Solutions Architect/ Product Manager

Quality IT Resourcing; Toronto; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Quality IT Resourcing seeks a Solutions Architect / Product Manager to define and maintain the enterprise architecture roadmap for transaction banking capabilities across payments, cash management, trade finance and securities services.

You will partner with business, operations, product and technology stakeholders to translate strategic objectives into scalable architecture solutions and lead modernization efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Finance, or related field (Master's preferred).
• 5+ years of architecture, solution design, or technology leadership experience within banking or financial services.
• Significant transaction banking expertise across Payments, Cash Management, Trade Services, Securities Services.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale application, data, integration, and technology architectures.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms, APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Familiarity with core banking and transaction banking platforms, payment hubs, trade finance systems, and securities processing platforms.
• Strong understanding of data architecture, transaction lifecycle data flows, reporting architecture, governance, and security.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead architecture governance initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise architecture roadmap for transaction banking capabilities across payments, cash management, trade finance, and securities services.
• Partner with business, operations, product, and technology stakeholders to translate strategic objectives into scalable architecture solutions.
• Develop target-state architectures, capability models, application landscapes, integration blueprints, and transition roadmaps.
• Lead modernization initiatives, including platform consolidation, cloud adoption, API enablement, workflow digitization, and data architecture improvements.
• Ensure architecture supports client experience, straight-through processing, resilience, compliance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Provide domain expertise across payment rails, liquidity and cash management, trade services, and securities servicing.
• Establish architecture standards, governance processes, and solution review frameworks.
• Collaborate with solution architects and engineering teams to ensure alignment with enterprise standards and target-state architecture.
• Assess legacy environments and define practical migration strategies to modern, interoperable platforms.
• Support risk, security, regulatory, and operational resilience requirements.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Solution design

Technology leadership

Banking domain knowledge

Cloud platforms

APIs

Microservices

Event-driven architecture

Data architecture

Governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Finance, or related field

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Job Title: Solutions Architect / Product Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise architecture roadmap for transaction banking capabilities across payments, cash management, trade finance, and securities services.
• Partner with business, operations, product, and technology stakeholders to translate strategic objectives into scalable architecture solutions.
• Develop target-state architectures, capability models, application landscapes, integration blueprints, and transition roadmaps.
• Lead modernization initiatives, including platform consolidation, cloud adoption, API enablement, workflow digitization, and data architecture improvements.
• Ensure architecture supports key business priorities such as client experience, straight-through processing, resilience, compliance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Provide domain expertise across payment rails, liquidity and cash management, trade services, and securities servicing.
• Establish architecture standards, governance processes, and solution review frameworks.
• Collaborate with solution architects and engineering teams to ensure alignment with enterprise standards and target-state architecture.
• Assess legacy environments and define practical migration strategies to modern, interoperable platforms.
• Support risk, security, regulatory, and operational resilience requirements.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Finance, or a related field (Master's preferred).
• 5+ years of architecture, solution design, or technology leadership experience within banking or financial services.
• Significant transaction banking expertise, including:
• Payments: SWIFT, ISO 20022, clearing and settlement, domestic/international payments, real-time payments
• Cash Management: liquidity management, virtual accounts, receivables, payables, treasury connectivity
• Trade Services: letters of credit, guarantees, documentary collections, supply chain finance
• Securities Services: custody, clearing, settlement, corporate actions, collateral and margin processes
• Experience designing enterprise-scale application, data, integration, and technology architectures.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms, APIs, microservices, event-driven architecture, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Familiarity with core banking and transaction banking platforms, payment hubs, trade finance systems, and securities processing platforms.
• Strong understanding of data architecture, transaction lifecycle data flows, reporting architecture, governance, and security.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead architecture governance initiatives.