VP, Data & Enterprise Architecture


Toronto
Permanent
$250,000 - $275,000 USD a year
Financial Technology
PR/611720_1790284533
VP, Data & Enterprise Architecture

What You'll Do

The Vice President, Data & Enterprise Architecture will lead the organization's business and technology strategy toward a unified enterprise architecture that supports innovation, scalability, and sustainable growth.

This individual will define and drive the strategic vision across data, integration, business architecture, and technology platforms. The role will ensure technology and architecture investments align with business objectives, reduce technical debt and costs, modernize the technology environment, and position the organization for continued adoption of AI and advanced data capabilities.

What You'll Bring

  • 15+ years of progressive technology leadership experience across enterprise architecture, data strategy, and platform modernization
  • Proven experience rationalizing complex technology environments, reducing technical debt, and delivering measurable cost efficiencies
  • Demonstrated success transforming large-scale data and technology ecosystems within financial services or another highly regulated industry
  • Strong experience developing enterprise architectures that support data and AI initiatives
  • Ability to align business architecture with future-state enterprise and technology architecture

Required Qualifications

  • Expertise in enterprise data architecture, governance, and analytics
  • Deep understanding of cloud-native architecture, integration, and modernization
  • Ability to balance innovation, scalability, performance, security, and cost optimization
  • Knowledge of cybersecurity, compliance, and regulatory requirements
  • Strong executive-level communication, stakeholder management, influence, and leadership capabilities

Education

Required:

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

Preferred:

  • Master's degree in Data Science, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Architecture, or a related discipline

Preferred Certifications

  • TOGAF or equivalent Enterprise Architecture certification
  • CISSP or CISM
  • AWS, Azure, or GCP Cloud Architecture certifications

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