RQ00678 - IT Enterprise Architect/Strategist - Senior

Maarut•Toronto, ON

About The Position

The IT Enterprise Architect/Strategist - Senior develops, advocates, and champions Ontario Health’s digital solutions by providing solution design expertise and guidance internally, to local and province-wide health care organizations, and delivery partners to facilitate information sharing across the health sector in support of provincial mandates, organizational and health system goals. The IT Enterprise Architect/Strategist - Senior ensures alignment between strategies and operational initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Health-related fields, Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
7+ years’ experience in product management and IT business analysis
7+ years’ experience in project management and/or vendor management
Experience with health care integration projects
Knowledge of user centric design and innovation
Change management experience
Demonstrated use of structured frameworks (e.g., logic models, conceptual models, core indicators) to guide integration design.
Skill in translating health‑system needs into scalable, interoperable architectural patterns.
Ability to guide teams through complex integration implementations across multiple care domains.
Strong working knowledge of project management (Waterfall/Agile/hybrid)
Demonstrated ability to deliver complex IT projects under challenging circumstances
Effectiveness in working with clinicians, public health teams, IT, operations, and community partners.
Superior leadership and communication skills
11+ years of project management experience delivering large-scale technology initiatives and complex IT solutions in a highly integrated setting
Experience in managing projects in the health care sector

Nice To Haves

Health care digital architecture models
IT infrastructure and ITIL experience
DevOps expertise
Knowledge/expertise of current technology trends
Familiarity with legislation applicable to health care organizations such as PHIPA
Technical knowledge/expertise gained through work experience as a developer, or an architect
Deep knowledge of design and deployment of technical infrastructure projects
Deep knowledge of application development and deployment for both products and projects (SDLC)
IT infrastructure and ITIL experience are an asset

Responsibilities

Responsible for on time, on budget, and on scope completion of assigned projects that are compliant with applicable external legislation and internal policies and processes including project governance framework and project management methodology and provide feedback from continuous improvement as requested.
Responsible for managing scope, budget, schedule and quality of deliverables of assigned projects.
Establish and maintain excellent working relationship and effective communication with sponsor(s), internal and external partners, vendors and project team members.
Organize and lead project team meetings.
Ensure effective project change control, including managing IT requests for change, and deployments to various environments is in place.
Proactively identity and manage risks and systematically resolve or escalate known issues.
Adhere to and promote Ontario Health policies and processes, including privacy, security, and records management.
Develop project documentation including charter, integrated project plan, project schedule, status reports, meeting notes and other project artifacts as required
Issue project change requests as applicable in response to changes in scope, schedule, budget and release strategy (for multi-release projects)
Provide financial forecasts and track actual costs against approved budget
Align and adhere to the Ontario Health gating and governance process and framework