Senior Enterprise Architect: Cloud, AI and Modernization

Manulife/John Hancock; Southwestern Ontario; Hybrid; CAD 113,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Pension plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Manulife/John Hancock in Canada seeks a Lead Solution Architect to define and drive technology architecture strategy across Group Benefits. You will provide strategic leadership to architecture teams, establish standards, and influence executive decision-making to align investments with resilience and enterprise architecture principles.

The role requires guiding modernization, cloud, data and platform strategies, leading a team of architects, and partnering with stakeholders to deliver scalable,

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive technology experience.
• 3+ years in enterprise architecture leadership roles.
• Strong executive communication, influencing, and governance skills.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale modernization programs.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve architecture vision, roadmaps, and target-state capabilities.
• Lead architecture governance and review boards.
• Align technology investments with business strategy.
• Guide cloud adoption, platform engineering, and resilience programs.
• Influence senior leadership with architectural recommendations.

Skills

Executive communication

Influencing

Governance

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Architecture leadership

Mentoring

Tools

TOGAF

Cloud certifications

Job description

Manulife/John Hancock in Canada seeks a Lead Solution Architect to define and drive technology architecture strategy across Group Benefits. You will provide strategic leadership to architecture teams, establish standards, and influence executive decision-making to align investments with resilience and enterprise architecture principles.

The role requires guiding modernization, cloud, data and platform strategies, leading a team of architects, and partnering with stakeholders to deliver scalable,