Senior Enterprise Architect

Senior Enterprise Architect
Full Time Permanent
Toronto– 4 days on site 

Client: Canadian Tire
About Us
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, 1,700 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.
 
Job Description
The Senior Enterprise Architect, reporting to the Associate Vice President, Enterprise Architecture, will play a key role in developing the target state of technology architecture across the business. You will collaborate with senior business and IT leaders to develop capability roadmaps, identify emerging industry technologies for business application, and optimize our overall technology portfolio.   

What you will do

• Lead the development of target state architectures that drive business outcomes, ensuring a seamless end-to-end process flow
• Collaborate with architecture and IT business leaders to create and refine capability roadmaps that align with strategic objectives
• Make informed architecture decisions by leveraging deep expertise in open and industry standards, as well as current and emerging technologies, products, patterns, and approaches
• Actively engage in the Architecture Community of Practice, sharing insights and presenting at key events
• Create capability heat maps by consulting with business and IT stakeholders, assessing desired capabilities against the existing technical landscape
• Oversee the mapping of applications to capabilities and manage the Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
• Ensure the addition, maintenance, and execution of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and technical health assessments for all relevant assets
• Review and provide constructive feedback on architectural standards, principles, and design patterns to promote best practices
• Participate enthusiastically in Architecture and Technology review boards, ensuring solution architects adhere to established Enterprise Architecture patterns and practices
• Lead efforts to rationalize applications, optimizing the technology portfolio for efficiency and effectiveness
• Advocate for sound decision-making in build-versus-buy discussions; when purchasing solutions, represent Enterprise Architecture in the RFx process and evaluate new technologies for compatibility with existing standards, recommending adoption where appropriate

What you bring

• Minimum 8 years of experience in a large technology environment with roles in architectural leadership; experience in retail, banking, telecom, or automotive sectors is preferred
• Familiarity with both waterfall and agile delivery methodologies
• Background in cloud technologies and cloud architecture patterns
• Interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills to facilitate collaboration and credibility in developing cross-organizational and vendor relationships
• Certification in an architectural framework such as TOGAF or Zachman is considered an asset
• Knowledge of retail or supply chain applications, hardware platforms, operations support, cybersecurity, and cloud environments is advantageous
• Ability to manage change and ambiguity in a dynamic retail environment
• Critical thinking skills with the ability to analyze and visualize target states for ongoing business improvement
• Experience building business and technical relationships with various stakeholder groups to advance initiatives
• Communication skills for explaining complex topics to diverse audiences, including both operational staff and executive leadership

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
 We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.
 
Accommodations 
 We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.