Head of Americas Architecture and CTO

Vanguard•Toronto, ON

35d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Head of Americas Architecture and CTO provides enterprise-level technical leadership across multiple architecture disciplines, shaping strategy, planning, and design for large-scale, transformational technology initiatives. This role collaborates closely with senior business and technology leaders to define and execute the architectural direction that enables growth, resilience, and innovation across the Americas. Vanguard, one of the world's largest investment management companies, serves individual investors, institutions, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and financial professionals. We have a diverse and talented crew with a culture that promotes teamwork, along with an unwavering focus on serving our clients' best interests.

Requirements

Minimum of 10 years of related professional experience, including at least 3 years in senior technology architecture roles.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience; graduate degree preferred.
Demonstrated success in technology strategy, large-scale transformation, and enterprise architecture.
TOGAF certification or meaningful experience with enterprise architecture frameworks.
Proven people leadership, influencing skills, and the ability to operate effectively at the executive level.

Responsibilities

Provide expert architectural leadership to accelerate and empower delivery, product, and platform teams across the international organization.
Enable consistent, high-quality delivery through clear guidance, standards, and documentation, including evolving enterprise requirements such as resiliency, security, and risk frameworks.
Define and drive the technology strategy for the Americas, forging strong partnerships with executive leaders across business and technology functions.
Act as steward of international architecture, ensuring alignment with the long-term growth agenda and enterprise strategy.
Maximize value from enterprise and external technology platforms, tools, and practices.
Lead, manage, and develop a high-performing team of architects and senior technology specialists.
Serve as an active general management leader on the IST–Americas Leadership Team.
Develop authoritative, clear, and accessible architectural content that enables product teams and system integrators, including current- and future-state system and platform models.
Build strong relationships with global and regional CTO peers to ensure evolving technology standards and platforms are incorporated into solution designs.
Contribute to the broader international business agenda by addressing durable, complex challenges such as: High cost and risk associated with entering new countries Increasing security, fraud, and regulatory complexity Limited reuse across the international code base Operating effectively across diverse regulatory environments