Lead Technology Manager, IT Enterprise Architecture

Equitable Life of Canada; Waterloo; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Equitable Life of Canada is seeking a Lead Technology Manager for IT Enterprise Architecture. This permanent full-time position focuses on leading an enterprise architecture team and enhancing technology solutions. Join a company recognized as one of Waterloo Area’s Top Employers for 2024; enjoy a hybrid work model with a strong focus on professional development, wellness, and community involvement.

Benefits

Annual bonus program

Pension program with employer matching

Employee wellness programs

Tuition support

Onsite cafeteria

Paid volunteer day

Access to exclusive employee perks

Qualifications

• 10+ years of architecture experience across multiple IT disciplines.
• Experience in Health Insurance or Financial Services is an asset.
• Familiarity with EA frameworks and Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the identification and analysis of enterprise business drivers.
• Develop architecture roadmaps aligning with business needs.
• Establish and maintain enterprise technology strategy and roadmap.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field

B.S. degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering

Tools

MS Visio

Azure DevOps Services

GitHub

CICD

Job description

Lead Technology Manager, IT Enterprise Architecture

Friday, May 30, 2025

At Equitable, we realize that your work life is not just about performing a job; it's about being part of a workplace that helps you grow and reach your full potential. Within our friendly and collaborative work environment, we recognize that the key to our growth and success is a dedicated, motivated and client-responsive staff. Join Equitable today.

Position Title: Lead Technology Manager, IT Enterprise Architecture
Reports To: Head of Technology - Enterprise Platforms and Architecture
Department: IT
Term: Permanent Full-Time


Work Arrangements: This is a hybrid role. You will work in our office in Waterloo, ON a minimum of two (2) assigned, consecutive days every other week, plus a fifth (5th) assigned day per month. You are welcome to work from the office more than the minimum requirement and there may be some roles that are required to work in our office more than the minimum requirement.

The Opportunity: Equitable continues to invest deeply in digital capabilities and services. Our Enterprise Architecture team is central to this investment, and we arelooking to evolve our maturity and outcomes even further. The Enterprise Architecture (EA) program will focus holistically on business, information, solution and technical architectures across the enterprise to enable current and future-state business capabilities.

We are looking for a candidate who will lead the Enterprise Architecture team, focusing holistically on business, information, solution, and technical architectures across the enterprise to enable current and future-state business capabilities, as well as maintain technology management processes.

The Lead Technology Manager, Enterprise Architecture will lead the development of architecture roadmaps and execute strategies and processes to align with business needs. This individual is responsible for defining the EA processes and leading the integration of those processes with related business and IT processes.

Proactively work with IT and business leaders in an innovative, collaborative, supportive and consultative manner to influence the organization’s solution and technical architectures across all IT domains. This role requires a proven technical leader with a high degree of collaboration to drive cultural change and raise the maturity levels of design and architecture.

Come join one of the Waterloo Area’s Top Employers for 2024!

What you will be doing:

• Lead the identification and analysis of enterprise business drivers to derive useful business context.
• Lead and participate in technology product evaluations to assess fit.
• Lead analysis of the current technology architecture to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement.
• Lead analysis of technology industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on the enterprise architecture
• Determine and document enterprise architecture principles, guardrails and best practices.
• Define technology non-functional requirements, including, but not limited to performance, monitoring, security, DevOps, integration, infrastructure.
• Establish and maintain the enterprise blueprint, in the form of heatmaps to guide the evolution of IT.

Facilitation and Process Management (30%)

• Lead Enterprise technology governance and architecture review processes and committees to guide enterprise level decision making.
• Lead and facilitate the architecture and design of repeatable technical standards, solution and processes related to technology architecture and design.
• Lead the assessment and approval process for technology proof of concepts.
• Facilitate IT domain life cycle reviews
• Establish, own and evolve an enterprise technology strategy and roadmap that enables portfolios to support current and future business capabilities based on partnership with executive leadership and understanding the strategic goals across Equitable. This involves the evaluation of existing technology against industry standards, comparable solutions and investment into emerging technologies.
• Lead the architecture Community of Practice, collaborating with Solution Architects and Technology specialists across IT.
• Provide people leadership for a small group of Technology Architects and Technology Specialists who support enterprise level requirements.

What you will bring.

• Experience in Health Insurance or Financial Services is an asset.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, systems analysis or a related field of study, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of architecture experience in at least two IT disciplines (such as technical architecture, network management, application development, middleware, information analysis, database management or operations) in a complex environment.
• Led the development of architecture roadmaps and execute strategies and processes to align with company strategic views and requirements.
• Familiarity with EA frameworks and information management practices.
• The ability to drive business requirements and non-functional requirements.
• Exposure to and an understanding of Waterfall and Agile scrum methodologies and experience working in an Agile team.
• Experience using diagramming tools such as MS Visio.
• Understanding of tools like Teams, GitHub, CICD, and Azure DevOps Services.
• Exposure to multiple, diverse technologies and processing environments.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation and negotiation at all levels of an organization
• Strong leadership skills.
• Excellent analytical and technical skills with in-depth experience in translating/understanding enterprise business strategies into technical roadmaps and execution.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in working with executive leadership teams to ensure partnership in strategy
• Excellent planning and organizational skills.
• Knowledge of all components of holistic enterprise architecture.
• Knowledge of financial models and budgeting.
• Familiarity with basic graphical modeling approaches, tools and model repositories.
• Ability to balance the long-term ("big picture") and short-term implications of individual decisions.
• Ability to translate business needs into EA requirements.
• Ability to estimate the financial impact of EA alternatives.
• Ability to apply multiple solutions to business problems.
• Ability to rapidly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies.
• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills.
• B.S. degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, MIS or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Enjoys and excels in a fast-paced environment with some level of ambiguity on requirements.
• Experience working with onsite and offshore consultants for timely and quality delivery.

What’s in it for you:

• A healthy work-life balance with employee wellness top of mind
• Annual bonus program, annual vacation allowance, and company-paid benefits program
• An additional paid volunteer day each year so you can spend time giving back to the community
• Immediate enrollment in the company’s pension program with employer matching
• Employee resource groups that support an inclusive work environment
• Tuition support and specialized program assistance
• An onsite full-service cafeteria with a variety of daily options
• Discounts on company products and services, and access to exclusive employee perks
• Regular EQ Together events focused on company togetherness and collaboration
  
  

As part of the recruitment/offer process you will be required to:

• Provide two professional references (minimum one supervisor and above)
• Undergo a criminal background check

This role is open due to an existing vacancy.

To learn more about Equitable, we encourage you to explore our organization.

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