Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture

Accelerate your success at Colliers.As one of Canada’s leading commercial real estate services firms, we are driven by our mission to accelerate success for our people, clients, and communities.Why Colliers?As one of Canada’s leading commercial real estate services firms, we are driven by our mission to accelerate success for our people, clients, and communities. A career at Colliers gives you the opportunity to make an impact, advance your career, and collaborate with top‑tier talent. Don’t just take our word for it – we’ve been recognized as a top employer on a number of prestigious lists, including 2024’s Best Workplaces in Canada, Best Workplaces with Most Trusted Executive Teams, and Best Workplaces for Inclusion, among others.Hybrid Role Toronto, Ontario or Vancouver, BCAbout the roleWe are hiring a transformational yet pragmatic leader to architect and scale Colliers’ data-to-AI platform on Google Cloud. This role is central to our digital transformation. You will turn our GCP standardization and Gemini Enterprise initiatives into durable capabilities that deliver trusted data, governed GenAI, and measurable business impact — without accruing technical debt.As the Senior Director of Data & AI Architecture, you will set the multi‑year strategy, make rigorous architecture decisions, and guide cross‑functional teams to ship outcomes that executives can trust and frontline teams can use. You will have strategic autonomy, executive support, and a global team committed to innovation.Define, own, and champion the enterprise data & AI architecture vision and roadmap, ensuring direct alignment with strategic business priorities.Lead the architectural design of a cloud‑native data & AI platform on GCP (BigQuery, Vertex AI, Pub/Sub, Dataflow), incorporating reference patterns for Snowflake, Databricks, and Kafka where appropriate.Establish and govern the financial operations (FinOps) for the platform, driving cost‑optimization, budget predictability, and tracking unit economics (e.g., LLM request cost, BigQuery slots).Accelerate the enterprise adoption of Gemini on Google Cloud by defining the technical architecture for governance, usage analytics, and secure integration with enterprise data.Architect grounded AI patterns (Vertex AI Search, RAG) with context caching and cost controls to balance innovation with sustainability.Standardize LLMOps practices and responsible AI guardrails aligned to NIST AI RMF and EU AI Act, including patterns for automated evaluation, red‑teaming, and jailbreak defenses. Act as a key technical leader within the AI Governance forum, shaping policy in partnership with Legal, Compliance, and Risk.Institutionalize the Google Cloud Dataplex Universal Catalog to publish certified data products, enforce column‑level lineage, and automate data quality rules with alertingAdopt OpenLineage to capture runtime pipeline lineage from tools like Dataflow and Spark, accelerating root‑cause and impact analysis.Architect a defense‑in‑depth security posture using VPC Service Controls, private ingress/egress, and Sensitive Data Protection (DLP) to mitigate data exfiltration risks.Apply Confidential Computing (Confidential VMs/GKE) for data‑in‑use protection during sensitive analytics and ML workloads.Serve as a trusted advisor to business and technology leaders, translating complex strategies into clear, outcome‑oriented plans.Build, lead, and mentor a high‑performing community of practice for architects and engineers across Data, Enterprise Architecture, and AI/ML functions.What you bring12–15+ years across data architecture, engineering, and analytics, with 3+ years in an enterprise leadership role leading large‑scale modernization.Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field.A proven track record of delivering governed GenAI and data platform capabilities from strategy through execution.Deep, hands‑on knowledge of GCP data services (BigQuery, Vertex AI, Dataplex, Pub/Sub, Dataflow) and multi‑cloud awareness (Azure/AWS).Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer/Architect, TOGAF, DAMA CDMP.Experience with enterprise enablement, admin controls, adoption analytics, long‑context RAG patterns, and cost optimization.Mastery of Dataplex for creating data products and enforcing column‑level lineage, supplemented by OpenLineage for runtime analysis.Demonstrable expertise in VPC Service Controls, DLP, Confidential Computing, and fine‑grained BigQuery security.Practical LLMOps experience (TEVV, safety filters, adversarial testing) and operating AI governance aligned to frameworks like NIST AI RMF or the EU AI Act.Location and compensationArea/Location Specific: Hybrid Toronto, ON or Vancouver, BCApproximate Salary Range for Role: $157,500 to $175,000 CAD.Apply nowReady to make an impact and take the next step in your career journey? Join us by applying directly through LinkedIn or visit www.collierscanada.com/careers.What we offerInnovative projects: Work on cutting‑edge initiatives that shape our communities, drive our growth, and make a tangible impact.Career growth: Advance your career and achieve your goals with industry‑leading training and development programs.Competitive benefits & compensation: Enjoy a comprehensive and flexible benefits package along with competitive compensation that rewards your contributions and supports your well‑being.Collaborative culture: Join our enterprising team where innovation thrives, collaboration is key, and our people are empowered to be their authentic selves and do their best work.Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Our robust North American Diversity & Inclusion Program features eight Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), where you can connect, learn, and contribute to a diverse and supportive community. Learn more: https://www.collierscanada.com/en-ca/careers/diversity-and-inclusionGlobal network: Join a global team of 24,000 professionals across 70 countries, where you'll expand your network and learn from experts in a dynamic international community. Accelerate your career and enhance your expertise as you connect and collaborate with top talent around the world.Equal opportunity employerApplicants must be currently authorized to work in Canada on a full‑time basis. The employer will not sponsor applicants for work visas. Colliers is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in its workforce. Colliers encourages applications from all qualified individuals and will accommodate applicants' disability‑related needs, up to the point of undue hardship, throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process. If you require a disability‑related accommodation to participate in the recruitment process, please contact the recruitment team by email at careers@colliers.com. #J-18808-Ljbffr