AVP, Enterprise Architect developing IT foundation platforms for Sun Life. Leading architectural strategies and modernizing enterprise technology to drive business outcomes.
Responsibilities
Leadership, facilitation, analysis, and design required for the development of Sun Life’s IT foundations architecture.
Create architectural deliverables that guide the evolution of enterprise technology platforms and infrastructure to enable business strategy and outcomes through sound technical decisions.
Champion change and help accelerate the organization’s digital journey while maintaining stability, resiliency, and performance of enterprise systems.
Work closely with both the Business Group and Global Enterprise Architecture teams to analyze enterprise business context and change requirements to define future-state technology architecture.
Define requirements, principles, models, and standards that guide enterprise technology decisions.
Lead a team of technical architects supporting Enterprise Infrastructure and Core IT strategy toward a clear and aligned vision.
Create a clear vision and associated roadmaps for infrastructure, cloud, and platform technologies, and align both teams and executives to that vision.
Drive innovation by leveraging new technologies and architectural approaches to modernize, extend, and evolve the existing technology environment.
Act as an internal and external advocate and thought leader for Cloud, Network, infrastructure, and platform enablement portfolios.
Identify solution options for major initiatives and partner closely with Infrastructure and Platform leaders to select optimal approaches.
Develop and maintain a strategic technology roadmap that integrates business strategy and technology trends.
Requirements
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, IT Management, or a related field
Minimum 15 years of IT infrastructure and technology leadership experience
Background in enterprise architecture, infrastructure operations, cloud platforms, or application delivery
Strong understanding of enterprise technology risk, decision-making, and trade-offs
Proven ability to operate in high-pressure, high-visibility environments
Extensive experience with infrastructure systems, cloud platforms (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), networking, virtualization, disaster recovery, business continuity, and infrastructure monitoring
Strong collaboration skills and a track record of trusted partnerships with business leaders
High personal integrity, excellent interpersonal skills, and executive-level communication capability
Experience with vendor management and contract negotiations
Bilingualism (French, English, both oral and written) is required for Quebec only as the position includes managing both French and English-speaking staff (Quebec and outside Quebec) and providing daily support to the team.
Benefits
Great Place to Work® Certified for Most Trusted Executive Team in Canada – 2025, 2024 and 2023
Great Place to Work® Certified for Best Workplaces in Canada - 2025
Canada Order of Excellence for Mental Health at Work® certification from Excellence Canada.
Top Work Places® for Remote Work – Monster Canada - 2024
Flexible hybrid work model.
Pension, stock and savings programs to help build and enhance your future financial security
Work and professional development that is united by our Purpose: to help Clients and Employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives
A friendly, collaborative and inclusive culture
Be part of our continuous improvement journey in developing the next greatest digital enterprise experience.
Competitive salary and bonus structure influenced by market range data
The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential
Job title
AVP, Enterprise Architect, IT Foundation Platforms
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