Strategic Enterprise Architect

4 weeks ago


Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Assent Full time

Job Title: Enterprise Architect

Assent is seeking a highly skilled Enterprise Architect to join our Technology & Data Solutions team. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for guiding the strategic planning, design, and implementation of our internal systems architecture and overseeing our business capability model.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and maintain a comprehensive enterprise architecture blueprint that outlines the organization's technology landscape, ensuring alignment with business goals and strategies.
  • Define and document the architectural principles, standards, and guidelines to be followed across the enterprise.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure the blueprint addresses current needs and future growth, incorporating feedback and driving continuous improvement.
  • Regularly review and update the blueprint to adapt to technological advancements and changing business requirements.
  • Develop and execute a transformative enterprise-wide business systems architecture strategy that aligns with our strategic goals, particularly enhancing operational scalability and efficiency.
  • Own and manage the business capability model, ensuring it accurately reflects current capabilities and anticipates future needs while aligning with our strategic objectives.
  • Collaborate with various business units to understand system requirements, identify current bottlenecks, and pinpoint opportunities for process optimization.
  • Design and implement scalable, secure, and resilient solutions across key business systems such as ERP, CRM, and HRIS, enhancing our operational backbone and enabling superior customer service delivery.
  • Manage the selection and deployment of new technologies and software that enhance business operations and user experiences, focusing on solutions that offer rapid scalability and integration capabilities.
  • Lead system integration projects, especially post-mergers and acquisitions, ensuring seamless alignment and functionality of combined business systems.
  • Champion the adoption of modern architectural practices and frameworks, ensuring they support business agility and data-driven decision-making.
  • Monitor industry trends and technological advancements to ensure our business systems architecture remains forward-looking and competitive.
  • Facilitate regular updates and reviews of the business capability model, engaging stakeholders across the organization to ensure it remains relevant and effectively utilized.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field.
  • A minimum of 10 years of experience in an enterprise or systems architecture role, with significant experience managing business systems and capability models within a rapidly growing organization.
  • Extensive knowledge of and experience with major business systems (ERP, CRM, HRIS, etc.), business process re-engineering, and system integration strategies.
  • Proficiency in utilizing cloud-based platforms and services essential for business operations and management.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and manage cross-functional projects and drive significant change within complex organizational settings.
  • Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills, with a proven track record of delivering scalable and efficient system solutions.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, capable of engaging with executives, IT teams, and business unit leaders.
  • Exceptional influencing and negotiation skills, demonstrating a high degree of professionalism and the ability to guide conversations with business and technology executives.
  • Strategic vision and clear understanding of industry best practices.
  • Ability to abstractly think spatially or conceptually when designing or assessing processes or situations.
  • Detail-oriented with strong capabilities in handling large data sets and making data-informed decisions.
  • Open to feedback, coachable, and committed to self-improvement.
  • Desirable: TOGAF or equivalent EA certification would be considered a plus.

Additional Information:

Assent is committed to growing and sustaining an environment where our team members feel included, valued, and heard. Our diversity and equal opportunity practices are guided and championed by our Diversity and Inclusion Working Group and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).

We believe that you and your family's well-being is important. As a result, we offer vacation time that increases with tenure, comprehensive benefits packages (details vary by country), life leave days, and more.

It's not all about the money – well, it's a little about the money. We understand that financial health is important and we offer a competitive base salary, a corporate bonus program, retirement savings options, and more.

There is purpose beyond your work. We provide our team members with flexible work options, volunteer days, and opportunities to get involved in corporate giving initiatives.

At Assent, curiosity is not only valued but encouraged. You will receive professional development days that are available to you the day you start.



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