Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture

OLG; Toronto; On-site; CAD 162,400 - 243,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group Benefits Plan

Public Service Pension Plan

Variable Pay Program

Paid Time Off

Growth opportunities

Learning Programs

Diversity & Inclusion

Job summary

OLG in Ontario seeks a Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture to partner with the CTIO and translate business strategy into executable architecture within a modern, product-centric operating model. This role anchors architecture in business capabilities and value streams to enable confident investment decisions and empowered product teams.

The Senior Director will shape a technology landscape aligned with strategy, lead governance, and grow an enterprise architecture function while managing

Qualifications

• 10+ years in senior technology leadership roles.
• 5+ years in enterprise architecture, technology planning, or governance leadership.
• Proven experience enabling or operating within a product-centric or platform-based model.
• Expert in enterprise architecture principles, standards, and governance with a focus on business architecture.
• Strong executive communication and enterprise influence skills.
• Experience in regulated environments; Agile/Lean experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Partner with the CTIO to align enterprise technology strategy to business priorities and product visions.
• Monitor emerging business and technology trends to inform future-state operating and technology models.
• Guide major decisions across business lines, products and platforms to ensure scalability, interoperability, and long-term value.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, modernize, and standardize the enterprise landscape to improve agility, quality, and cost effectiveness.
• Partner with executives to support strategic decisions related to operating model evolution, transformation initiatives, and investment prioritization.
• Define and maintain the enterprise architecture, including business capabilities, value streams, and their alignment to strategy and outcomes.
• Ensure clarity on how value flows through the organization, shaping product and platform boundaries based on business capabilities rather than systems.
• Enable traceability from strategy to capabilities to value streams to products to technology investments.
• Lead the establishment of architectural principles, standards, and reference architectures that enable empowered teams while maintaining enterprise coherence.
• Lead architecture and technology governance grounded in business outcomes and value realization, not just technical compliance.
• Build and lead high‑performing enterprise architecture and planning teams.
• Grow architecture maturity across the organization through standards, coaching, and communities of practice.
• Manage departmental operating and capital budgets.

Skills

Executive leadership

Enterprise architecture

Product-centric

Regulated environments

Agile/Lean

Executive communication

Job description

Salary: $192k - $240k

The Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture is a strategic enterprise leader who partners with the Chief Technology & Information Officer to positively impact business strategy via executable architecture within a modern, product-centric operating model. This role ensures the enterprise is designed for value delivery. By anchoring architecture in business capabilities and value streams, the Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture enables confident investment decisions, empowered product teams, and a technology landscape that evolves in lockstep with business strategy while also influencing that strategy.

Range 162,400.00 - 243,600.00 CAD

Job Description

Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture

The Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture is a strategic enterprise leader who partners with the Chief Technology & Information Officer to positively impact business strategy via executable architecture within a modern, product-centric operating model. This role ensures the enterprise is designed for value delivery. By anchoring architecture in business capabilities and value streams, the Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture enables confident investment decisions, empowered product teams, and a technology landscape that evolves in lockstep with business strategy while also influencing that strategy.

YOUR ROLE IN THE GAME

• Partner with the CTIO to align enterprise technology strategy to business priorities and product visions.
• Monitor emerging business and technology trends to inform future-state operating and technology models.
• Guide major decisions across business lines, products and platforms to ensure scalability, interoperability, and long-term value.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, modernize, and standardize the enterprise landscape to improve agility, quality, and cost effectiveness.
• Partner with executives to support strategic decisions related to operating model evolution, transformation initiatives, and investment prioritization.
• Define and maintain the enterprise architecture, including business capabilities, value streams, and their alignment to strategy and outcomes.
• Ensure clarity on how value flows through the organization, shaping product and platform boundaries based on business capabilities rather than systems.
• Enable traceability from strategy to capabilities to value streams to products to technology investments.
• Lead the establishment of architectural principles, standards, and reference architectures that enable empowered teams while maintaining enterprise coherence.
• Lead architecture and technology governance grounded in business outcomes and value realization, not just technical compliance.
• Build and lead high‑performing enterprise architecture and planning teams.
• Grow architecture maturity across the organization through standards, coaching, and communities of practice.
• Manage departmental operating and capital budgets.

Education & Experience

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE GAME

• 10+ years in senior technology leadership roles.
• 5+ years in enterprise architecture, technology planning, or governance leadership.
• Proven experience enabling or operating within a product-centric or platform-based model.
• Expert in enterprise architecture principles, standards, and governance with a focus on business architecture.
• Strong executive communication and enterprise influence skills.
• Experience in regulated environments; Agile/Lean experience preferred

Enterprise Influence & Partnerships

• CTIO and Enterprise Technology leadership
• Product, Platform, Cybersecurity, and Data leaders
• Senior and executive leaders across the enterprise
• External vendors, delivery partners, and regulators

Benefits Of Joining The Winning Team

• Group Benefits Plan: Eligible employees and dependents have access to comprehensive, employer-paid group benefits coverage (permanent employees only).
• Public Service Pension Plan: Participation in a highly desirable defined benefit pension plan.
• Variable Pay Program: Participation in a performance-based incentive plan that recognizes organizational and individual achievements (permanent employees only).
• Paid Time-Off: Competitive paid time-off provisions to support work-life balance and well-being.
• Growth Focus: Become your best self with access to new opportunities and personalized support programs.
• Comprehensive Learning: 24/7 access to robust online learning programs.
• Equity, diversity, and inclusion: Core to OLG’s culture, empowering employees to bring their authentic selves and make a meaningful impact across Ontario.

Please Note: Unless otherwise specified, all positions are required to work fully onsite.

OLG is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Please contact Human Resources at [e-mail] if you require accommodation at any time throughout the hire process.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences. If you bring relevant skills and a willingness to learn, we encourage you to apply—even if you don’t meet every listed qualification. We sincerely appreciate your interest; while we are unable to contact everyone, those selected for the next steps will be notified.

We thank you for your interest in this opportunity; however only those individuals selected for an interview will be contacted.