Position Title: Azure Cloud Program Manager Position Type: Regular - Full-Time Requisition ID: 42190 In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy. About the Role We are seeking a high-caliber Azure Cloud Program Manager to lead a complex, multi-year cloud migration program. This is a foundational leadership role; you will be the bridge between technology and business, ensuring that every byte migrated translates into a dollar of business value. You will be responsible for establishing an executive-level governance framework, managing a high-velocity Azure Migration Factory, and integrating Azure AI-driven efficiencies with a relentless growth mindset. What You’ll Be Doing End-to-End Multi-Year Program Leadership Strategic Roadmap Ownership: Assume full accountability for the design, execution, and delivery of a comprehensive, multi-year cloud transformation journey. Dual-Track Orchestration: Lead the overall cloud migration while simultaneously aligning with a parallel SAP S/4HANA transformation program to ensure infrastructure readiness meets application milestones. Manufacturing & CPG Alignment: Align cloud infrastructure strategies with specific Manufacturing and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) requirements, such as supply chain resilience, factory floor connectivity, and real-time inventory visibility. Bilingual Leadership: Lead high-level conversations with both business stakeholders (ROI, agility) and technical teams (Azure Landing Zones, SAP Basis, security). Cross-Functional Orchestration: Navigate and lead highly matrixed, cross-functional teams—including Finance, Legal, Security, and Product—to remove blockers and ensure synchronized delivery. Expert Executive Presentation & Storytelling Executive Presence: Excellent presentation skills to command the room during Board-level and C-suite briefings. Complex Data Synthesis: Demonstrate the ability to distill highly complex Azure technical architectures and migration data into clear, persuasive, and actionable business narratives. High-Impact Collateral: Design and deliver sophisticated executive-level presentations and dashboards that track program health, budget spend, and business value realization. Rigorous Program Governance & Risk Management Executive Governance: Design and facilitate monthly Executive Steering Committees; establish a robust governance structure that defines decision‑making authority and accountability. Proactive Risk & Issue Management: Maintain a high‑fidelity RAID log; identify potential bottlenecks in the Azure migration path and execute mitigation strategies before they impact the critical path. Dependency & Criteria Management: Lead the identification of complex inter‑program dependencies and enforce strict Entry and Exit Criteria for every migration wave to ensure zero‑defect production moves. Azure Migration Factory & AI Integration Industrialized Migration: Oversee an Azure Migration Factory model, utilizing Azure Migrate and DevOps automation to move hundreds of workloads at scale. AI‑Enhanced Workflows: Identify and implement Azure OpenAI use cases to optimize the migration lifecycle, including automated code refactoring and predictive risk analysis. What You’ll Need To Be Successful Experience: 12+ years in IT Program Management, with at least 6 years dedicated to leading multi‑year Microsoft Azure Transformations. Industry Domain Expertise: Extensive experience driving large‑scale digital transformations within the Manufacturing or CPG sectors. Consulting Pedigree: Experience with "Big 5" consulting firms (Deloitte, PwC, EY, KPMG, Accenture) is highly preferred. Communication Mastery: excellent verbal and written communication skills with a proven track record of successfully presenting to and influencing Executive Leadership teams. SAP Synergy: Proven track record of managing cloud infrastructure deployments in environments running SAP S/4HANA or similar large‑scale ERP migrations. Governance Expertise: Proven ability to implement PMO best practices and structured program frameworks (e.g., MSP, P3O). Required & Preferred Qualifications, Certifications Required: PMP or PgMP (Program Management Professional). Nice to have: Microsoft Certified - Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305). Degree or MBA with engineering is a huge plus. Compensation Package $102,700.00 - $137,000.00 CAD annually + Bonus Eligibility Benefits At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well‑being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well‑being programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well‑being programs include vacation and holidays, company‑supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned with country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit detail available during the application process. McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family‑owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know, and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions. Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. McCain leverages AI in the hiring process, though all final decisions are made by humans. You can understand our approach to AI and how your personal information is being handled here. Job Family: Information Technology Location(s): CA - Canada: Ontario: Toronto || CA - Canada: New Brunswick: Florenceville‑Bristol Company: McCain Foods (Canada) #J-18808-Ljbffr