Reporting to the Associate Vice President, Enterprise Architecture, the Principal Enterprise Architect will play a key role in shaping the organization’s technology strategy, with a primary focus on Data and AI. This role is responsible for developing enterprise architecture standards, defining future-state technology capabilities, and driving capability mapping initiatives across the organization. The successful candidate will bring experience from large, complex environments, a proven ability to develop strategic technology roadmaps, and the confidence to influence and communicate with senior leaders. A strong understanding of emerging Data and AI trends, governance, and best practices is essential.
What you'll do
· Define and implement architectural strategies and standards to support enterprise initiatives.
· Support the enterprise capability model domains, coordinating with relevant teams.
· Analyze existing systems for modernization opportunities, improvements, and risks.
· Oversee enterprise standards and patterns while ensuring solutions are complying.
· Responsible for supervising and controlling the integration of the enterprise capability model into data governance, including any associated models.
· Provide technical leadership and guidance to ensure high-quality solution design.
· Collaborate with cross-functional teams on strategic roadmaps, LCM, and decommissioning plans.
· Develop and maintain architecture artifacts, including reference architectures, design patterns, and solution blueprints.
· Drive adoption of modern technology stacks aligned with business goals.
· Evaluate and select tools and technologies for modernization initiatives.
· Identify and manage technical risks and issues in collaboration with Principal Architects.
· Support and mentor members in a high-performing architecture team, providing guidance and support to help new team members learn and grow.
· Work closely with various Principal Architects and Technology Leads to ensure alignment with organizational goals and objectives.
· Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies, ensuring that architecture strategies and standards are up to date.
What you bring
· Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
· 7+ years IT experience in progressive development and design related positions with 4+ years' experience working in an architect/system design role.
· Strong understanding of Enterprise Architecture concepts and models.
· Strong understanding of architecture patterns, best practices, and principles.
· Experience with modern stacks including security, middleware, cloud, data pipelines, microservices, containers, CI/CD
· Experience interpreting and applying security best practices to create, harden and secure infrastructure and applications.
· Demonstrated ability to think and communicate in both abstract and concrete concepts, and to do so appropriately for the audience.
· Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
· Experience in developing and implementing strategic roadmaps and executing plans to deliver them.
· Experience in evaluating and selecting tools and technologies to support initiatives.
· Experience in managing technical risks and issues.
· Ability to build and mentor a high-performing architecture team.
· Ability to work collaboratively with various IT and Business leadership teams.
· Ability to manage stakeholders and build and maintain strong relationships.
· Experience in the AI, Data and the Retail industry is an asset.
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