Senior Manager, Business Architecture

BMO•Toronto, ON

1d•CA$94,600 - CA$176,000

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Business Architecture owns the evolution of business architecture and ensures initiatives delivered by internal teams and technology partners remain aligned to target-state intent—translating strategy into implemented capabilities and shipped use cases.

Requirements

10+ years total professional experience.
5+ years relevant experience in business architecture, strategy-to-delivery alignment, transformation, portfolio/program environments, or related roles
3+ years experience with cloud technologies supporting modern platforms and delivery execution
Demonstrated delivery partnership experience: translating architecture into delivery plans, backlogs, and implemented outcomes
Strong presentation and stakeholder influence skills (ability to communicate trade-offs and drive alignment across senior audiences)
Experience supporting data, analytics, or AI transformations
Understanding of data platforms, cloud, and AI concepts and their implications for business capabilities and operating models.
Advanced level of proficiency: Software development.
Virtualization and virtual machines.
Systems Thinking.
Define use cases on cloud.
Cloud computing.
Cloud privacy.
Verbal & written communication skills.
Analytical and problem solving skills.
Collaboration & team skills; with a focus on cross-group collaboration.
Able to manage ambiguity.
Data driven decision making.
Seasoned professional with a combination of education, experience and industry knowledge.

Responsibilities

Maintain clear traceability from strategy → roadmap → capabilities → initiatives.
Refresh and manage a multi-year business architecture roadmap, aligning initiatives (e.g., platform modernization, AI enablement, transformation programs).
Continuously refine the roadmap based on evolving priorities, dependencies, and value realization.
Keep business architecture current by working closely with internal teams and technology partners to reflect platform changes, constraints, and new opportunities (e.g., cloud and data platform evolution).
Partner closely with business and technology teams to ensure architecture translates into executable solutions and implemented use cases.
Support solution design and backlog shaping to ensure alignment with the business architecture and roadmap intent.
Provide ongoing guidance during delivery to resolve design trade-offs, scope decisions, and cross-initiative dependencies.
Ensure delivered solutions remain aligned to the target state architecture and intended business outcomes.
Act as the connective layer between strategic design and delivery execution—closing gaps between planning and build.
Working with Intake team to ensure initiatives are clearly defined (problem, scope, outcomes, value).
Align initiatives to strategy and architecture principles; maintain traceability from strategy to outcomes.
Act as a strategic advisor to enablement team to shape strategy through process and transformation design.
Align business, IT, data, and PMO stakeholders while maintaining clear ownership boundaries.
Facilitate resolution of cross-functional conflicts (process, prioritization, design trade-offs).
Influence senior leaders with clarity and pragmatism (strong executive communication and presentation).