Senior Advisor, IT Architecture

Desjardins; Lévis; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and annual bonus

4 weeks of flexible vacation starting

Defined benefit pension plan

Group insurance including telemedicine

Reimbursement of health and wellness

Benefits apply based on eligibility

Job summary

Desjardins is seeking a Senior Advisor, IT architecture, to lead complex enterprise initiatives. You will evaluate new technologies, design solutions for large-scale programs, and ensure alignment with Desjardins architecture targets.

You will influence business partners, coordinate with many stakeholders, and provide expert guidance on data, applications and infrastructure. French language proficiency is required, and you will collaborate across diverse teams to drive modernization initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a related field.
• Minimum eight years of relevant experience.
• Other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered.
• Knowledge of French is required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as expert advisor for architecture projects and initiatives with large-scale impact.
• Develop and communicate development plans for architecture domains.
• Advise partners to implement innovative technology solutions.
• Develop and update IT policies, standards and architecture targets.
• Identify and analyze issues; report major issues.
• Represent the unit before senior management and committees.
• Negotiate with external partners and organisations.

Skills

French language

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Job description

Responsibilities

As a Senior Advisor, IT architecture, you actively monitor opportunities offered by new technologies and business approaches for the organization as a whole. You design solutions to meet the business needs of large-scale projects or programs using Desjardins Group’s architecture targets and supporting foundations. You ensure consistency with the organization’s structure, as well as current and future needs, and ensure that new elements are compatible with existing architecture. You lead and influence the organization’s business partners and stakeholders on innovative, complex strategic initiatives related to solution architecture in your specialty area. Your initiatives require extensive, in-depth expertise across several IT and/or business fields and knowledge of data, applications and infrastructure. You make recommendations about the compliance, alignment and development of solution architecture in your specialty areas. You produce specialized deliverables related to enterprise architecture as part of projects or initiatives that have a very high degree of operational and conceptual complexity. You use your analytical skills and comprehensive, in-depth understanding of your line of business and the organization. Coordination is critical. You interact with a very large number of stakeholders working in a wide range of fields. Interpersonal savvy is therefore essential. You serve as an expert advisor and subject matter expert, as well as a resource person and coach for senior management and decision-making bodies.

• Serve as an expert advisor for one or more architecture teams for projects and initiatives in your specialty area that may have a significant, large-scale impact on the entire organization
• Elaborate, maintain and communicate the development plan for your architecture domain in line with enterprise architecture and modernization targets. Ensure that solution architecture is aligned with the priorities and targets set for this area
• Advise specialists and business partners to help them orient, plan, develop, execute and monitor innovative technology solutions for various strategic initiatives under your responsibility by setting out provisions for related applications
• Develop and update policies, standards, IT solutions and architecture targets (including supporting foundations) to support your area’s strategic projects and initiatives, taking into account issues related to data, applications and infrastructure
• Identify and analyze issues. Report major issues. Establish guidelines and make recommendations to decision‑making bodies and committees
• Represent your unit before senior management committees and decision‑making bodies
• Represent and negotiate on behalf of Desjardins and enter the organization into agreements with external partners and organizations

Benefits

• Competitive salary and annual bonus
• 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
• Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
• Group insurance including telemedicine
• Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment
• Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field
• A minimum of eight years of relevant experience
• Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
• Knowledge of French is required

Core Competencies

• Action oriented
• Customer Focus
• Differences
• Interpersonal Savvy
• Nimble learning
• Strategic mindset

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

At Desjardins, we believe in equity, diversity and inclusion. We’re committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all. At Desjardins, we have zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind. We believe our teams should reflect the diversity of the members, clients and communities we serve.

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