Enterprise Architect - Applications & ERP

Nutrien; Calgary; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Tuition support

Career growth

Employee assistance

Safety-first culture

Job summary

Nutrien is seeking an Enterprise Architect - Applications & ERP to lead the ERP roadmap, govern portfolio architecture, and guide integration across systems. You will collaborate with the ERP COE, translate business priorities into coherent roadmaps, and manage lifecycle decisions to reduce duplication and cost.

Ideal candidates bring 15+ years in enterprise/ERP architecture, deep SAP knowledge, and strong communication to influence senior stakeholders while driving modernization and reuse

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 15+ years of enterprise, application or solution architecture experience in complex environments.
• Deep knowledge of ERP landscapes (SAP S/4HANA / SAP ECC) and integration across APIs and middleware.
• Experience shaping current-state, target-state and transition architectures for ERP-centric landscapes.
• Experience with architecture governance, decision records and exception management.

Responsibilities

• Own the multi-year ERP roadmap and keep it current with technology trends.
• Maintain the enterprise application portfolio architecture across current, target and transition states.
• Lead enterprise ERP target-state architecture across environments with COE collaboration.
• Guide portfolio assessments using functional/technical fit, risk and cost inputs.
• Maintain rationalization roadmaps for consolidation, retirement, modernization and reuse.
• Define and govern enterprise integration architecture across APIs, events and data movement.
• Define and maintain development architecture standards including CI/CD and secure development.
• Provide guidance on buy/build/retire decisions for major ERP investments.
• Connect application and ERP decisions to business capabilities and lifecycle cost.
• Collaborate with other EA team members and COEs on roadmaps and directions.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

ERP architecture

SAP S/4HANA

APIs & integration

CI/CD governance

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Learning agility

TCO estimation

Education

Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Computer Science or related field

Tools

TOGAF

EA repository

Job description

Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We're guided by our culture of care and our core values: We put safety first. We act with integrity. We are stronger together. We deliver with excellence.

Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26,000 employees, we operate a world-class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities. We efficiently serve growers' needs and strive to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders.

Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien.

The Enterprise Architect - Applications & ERP defines and maintains Nutrien’s enterprise application and ERP architecture direction. The role creates a transparent view of the application portfolio, shapes current-state, target-state and transition architectures, guides application rationalization and lifecycle decisions, and defines enterprise integration and application-development architecture standards.

The role provides enterprise-level direction and architecture assurance. It works through the EA COE and established governance forums to translate business capability priorities into coherent application and ERP roadmaps that reduce duplication, technical debt, integration complexity, lifecycle risk and avoidable cost.

What You'll Do

• Own the multi-year ERP roadmap and keep it current with technology and macro-industry trends perspective
• Maintain the enterprise application portfolio architecture, including current state, target state, transition states, lifecycle positions, strategic role, dependencies and rationalization opportunities
• Manage the enterprise ERP target-state architecture and transition options across different ERP environments, collaborating with the ERP COE and business-aligned Enterprise Architects
• Lead application portfolio assessments using functional fit, technical fit, lifecycle risk, duplication, integration complexity, strategic alignment and validated cost inputs
• Maintain an enterprise application rationalization roadmap that identifies consolidation, retirement, modernization, replacement and reuse priorities
• Define and govern enterprise integration architecture direction, principles and reference patterns across APIs, events, middleware, batch/file integration and data movement
• Define and maintain enterprise application-development architecture standards and guardrails, including clean core/extensibility, modularity, interoperability, resilience, observability, secure-development alignment and CI/CD architecture expectations
• Provide buy, build, reuse and retire guidance and architecture-fit criteria for major application and ERP investments
• Connect application and ERP recommendations to business capabilities, outcomes, lifecycle risk, technical debt and total-cost implications
• Collaborate with other enterprise architects in the team in bridging application and technology views
• Collaborate with different COEs and IT delivery teams on technology roadmaps and directions

Tactical architecture enablement and assurance

• Assess material initiatives for alignment with target-state application architecture, approved standards and enterprise reuse opportunities
• Provide reusable reference architectures, decision criteria and patterns to Solution Architects, ERP teams and delivery organizations
• Identify duplicate capabilities, unsupported technology, hidden licensing exposure, integration debt and roadmap conflicts before material commitments are made
• Prepare application-domain architecture point of view (PoV), exception recommendations and remediation conditions for the Architecture Review Board or delegated design authority
• Contribute architecture-fit criteria to RFI/RFP evaluations, major renewals and modernization decisions; Procurement and accountable owners retain sourcing and commercial authority
• Maintain application portfolio, standards, decisions and exception information in the designated EA repository with support from the EA Business Analyst and accountable data owners
• Facilitate cross-domain architecture working sessions and present options, dependencies, risks and trade-offs to senior stakeholders

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience
• 15+ years of progressive experience in enterprise, application or solution architecture in complex, heterogeneous organizations, including significant enterprise application portfolio or ERP architecture responsibility
• Demonstrated experience shaping current-state, target-state and transition architectures for ERP-centric application landscapes
• Demonstrated application portfolio assessment, rationalization, lifecycle management and roadmap experience
• Deep knowledge of SAP S/4HANA and/or SAP ECC landscapes; familiarity with Oracle, mainframe or custom ERP environments is an asset
• Strong enterprise integration architecture knowledge across APIs, event-driven integration, middleware, batch/file integration and data movement
• Experience defining and governing enterprise application-development architecture standards, including clean-core/extensibility and CI/CD architecture guardrails
• Experience with architecture governance, conformance assessment, decision records and exception management
• Ability to connect application and ERP decisions to business capability, lifecycle risk, technical debt, integration complexity and cost implications
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, with the ability to frame options and influence senior business and IT stakeholders without direct authority
• Experience in estimation TCO for an application and value realization after delivery
• Great communication and visual storytelling skills
• Ability and desire to collaborate, facilitate and constructively challenge ideas
• Strong curiosity and learning agility about business and technology
• Willingness to learn, work and deliver across enterprise teams outside of your domain

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with multi-ERP rationalization, legacy/mainframe modernization, two-tier ERP or M&A integration
• Experience with EA repository and portfolio tools
• Familiarity with TOGAF, other Enterprise Architecture Framework or comparable practical architecture methods
• TOGAF, or equivalent architecture certification
• Experience in agriculture, mining, chemicals, manufacturing, retail, distribution or another complex asset-intensive enterprise
• Advisory or consulting experience in enterprise application strategy or modernization

What You'll Get

• Purpose-Driven Work -Make an impact as part of a global team feedingthe future and support farmerslocally and around the world
• Excellent Benefits - Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, plus a retirement program with generous employer matching foryour future
• Grow Your Career - Tuition assistancefor future education and ongoing learning and training opportunities for career advancement pathwaysacross the organization
• Support When it Matters- Employee Assistance Programs, inclusive leaves, and paid time for holidays, volunteering, vacation, and wellness
• Thrive in a Strong Culture - Guided by our core valueswe put safety first, act with integrity, are stronger together, and deliver with excellence in a collaborative, high-performing environment

The estimated salary that Indeed, Glassdoor and LinkedIn lists does not represent Nutrien's compensation structure.

Nutrien is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

This job will remain posted until filled. In accordance with Nutrien policies, you will be required to undergo a background check, and may be required to undergo a substance test. While we appreciate all applications we receive, only candidates under consideration will be contacted.Applicants must meet minimum age requirements, as permitted by law.

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