Associate Business Design Architect

PowerToFly; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 106,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

A global information and technology company is seeking an Associate Business Design Architect to drive strategic transformation by leveraging analytical rigor and structured design expertise. This role involves evaluating complex business challenges, defining future-state business standards, and managing project activities independently. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in management consulting or business analysis and will excel in stakeholder management. This position offers a flexible hybrid work model and competitive compensation in Canada.

Benefits

Hybrid Work Model

Flexible vacation

Comprehensive benefits package

Tuition reimbursement

Mental Health Days

Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant experience in management consulting, business analysis, business architecture, or process improvement.
• Experience with end-to-end commercial processes and platforms.
• Collaborative and team-focused, with natural relationship development skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive strategic transformation by designing end-to-end business processes.
• Manage project activities independently while keeping stakeholders informed.
• Gather and analyze data to assess the impact of proposed changes.

Skills

Analytical & Critical Thinking

Structured Process/Operational Design

Project Management & Stakeholder Management

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

New Position: This position is open due to an existing vacancy to support our evolving business needs.

Join the Business Architecture Team

to drive strategic transformation at Thomson Reuters.

About the Role

As an Associate Business Design Architect, you will leverage your analytical rigour, structured design expertise, and stakeholder management skills to drive Thomson Reuters' transformation. Working across functions (including commercial excellence, customer‑to‑cash, finance, enterprise architecture, sales, product, etc.), you'll define future‑state business standards and assess how products and operations align with them. Your work will shape how Thomson Reuters evolves its commercial models, operational processes, and technology platforms to support strategic transformation.

Core Focus Areas

• Apply analytical and critical thinking to evaluate complex business challenges, identify root causes, and develop data‑driven recommendations
• Design and document structured operational processes and business requirements using industry‑standard frameworks and methodologies.
• Lead workshop facilitation and stakeholder engagement across all organisational levels to gather insights, build alignment, and drive decision‑making
• Manage project activities independently, ensuring alignment with broader programs and portfolios while keeping stakeholders informed and engaged.

Additional Responsibilities

• Develop high‑level business designs, including business requirements, process flows, and standardized definitions
• Conduct fit‑gap assessments to evaluate product and operational alignment with business standards, identifying gaps and recommending improvement opportunities.
• Use critical thinking and industry best practices to manage ambiguity, challenge the current state, and drive continuous improvements.
• Translate findings into actionable inputs for business design governance and strategic roadmaps.
• Gather and analyse data to assess the impact and highlight the relevance of proposed changes.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to document decisions, track open items, and ensure alignment across workstreams.
• Report key updates to the Business Architecture leadership team
• Act as a champion for high‑quality and consistent design activities and assessments across TR
• Establish, validate, and measure key metrics to track impacts and achieve intended business results
• Maintain and improve templates, trackers, and dashboards for design and assessment activities

About You

Must‑Have Qualifications

• Analytical & Critical Thinking: Exceptional ability to synthesise complex information, identify patterns, challenge assumptions, and develop insights that drive strategic decisions
• Structured Process/Operational Design: Proven experience designing end‑to‑end business processes, conducting process mapping, and performing operational analysis in complex environments
• Project Management & Stakeholder Management: Demonstrated success leading cross‑functional initiatives, facilitating workshops with diverse audiences, and influencing senior stakeholders to achieve alignment and outcomes

Additional Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant experience in management consulting, business analysis, business architecture, or process improvement
• Proven ability to lead complex initiatives involving multiple stakeholders
• Comfortable taking initiative and driving improvements independently in ambiguous situations
• Expert‑level proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word to create high‑quality analyses, presentations, and documentation
• Strong interest in business architecture, business design, and business transformation
• Experience with end‑to‑end commercial processes and platforms
• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced and dynamic environment
• Collaborative and team‑focused, with natural relationship development skills
• Experience working in a large software or business information company is a plus

What’s in it For You?

• Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2‑3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office‑based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
• Flexibility & Work‑Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work‑life balance.
• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real‑world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills‑first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI‑enabled future.
• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company‑wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• Culture: Globally recognized, award‑winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work‑life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
• Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro‑bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
• Making a Real‑World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

AI in Recruitment

Our use of AI within the recruitment process: Thomson Reuters utilizes Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our global recruitment process. Unless you opt‑out, our AI system will assess the information provided by you and compare it to the requirements listed for the role, and present the result to our recruitment personnel for further review. The AI system acts as a supporting tool, but there is always a human making the decision if you will be considered for the role.

Compensation and Benefits

Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The base compensation range varies across locations. For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the base compensation range for this role is $99,400 USD – $184,600 USD. For Ontario, Canada, the base compensation range for this role is $106,000 CAD – $156,000 CAD. Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual’s knowledge, skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs. This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance.

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug‑free workplace.

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