Senior Manager, Solution Architect 1

IG Gestion de patrimoine; Toronto, Winnipeg; Hybrid; CAD 130,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation & recognition

Employee benefits & insurance

Retirement savings programs

Work life balance

Inclusive culture and diversity

Job summary

IGM Financial Inc. is seeking a Solution Architect to design end-to-end marketing technology solutions that support CRM, marketing automation, personalization, analytics and advisor tools.

You will collaborate with Marketing partners, Product Owners, vendors and delivery teams to ensure scalable and secure designs. The ideal candidate has proven experience in MarTech ecosystems, data integration, and architecture governance.

Qualifications

• Experience with Marketing technology platforms and marketing data integration.
• CRM integration and data architecture for marketing and advisory contexts.
• Proven solution architecture experience on complex initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and delivery influence.

Responsibilities

• Owns solution architecture for major initiatives and ensures alignment with standards.
• Translate business needs into architecture patterns, interactions, and integrations.
• Provide architectural oversight during build for integrity and security.
• Collaborate with delivery and enabling roles for seamless operations.
• Ensure production readiness including non‑functional requirements and costs.

Skills

Marketing technology platforms

CRM data integration

Data architecture

Cloud & security design

Stakeholder engagement

Solution architecture

MarTech governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE or equivalent

Tools

Salesforce

Marketing Cloud

Adobe

CMS

SAP Hana

Adobe CDP

Job description

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

Division: Technology
Location: Toronto/Winnipeg
IGM Financial Inc. is a leading wealth and asset management company in Canada, managing approximately $310 billion in assets as of December 31, 2025. It offers financial planning and investment services to over two million Canadians through IG Wealth Management and Mackenzie Investments. Founded in 1926, IG Wealth Management is a key part of IGM's business model, providing comprehensive wealth management services to Canadian financial advisors and their clients. With a vision to inspire financial confidence, IG Wealth Management is recognized as one of Manitoba’s Top Employers, Canada’s Top 100 Employers, and Best Diversity Employers, aiming 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 Solution Architect plays a key role in shaping and delivering technology solutions that support IG's marketing, advisor engagement, and digital experience capabilities. Working closely with Marketing business partners, Product Owners, vendors, and delivery teams, this role designs end-to-end solutions across platforms such as CRM, marketing automation, content management, personalization, analytics, and advisor-facing tools.

The ideal candidate brings experience delivering solutions within a marketing technology (MarTech) ecosystem, including integrating platforms, enabling personalized customer and advisor experiences, managing marketing data, and supporting digital marketing operations. They provide architectural leadership throughout the solution lifecycle, ensuring designs are scalable, secure, compliant, and aligned with both business objectives and enterprise technology standards.

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

• Experience with Marketing technology platforms (e.g., Salesforce, Marketing Cloud, Adobe, CMS, personalization, consent, analytics)
• • Digital marketing and customer engagement solutions
  • CRM and customer/advisor data integration
  • Marketing data and content management architectures (SAP Hana, Adobe CDP)
  • 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 designing solutions that support regulatory and compliance requirements within Financial Services
• 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-weighted bonus, education/career support, option to join Employee Share Purchase Plan with employer matching component.
• 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: voluntary Defined Contribution Pension Plan
• WORK LIFE BALANCE: paid volunteer days, competitive time off, including 10 wellness days off, WorkPerks discount 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.

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