Lead Enterprise Architect (Global Risk Management)

Manulife • Toronto, ON

12d • CA$113,260 - CA$210,340 • Hybrid

About The Position

At Manulife, you will have the opportunity to contribute to impactful projects that boost revenue and efficiency, aligning with our business strategy. As a Lead Enterprise Architect, you will work closely with senior leaders and other team members in technology and business, guaranteeing smooth implementation of our architectural vision. This position provides a great mix of accountability, creativity, and development in a dynamic and encouraging setting.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Business, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Understand Business, Technology, and Operations requirements for Banks and Financial Institutions.
• Develop solutions for large projects in areas of Global Risk Management with knowledge of platforms/solutions such as Archer, BarraOne.
• Proficient understanding of computer or network systems hardware and software theory, practice, concepts, and technology aligned with organizational goals.
• Proven experience in crafting and architecting important systems.
• Demonstrates expert knowledge of composing and analyzing methodology and application development processes.
• Deep understanding and problem-solving ability of Information Technology of various scale, degree, and complexity.
• Prior experience with digital transformation of legacy applications.
• Proficient in techniques for producing compositions of complex systems, including requirements discovery and analysis, formulation of solution context, identification of solution alternatives and their assessment, technology selection, and configuration.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Corporate Global Risk business team and other corporate business teams to identify and drive opportunities for architecture alignment and reuse.
• Support and drive the definition of key aspects of the strategic architecture, identifying and resolving gaps or key issues.
• Work alongside executives from various groups to offer architectural recommendations & mentorship as well as executive-level presentations.
• Provide architectural direction and communicate architectural decisions, plans, goals, and strategies.
• Deliver architectural initiatives that drive revenue and improve efficiency to align with business strategy.
• Collaborate with collaborators in technology and business to define architecture possibilities and future.
• Identify risks or issues with technology solutions & builds, providing mentorship and support to collaborators to resolve or mitigate potential risks/delays.
• Research relevant technologies, perform proof of concepts/prototypes, and recommend applications for future product architectures.
• Analyze and develop viable solutions to high complexity business problems according to user specifications.
• Ensure the quality and consistency of architecture artifacts across embedded architecture domains (e.g., system flows, data flows, conceptual builds, and application/information models).
• Contribute to standards, policies, best architectural practices, and the process to govern against these standards.

Benefits

• health
• dental
• mental health
• vision
• short- and long-term disability
• life and AD&D insurance coverage
• adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits
• employee/family assistance plans
• various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions)
• financial education and counseling resources
• paid time off program (holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days)
• full range of statutory leaves of absence

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior