CSF / ISO 27001 principles, without heavy audit overhead
AI Enablement
- Prepare data foundations required to safely support Copilot and other AI tools
- Identify and prioritize practical AI use cases that deliver business value
- Ensure AI adoption aligns with established security and data governance standards
- Focus on enablement and readiness rather than model development or data science.
Technical Enablement & IT Support
- Act as an internal technical resource to support business users and answer day-to-day technology questions
- Provide occasional hands-on support for select end-user issues (e.g., hardware, peripherals, connectivity), without being the primary help desk function
- Assist with hardware setup, deployment, and lifecycle activities in coordination with IT leadership and MSP partners
- Identify opportunities to improve business processes through technology and implement practical solutions using existing platforms
- Design and develop lightweight solutions such as reports, workflows, and applications (e.g., Power Apps, SharePoint, Fusion Manage configurations)
- Contribute to continuous improvement of internal tools, reporting, and system usage
Required Experience & Skills
- 5–10+ years experience in IT security, identity/access governance, or data governance
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft 365 (Entra ID, SharePoint Online, Teams)
- Demonstrated experience designing access models across multiple systems
- Experience working with managed service providers and external security vendors
- Practical understanding of cybersecurity frameworks (NIST CSF, ISO 27001 concepts)
- Ability to influence without authority and navigate resistance to change
Nice to Have
- Experience in manufacturing, engineering, or regulated industries
- Familiarity with Microsoft Purview, sensitivity labels, or DLP concepts
- Exposure to AI readiness initiatives and AI deployments
- Experience simplifying complex permission or data environments
- Experience with Power Apps, Power Automate, and SharePoint solution development
What Success Looks Like
- Clear, documented access roles with minimal exceptions
- Clean, governed SharePoint environments that users trust and can find information in
- Improved outcomes on customer cybersecurity reviews
- Data foundations ready to support AI safely and effectively
- Strong internal credibility as a trusted technical leader
Why This Role Matters
This role directly supports:
- Increasing customer cybersecurity expectations
- Organizational growth and site expansion
- Responsible adoption of AI technologies
- Reducing operational risk without slowing the business
