Senior Enterprise Architect

Scotiabank • Toronto, ON

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Enterprise Architecture team is an exciting team with the mandate to design, develop, govern and drive the global technology strategy for the Bank. This role will work closely with a Principal Architect (Director) as a single contributor and additionally will have a great deal of exposure to senior executives, business line leaders and a diverse set of stakeholders to help mature and operationalize enterprise-wide architecture governance capabilities across the Bank. The Architect will play a key role in ensuring that architecture decisions, artifacts, standards, patterns, and governance processes are consistently applied across initiatives.

Requirements

• Knowledge and experience with systems, including both existing technologies and new innovations.
• 5+ years of experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Technology Governance, Architecture Governance, or a related technology leadership role is a must.
• Ability to deliver results in a fast-paced, challenging, and dynamic business environment.
• Superior interpersonal skills, leadership, and influential capabilities
• Self-motivated; work both independently and collaboratively with multi-functional teams, as both a leader and member.
• Good knowledge of the specific technology challenges relevant to Banking industry with a sound understanding of current banking business trends and their implications for technology.
• Superior planning and analytical skills, ability to discern research information / data and focus on the critical business issues.
• Superior presentation and written communication skills
• Undergraduate degree in computer science, information system or engineering; graduate business degree/MBA is a strong asset.
• Excellent knowledge with MS Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong understanding of architecture policies, standards, principles, patterns, reference architectures, exemption processes, and governance controls.
• Experience with governance reporting, dashboards, repositories, metrics, and evidence management to support transparency, auditability, and continuous improvement.
• Business acumen and experience, with an understanding of vision, financial objectives, business functions, core processes, and the strategic significance of projects in relation to Scotiabank's goals, as well as the implications of project interactions and changes.

Nice To Haves

• graduate business degree/MBA is a strong asset.

Responsibilities

• Partner with key architecture stakeholders to define clear guidance, processes, and expectations for architecture engagement, review, compliance, and exception management.
• Maintain and mature the architecture pattern program and related processes to promote reuse, consistency, and alignment across the enterprise.
• Manage and run EA Governance function and related tasks including the oversight and management of the Enterprise Architecture Portal as well as related governance tooling.
• Provide guidance to the relevant IT areas on architecture misalignments to ensure appropriate visibility and ownership.
• Lead and mature architecture governance practices that support consistent, transparent, and risk-informed technology decision-making across the Bank.
• Provide governance leadership across enterprise architecture policies, standards, principles, reference architectures, patterns, and exemption processes to ensure alignment with the Bank’s architecture framework.
• Partner with Chief Architects, Domain Architects, Solution Architects, control partners, and delivery teams to embed architecture governance expectations into delivery lifecycles and portfolio roadmaps.
• Share knowledge and collaborate with others within the team and with other teams across the Bank to ensure effective delivery of projects.
• Present and communicate with our CTO, engineering heads and other senior leaders on an ongoing basis to gather feedback, report progress and solve issues.
• Work closely with technical teams and SMEs to ensure technology initiatives are delivered on time, within budget forecasts and deliver value identified at inception.
• Work closely with non-technology teams including business lines, HR, Finance and Risk to ensure technology initiatives are meeting business needs and are integrated within the bank effectively.

Benefits

• Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.
• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days and benefits will start on day one.
• Free tea & coffee, universal washrooms, and lots of space for team collaboration.

What This Job Offers

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