Strategic Portfolio Architect, Enterprise Architecture

ABC Benefits Corporation; Alberta; Hybrid; CAD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Alberta Blue Cross® is seeking senior Portfolio Architects to own the target architecture and modernization roadmaps for defined technology or business portfolios. You will translate strategy into practical roadmaps and guide delivery teams while ensuring enterprise coherence and long-term sustainability.

This senior, individual-contributor role reports to the Chief Architect and may be classified at Manager or Director level based on experience and portfolio scope.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture, portfolio architecture, technology strategy, solution architecture, or senior technology advisory roles.
• Strong ability to define target architecture, transition states, modernization roadmaps, and sequencing recommendations for complex portfolios or transformation programs.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, executive storytelling, and decision-framing skills for diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Interpret corporate and IT strategy, Enterprise Architecture direction, business priorities, and portfolio context into practical architecture guidance.
• Develop and maintain portfolio architecture views that clarify current state, target state, transition states, dependencies, risks, and sequencing considerations.
• Assess impacts across business capabilities, platforms, integrations, data, security, operations, customer experience, regulatory obligations, and delivery readiness.
• Prepare decision-ready options, recommendations, and implications for portfolio planning, investment sequencing, and architecture governance discussions.
• Collaborate with IT leadership, EPMO, Finance, business stakeholders, Enterprise Architecture, Domain Architects, Solution Architects, and delivery teams to align plans and resolve ambiguity.
• Provide portfolio guardrails and context to Solution Architects and delivery teams without taking ownership of detailed solution design, engineering, delivery management, or sprint-level decisions.
• Identify and escalate material risks, unresolved trade-offs, duplication, dependency gaps, or drift from target state through established governance forums.

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Job description

Alberta Blue Cross® is seeking senior Portfolio Architects to own the target architecture and modernization roadmaps for defined technology or business portfolios. You will translate strategy into practical roadmaps and guide delivery teams while ensuring enterprise coherence and long-term sustainability.

This senior, individual-contributor role reports to the Chief Architect and may be classified at Manager or Director level based on experience and portfolio scope.