Avp Enterprise Architecture

2 months ago


Toronto, Canada The Canada Life Assurance Company Full time

Permanent Full Time

We are looking for an _AVP, Enterprise Architect supporting our Individual Wealth, (Retail) Insurance (Life and Health), and Advisor Network businesses_

Canada Life’s Enterprise Architecture team works collaboratively with our business and IT partners developing technology strategies and roadmaps enabling the successful delivery of strategic business and IT goals.

Our team of experts work collaboratively across Canada Life, maintaining the Canada Technology strategy and roadmap, developing, and managing target state architectures, and ensuring solution designs align with architectural directions and guardrails. Come join an organization committed to delivering innovative solutions.

Reporting to the Chief Enterprise Architect, the AVP Enterprise Architecture proactively and holistically helps guide the line of business through technology transformation and optimization initiatives. Success in this role requires a strong partnership and collaboration with senior business and technology leaders across the organization.

The AVP Enterprise Architecture responds to disruptive forces by helping facilitate the decision-making process and providing actionable recommendations on initiatives and policies to help the company drive targeted business outcomes.

**What you will do**
- Oversee the creation of target state architecture, execution roadmaps, and IT strategy for the Individual Wealth, (retail) Insurance (life and health) and Advisor domains
- Ensure products and projects align with the architecture direction and balance budget, time, and delivery expectations
- Drive IT eco-system opportunities and maintain awareness of industry trends, emerging technologies, and presents opportunities to senior business leaders
- Recommend standards, best practices, and advocate for architectures that other lines of business in the organization will align to
- Lead/Participate in the Architecture Review Councils and raise items as required to collaborate on architecturally significant decisions
- Lead a team of Portfolio Architects who are each aligned to managing, and directing work volumes, and providing governance and oversight
- Lead all employee lifecycle events for all direct reports, including recruitment activities, selection, onboarding, and performance and professional management
- Demonstrate and provide leadership in managing IT risk and ensure compliance across all products and projects
- Design, implement and enforce governance strategies and tools for use across the enterprise

**What you will bring**
- 10+ years of multi-disciplinary architecture experience in a large, complex organization
- Bachelors’ degree in Computer Science and/or Software Engineering or equivalent experience
- Experience with modern architecture patterns and cloud computing
- Ability to build and maintain collaborating stakeholder relationships across multiple geographies and business functions
- Ability to effectively communicate high-level concepts and solutions with Technology and Business teams
- Values simplicity and is unafraid to challenge technical constraints to utilize an iterative and agile approach
- Understands the framework (i.e. structure, people, processes, and technology) that supports an organization’s strategy and can successfully leverage it
- Self-starter with the ability to comfortably operate in ambiguity
- Proven experience leading a team to meet deliverables, and manage a team’s personal and professional development

**Assets**
- At least 5 years of experience in the insurance industry or the financial services industry
- Architectural experience using modelling languages and frameworks, knowledge and awareness of architecture best practices and principles in Business, Information (data), Application, Technology, and Security architecture disciplines
- Understanding of continuous architecture and value stream approach to business solutions

The base salary for this position is between **$144,300**:

- $240,500 **annually. This represents base salary only and does not represent other variable compensation components of our total compensation ( i.e. annual bonus, commission etc). If you are selected to move forward in our recruitment process, your recruiter will be able to discuss additional details of our total rewards program with you.

Be your best at Canada Life

Being a part of Canada Life means you have a voice. This is a place where your unique background, perspectives and talents are valued, and shape our future success.

You can be your best here. You’re part of a diverse and inclusive workplace where your career and well-being are championed. You’ll have the opportunity to excel in your way, finding new and better ways to deliver exceptional customer and advisor experiences.

Together, as part of a great team, you’ll deliver on our shared purpose to improve the well-being of Canadians. It’s our driving force. Become part of a strong and successful company that’s



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