Senior Enterprise Architect

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Flexible vacation

Tuition assistance

ERGs

Job summary

Scotiabank in Toronto is seeking an experienced Enterprise Architecture professional to design, govern, and drive our global technology strategy. You will partner with Principal Architects and senior leaders to mature governance capabilities across the bank.

The role involves leading governance processes, embedding standards, and guiding delivery lifecycles with cross-functional teams to ensure architecture alignment with business objectives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Technology Governance, or related leadership role.
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership and influencing capabilities.
• Strong planning and analytical skills; ability to discern key business issues.

Responsibilities

• Partner with key architecture stakeholders to define guidance, processes, and expectations for architecture engagement, review, compliance, and exception management.
• Maintain and mature the architecture pattern program and related processes for reuse and consistency.
• Manage and run EA Governance function and related tasks, including portal governance and tooling.
• Provide guidance on architecture misalignments to ensure visibility and ownership.
• Lead architecture governance practices to support transparent, risk-informed technology decisions.
• Embed governance expectations into delivery lifecycles and roadmaps with CTO, Domain, and Solution Architects.

Skills

Architecture governance

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership & influence

Independent contributor

Analytical skills

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Education

Undergraduate degree in computer science, information systems or engineering

Graduate business degree/MBA (asset)

Tools

MS Office

Job description

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Requisition ID: 269241
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

The Enterprise Architecture team is an exciting team with the mandate to design, develop, govern and drive the global technology strategy for the Bank.This role will work closely with a Principal Architect (Director) as a single contributor and additionally will have a great deal of exposure to senior executives, business line leaders and a diverse set of stakeholders to help mature and operationalize enterprise-wide architecture governance capabilities across the Bank. The Architect will play a key role in ensuring that architecture decisions, artifacts, standards, patterns, and governance processes are consistently applied across initiatives.

Is this role right for you? In this role, you will:

• Partner with key architecture stakeholders to define clear guidance, processes, and expectations for architecture engagement, review, compliance, and exception management.


• Maintain and mature the architecture pattern program and related processes to promote reuse, consistency, and alignment across the enterprise.


• Manage and run EA Governance function and related tasks including the oversight and management of the Enterprise Architecture Portal as well as related governance tooling.


• Provide guidance to the relevant IT areas on architecture misalignments to ensure appropriate visibility and ownership.


• Lead and mature architecture governance practices that support consistent, transparent, and risk-informed technology decision-making across the Bank.


• Provide governance leadership across enterprise architecture policies, standards, principles, reference architectures, patterns, and exemption processes to ensure alignment with the Bank’s architecture framework.


• Partner with Chief Architects, Domain Architects, Solution Architects, control partners, and delivery teams to embed architecture governance expectations into delivery lifecycles and portfolio roadmaps.


• Share knowledge and collaborate with others within the team and with other teams across the Bank to ensure effective delivery of projects.

Stakeholder Management:

• Present and communicate with our CTO, engineering heads and other senior leaders on an ongoing basis to gather feedback, report progress and solve issues.


• Work closely with technical teams and SMEs to ensure technology initiatives are delivered on time, within budget forecasts and deliver value identified at inception.


• Work closely with non-technology teams including business lines, HR, Finance and Risk to ensure technology initiatives are meeting business needs and are integrated within the bank effectively.
  

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We'd love to work with you if you have:

• Knowledge and experience with systems, including both existing technologies and new innovations.


• 5+ years of experience in Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Technology Governance, Architecture Governance, or a related technology leadership role is a must.


• Ability to deliver results in a fast-paced, challenging, and dynamic business environment.


• Superior interpersonal skills, leadership, and influential capabilities


• Self-motivated; work both independently and collaboratively with multi-functional teams, as both a leader and member.


• Good knowledge of the specific technology challenges relevant to Banking industry with a sound understanding of current banking business trends and their implications for technology.


• Superior planning and analytical skills, ability to discern research information / data and focus on the critical business issues.


• Superior presentation and written communication skills


• Undergraduate degree in computer science, information system or engineering; graduate business degree/MBA is a strong asset.


• Excellent knowledge with MS Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint


• Strong understanding of architecture policies, standards, principles, patterns, reference architectures, exemption processes, and governance controls.


• Experience with governance reporting, dashboards, repositories, metrics, and evidence management to support transparency, auditability, and continuous improvement .


• Business acumen and experience, with an understanding of vision, financial objectives, business functions, core processes, and the strategic significance of projects in relation to Scotiabank's goals, as well as the implications of project interactions and changes.

What's in it for you?

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employee to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans.


• Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - We value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.


• Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.


• Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days and benefits will start on day one.


• Dynamic Ecosystem - Free tea & coffee, universal washrooms, and lots of space for team collaboration.


• Community Engagement - No matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs.

Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto
Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: \"for every future\", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know.