Director, Enterprise API & Integration Solutions

Canada Life; Toronto; On-site; CAD 121,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Education reimbursement

Health & dental benefits

Mental health benefit

Volunteer day

Pension plan

Employee discounts

Job summary

Canada Life in Toronto, Ontario, is seeking a Director, Technical Solutions – Enterprise Application Integrations to lead teams delivering enterprise integration capabilities that connect applications, data and digital experiences. The role emphasizes API-led, event-driven and cloud-native patterns while ensuring security and resilience.

You will mentor engineers, shape the technical strategy, and collaborate with Architecture, Cloud, Security and Data teams to deliver scalable solutions across

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proven technology and engineering leadership experience, including leading and developing high-performing teams.
• Strong delivery leadership, with the ability to translate business priorities into technology outcomes and drive complex initiatives through to delivery.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise integration and distributed systems, including APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture and modern integration patterns.
• Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships with business and technology partners, influence across organisational boundaries and solve complex business problems through technology.
• Strong technical and architectural judgement, with the ability to balance strategic direction with pragmatic delivery decisions.
• Experience coaching and developing technical leaders and practitioners, creating an environment of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to make complex technology topics understandable to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• A bias for action, curiosity and critical thinking, with the ability to adapt quickly as business and technology priorities evolve.
• A growth mindset and willingness to challenge existing approaches, experiment and continuously improve how teams work and deliver.
• Experience working in the financial services, insurance or wealth management industry.
• Hands-on experience earlier in your career in software development, solution architecture, systems analysis or another technical engineering discipline.
• Experience with cloud technologies and modern cloud architectures.
• Experience leading geographically distributed teams and global delivery models.
• Experience with product-oriented technology delivery or product management practices.
• Experience driving DevSecOps, automation, observability, reliability and operational excellence within engineering organisations.
• Experience using engineering, delivery and operational metrics to understand performance, identify opportunities and drive continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of insurance and wealth business domains and the technology ecosystems that support them.
• Reliability Status Security Clearance – this can only be completed with candidates who receive an offer of employment. This is a personal security status that is required as a condition of employment before an employee can gain access to Protected B information, assets or work sites as outlined by the Government of Canada website. The cost of submitting these checks will be covered by Canada Life.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering teams responsible for the design, development, delivery and support of enterprise integration solutions, including APIs, microservices, event-driven integrations and other integration patterns.
• Build strong relationships with business and technology partners, understanding their priorities and delivering integration solutions that enable their initiatives and business outcomes.
• Help shape and execute the technical strategy and roadmap for Enterprise Application Integration, aligned with enterprise architecture and business priorities.
• Drive the modernisation of integration solutions, increasing the use of API-led, event-driven and cloud-native approaches while reducing legacy complexity and technical debt.
• Establish and champion engineering standards, reusable patterns and reference architectures that improve consistency, security, resilience and speed of delivery.
• Provide technical leadership on complex initiatives, guiding architecture and engineering decisions across integration, APIs, microservices and distributed systems.
• Strengthen engineering excellence and operational resilience through DevSecOps, automation, testing, observability and strong production practices.
• Partner across Architecture, Integration Platforms, Cloud, Cyber Security, Data and application teams to deliver secure, scalable and reliable solutions.
• Build and develop high-performing engineering teams, growing technical capability, developing leaders and creating a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership experience

Delivery leadership

Enterprise integration

APIs & microservices

Cloud knowledge

Communication & influence

Education

Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline

Job description

Canada Life in Toronto, Ontario, is seeking a Director, Technical Solutions – Enterprise Application Integrations to lead teams delivering enterprise integration capabilities that connect applications, data and digital experiences. The role emphasizes API-led, event-driven and cloud-native patterns while ensuring security and resilience.

You will mentor engineers, shape the technical strategy, and collaborate with Architecture, Cloud, Security and Data teams to deliver scalable solutions across