Senior Manager, Solution Architect

Mackenzie Investments; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 130,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Hybrid & flex work

Education/career support

Employee share purchase plan

Job summary

Mackenzie Investments, part of IGM Financial, is seeking a Sr Manager, Architect to lead end-to-end solution architecture for major initiatives in Canada. This role translates business needs into architecture patterns, governs non-functional requirements, and drives delivery readiness with governance and risk controls.

You will collaborate with delivery teams, enable AI-assisted practices, and ensure production readiness while aligning with enterprise standards and KR0s.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary degree in computer science, software engineering, or equivalent.
• Experience as a solution architect or systems designer on complex initiatives.
• Capability across solution architecture disciplines including application, data, integration, cloud, and security design.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and ability to guide delivery outcomes through influence and technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Owns solution architecture for major initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards and non-functional requirements.
• Translating business and application needs into architecture patterns, system interaction models, and integration approaches.
• Provide architectural oversight during build to ensure integrity.
• Collaborate with delivery and enabling roles to ensure seamless integration and operational readiness.
• Ensure architectural readiness for production including non-functional requirements, costs and operational support.
• Apply approved architecture standards, patterns, and review practices; support AI-assisted practices in a governed manner.

Skills

Solution architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Technical leadership

Education

CS or related degree

Tools

Salesforce

SAP Data Platform

Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Adobe CDP/AJO

Job description

Job Description

Mackenzie Investments

IGM Financial Inc. is a leading wealth and asset management company in Canada, managing approximately$310billionin assetsas of December 31, 2025. It offers financial planning and investment services to over two million Canadians through IG Wealth Management and Mackenzie Investments.

Mackenzie Investments, founded in 1967, is a key part of IGM's business model, serving as a comprehensive asset-management partner for Canadian financial advisors and their clients.

At Mackenzie Investments You Can Build Your Career with Confidence.We are proud to be recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for the fourth consecutive year and one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers. Our vision and strategy aim to innovate the industry and support Canadians in achieving their financial goals.

Join our team to engage in continuous learning and skill development in a supportive environment.Experience the best of both worlds with our hybrid work environment, where you spend three days a week in the office, connecting, collaborating, and enjoying quality time with your amazing colleagues!Our Values: Be better;we strive for improvement in everything we do.Be accountable;we foster clarity and are empowered to act responsibly.Be a team;we are united to drive collective impact to achieve our goals.

Overall, Job Purpose

The Sr Manager, Architect is accountable for end-to-end solution architecture for major initiatives. Translates business and application needs into architecture patterns, systems interactions, and technology choices. The role owns solution architecture outcomes for assigned initiatives, ensures alignment to enterprise standards, Objectives and Key Results, and non-functional requirements (e.g., security, scalability, resilience), and provides design oversight throughout build and implementation to ensure architectural integrity and delivery readiness. This role contributes directly to delivery success within the delivery model by enabling speed and autonomy through clear architectural direction, while ensuring solutions conform to governance, risk, and compliance guardrails.

Key Accountabilities

• Owns solution architecture for major initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards, Objectives and Key Results, and non-functional requirements.
• Translating business and application needs into architecture patterns, system interaction models, integration approaches, and technology selections.
• Provide architectural oversight during build to ensure integrity.
• Collaborate with delivery and enabling roles to ensure seamless integration and operational readiness.
• Ensure architectural readiness for production including considerations for non-functional requirements, costs and operational support.
• Apply approved architecture standards, patterns, and review practices. Support use of AI-assisted practices (e.g., documentation generation, architecture modelling or simulation) in a controlled and governed manner.

• Participate in architecture chapter activities (e.g., standards, patterns, knowledge sharing, and peer reviews) to strengthen practice consistency and delivery effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary degree in computer science, software engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Prior experience operating as a solution architect or systems designer on complex initiatives.
• Demonstrated capability across solution architecture disciplines, including application, data, integration, cloud, and security design.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and ability to guide delivery outcomes through influence and technical leadership.

Preferred

• • Experience within the financial services industry, including banking, wealth management, insurance, or asset management environments.
  • Experience working with or supporting delivery involving:
    • Salesforce
    • SAP Data Platform (including SAP data management and analytics capabilities)
    • Salesforce Marketing Cloud
    • Adobe CDP and AJO
  • Experience working in a product operating model or pod-based delivery environment.
  • Proven success working with geographically dispersed and cross-functional teams, coordinating across multiple regions and time zones.

The expected annual base salary range for this role is $130,000 - $145,000, which is determined based on skills, knowledge and experience and geographic location. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for annual short-term incentive, health and well-being benefits, retirement and savings plan, paid time off and career development.

Benefits

• COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION & RECOGNITION:competitive base salary, performance-weightedbonus, education/career support, option to join Employee Share Purchase Plan with employer matchingcomponent.
• EMPLOYEE BENEFITS & INSURANCE:competitive health and dental coverage, flexible plan for you and your family and short-term & long-term disability plans.
• RETIREMENT SAVINGS PROGRAMS:voluntaryGroup RRSP enrolment with employer matchingcomponent.
• WORK LIFE BALANCE:paid volunteer days, competitive time off including 10 wellness days off,WorkPerksdiscount program, hybrid & flex work arrangements.
• INCLUSIVE CULTURE AND DIVERSITY:living our core values: Be a Team, Be Accountable, Be Better, engaging with community through Business Resource Groups (BRG communities are volunteer employee-led groups formed around a common interest, identity, or background).

IGM is a diverse workplace committed to doing business inclusively - this starts with having a representative workforce! We encourage applications from all qualified candidates that represent the diversity present across Canada – including racialized persons, women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ community, gender diverse and neurodiverse individuals, as well as all who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

Mackenzie Investments is an accessible employer committed to providing barrier-free recruitment experience. If you require accommodation or this information in an alternate format at any stage of the recruitment process, please reach out to the Talent Acquisition team who will work with you to meet your needs.

Artificial Intelligence in Recruitment:As part of our Talent Acquisition process, we may use artificial intelligence and automated tools to support activities such as candidate sourcing, application review, and interview scheduling.These tools support the recruitment process; all hiring decisions are made by people.

We thank all applicants for their interest in Mackenzie Investments; however, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Please apply by October 21 2026.

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