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About the Role

This role is accountable for shaping portfolio-level architecture direction in support of enterprise strategy. It translates enterprise strategy into actionable portfolio architectures, reference models, and multi-year capability roadmaps, acting as a strategic partner to leadership to ensure architecture decisions are modern, secure, and value-driven.

Responsibilities

• Translate enterprise architecture strategy, principles, and vision into portfolio-specific architectures and reference models.
• Develop and maintain portfolio capability maps and multi-year roadmaps aligned to business priorities and modernization goals.
• Ensure portfolio architecture reflects strong architectural discipline across integration, data, application, infrastructure, cloud, security, and resilience.
• Partner with leaders to shape multi-year investment plans aligned with architecture direction.
• Analyze strategic options and provide leadership recommendations, making trade-offs, risks, and costs explicit.
• Identify and communicate systemic risks, modernization opportunities, and architectural debt.
• Provide strategic architecture advice during planning and initiative intake.
• Prepare and present architectural assessments and recommendations to the Architecture Review Board (ARB).
• Accountable for design review before build and operational readiness review before go-live.
• Support solution architecture teams in project initiation and delivery.
• Contribute to evolving enterprise standards, technology patterns, and governance processes.
• Provide steer on adopting AI native engineering practices.
• Define and socialize reusable portfolio reference architectures, capability models, and solution patterns.
• Define how AI is applied across the portfolio's systems and its delivery.
• Sequence the technology services foundation ensuring platform, data, security and architecture capabilities are made agent-ready.
• Identify emerging technologies relevant to the portfolio and incorporate them into models and roadmaps.
• Own the simplification and modernization agenda for the portfolio.
• Establish and maintain the technology currency position for the portfolio.
• Define how architectural debt is identified, prioritized, and systematically reduced over time.
• Ensure each ratified standard carries a clear rationalization outcome.
• Act as a trusted advisor to leadership, simplifying complex architectural decisions into business-centric narratives.
• Support the Managing Director in driving architecture maturity.
• Mentor solution architects and engineering leaders to elevate architectural thinking.
• Contribute to talent development by coaching portfolio architects and reviewing architectural work.
• Exercise significant autonomy within its assigned portfolio and decides target architecture, capability model, roadmap sequence, applicable patterns, architectural exceptions, and technology selection within approved standards.

Requirements

• University degree or equivalent in Computer Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• Professional architecture certification (TOGAF, SAFe Architect, or equivalent) is an asset.
• 10+ years' experience in architecture or senior technology roles within complex enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated success creating target-state architectures, reference models, and multi-year capability roadmaps that secured funding and were delivered against.
• Experience supporting or leading architecture governance, solution architecture oversight, and strategic planning.
• Proven ownership of major platform decisions, including build-versus-buy, vendor selection and contract renewal positions.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and simplify complex issues into business-aligned narratives.
• Experience in financial services, pension, or another regulated industry is preferred.
• Deep understanding of technology architecture domains, including application, data, integration, cloud, infrastructure, security and resilience.
• Strong business and technical acumen for the assigned portfolio.
• Knowledge of architectural governance, capability modelling, target-state design, and roadmap development.
• Understanding how AI and agentic delivery change architecture practice.
• Awareness of regulatory, fiduciary, cybersecurity, and operational risk considerations affecting financial services.
• Strong oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

Skills

• Architecture
• Enterprise Strategy
• Portfolio Architecture
• Reference Models
• Capability Roadmaps
• Integration
• Data Architecture
• Application Architecture
• Infrastructure Architecture
• Cloud Architecture
• Security Architecture
• Resilience Architecture
• Strategic Planning
• Investment Planning
• Risk Management
• Modernization
• Architectural Debt Management
• Governance
• Solution Architecture
• AI Engineering Practices
• Reusable Architectures
• AI Application
• Emerging Technologies
• Platform Simplification
• Technology Currency
• Technical Debt Reduction
• Stakeholder Influence
• Business Acumen
• Technical Acumen
• Communication Skills

Location

• Canada

Work Type

• Flexible work environment combining in office collaboration and remote working

Experience Level

• 10+ years' experience in architecture or senior technology roles

Education Level

• University degree or equivalent in Computer Systems, Engineering, or a related field
• Professional architecture certification (TOGAF, SAFe Architect, or equivalent) is an asset

Benefits

• Numerous opportunities for professional growth and development
• Comprehensive employer paid benefits coverage
• Retirement income through a defined benefit pension plan
• The opportunity to invest back into the fund through our Deferred Incentive Program
• Competitive time off
• Our Flexible Travel Program gives you the option to work abroad in another region/country for up to a month each year
• Employee discount programs including Edvantage and Perkopolis

About the Company

• At Ontario Teachers', diversity is one of our core strengths.
• We take pride in ensuring that the people we hire and the culture we create, reflect and embrace diversity of thought, background and experience.
• Through our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategy and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), we celebrate diversity and foster inclusion through events for colleagues to connect for professional development, networking & mentoring.
• We are building an inclusive and equitable workplace where our talent is respected, accepted and empowered to be themselves.
• To learn more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, check out Life at Teachers'.

Equal Opportunity

• Accommodations are available upon request (peopleandculture@otpp.com) for candidates with a disability taking part in the recruitment process and once hired.
• Candidates must be legally entitled to work in the country where this role is located.
• Ontario Teachers’ may use AI-based tools to assist in screening and assessing applicants for this position.
• Our use of AI does not replace human decision-making.