Strategic Enterprise Architecture Leader

Brookfield; Toronto; On-site; CAD 165,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Brookfield's Technology Services is seeking a Director of Enterprise Architecture to align business objectives with enterprise platforms, infrastructure, cloud environments, security, networking, operations, and application development.

This leadership role acts as a cross-functional architecture authority, coordinating across towers, driving standards, managing complex initiatives, and ensuring architectural governance that supports Brookfield's long-term technology strategy and modernization

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in enterprise technology environments.
• 5+ years in architecture, technology strategy or senior technical leadership roles.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale architecture initiatives in complex, multi-team environments.
• Experience engaging with executive stakeholders and business leadership teams.
• Experience supporting enterprise infrastructure, cloud, networking, security, operations, and application environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise architecture strategy, standards, principles, and roadmap aligned with business and technology objectives.
• Serve as the primary architectural advisor across all technology towers and application domains.
• Drive standardization and simplification across platforms, systems, integrations, and operational processes.
• Facilitate collaboration between technical towers to eliminate silos and improve technology interoperability.
• Lead architecture discussions for enterprise initiatives, digital transformation programs, and modernization efforts.
• Partner with application teams to align software architecture with infrastructure, security, and operational standards.
• Partner closely with the PMO to support delivery of mid-to-high complexity, cross-functional technology initiatives.
• Act as the technical coordination lead for multi-disciplinary projects involving multiple technology towers and business stakeholders.
• Facilitate alignment sessions, technical workshops, and architecture reviews to support successful program execution.
• Identify technical risks, integration gaps, resource dependencies, and architectural constraints early in the project lifecycle.
• Support project governance activities by providing technical guidance, executive-level updates, and solution recommendations.
• Support multi-year technology roadmap development across infrastructure and application domains.
• Ensure alignment with cybersecurity, compliance, risk management, and governance requirements.
• Participate in major incident reviews, root cause analysis, and strategic remediation planning where architecture improvements are required.
• Provide executive-level communication and technical leadership for complex initiatives and strategic programs.
• Influence cross-functional teams without direct authority while fostering collaboration and accountability.
• Serve as a bridge between technical delivery teams, operational teams, and project/program leadership.
• Evaluate and support enterprise AI, data, and analytics initiatives to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, infrastructure, security, and operational standards.
• Provide architectural guidance for modern cloud-native data and AI ecosystems, including compute, storage, networking, security, and integration requirements.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Cloud-native architecture

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

Job description

Brookfield's Technology Services is seeking a Director of Enterprise Architecture to align business objectives with enterprise platforms, infrastructure, cloud environments, security, networking, operations, and application development.

This leadership role acts as a cross-functional architecture authority, coordinating across towers, driving standards, managing complex initiatives, and ensuring architectural governance that supports Brookfield's long-term technology strategy and modernization