Head of Enterprise Architecture

Position Title: Head of Enterprise Architecture

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Position Location: Toronto HQ

Requisition ID:37059

Toronto

In every role McCainers are ambitious curious and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset we make doing business with McCain easy.

About the role.

The Senior Director Enterprise Architecture will be at the helm of our architectural strategy overseeing the design and implementation of state-of-the-art solutions. Your expertise will guide the development of scalable robust and efficient systems that align with our business goals and technological vision. This role involves leading a team of architects ensuring that IT projects align with the companys strategic goals and promoting innovation across all levels of the IT infrastructure Data products Applications Cloud Integration Security and SAP Platforms. The Sr. Director Enterprise Architecture will also act as a key advisor on technology trends architectural best practices and technical risk management to the Senior Leadership Team.

This is the highest level of architecture role will work closely with our technology leadership and existing experts on SAP Cloud Technology Data Analytics AI and DevOps bringing vision and direction to solutions a highly structured manner you will drive modernization for competitive advantage connecting architecture to business outcomes and approaching modernization as an evolutionary journey.

In addition to ensuring we make great architecture and engineering choices; you will approach Enterprise Architecture in the broadest terms by integrating business process technology and data architecture on business agility and flexibility TCO availability and resiliency. Your leadership will be crucial to evolving our ways of working across the enterprise on technology landscape procurement platform and technology choices.

What youll be doing.

• Develop and maintain the overall architectural vision ensuring that IT strategies and projects align with business objectives.
• Lead the design and integration of complex systems including cloud-based on-premises and hybrid solutions.
• Define and enforce architectural standards and guidelines ensuring consistency and quality across all projects.
• Incorporate SAP S/4 Hana integration Cloud Data and digital engineering maturity into architectural practices and solutions.
• You will define and maintain architectural frameworks Patterns and blueprints for technology solutions across Digital Agriculture Manufacturing Data and SAP Platforms which includes 200 Applications reducing complexity across the portfolio

• Through running a structured program collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure architectural coherence and integrity across all platforms and products
• Leverage cloud platforms for scalability resilience elasticity and cost-effectiveness. Enable seamless self-service deployment and management of services
• Lead the evaluation and selection of software product standards as well as the design of standard software configurations. Ensure those standards act to increase quality flow security and colleague engagement. Assert guardrails and promote minimal viable compliance
• Consult with functional leads to ensure alignment with the enterprise architecture advocating for best practices and advanced architectural strategies. You will be skilled at aligning people to the correct technical implementations
• Mentor and guide architecture and project teams through complex technical challenges fostering an environment of innovation and continuous improvement
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends integrating new technologies into the companys architectural landscape where beneficial
• Drive architectural initiatives from conception to implementation ensuring they meet budget quality and time objectives. Ensure we are architecting for business outcomes
• Kick start modernization initiatives keeping the momentum on the modernization journeys govern continuously
• Work with teams to plan realistic incremental and Agile strategies and roadmaps to modernize legacy systems without disrupting business operations
• Facilitate the design of better architecture focusing on the business outcomes and facilitate long-lasting durable change in the value streams

• Collaborate with senior leadership to define the long-term technology roadmap.

• Keep stakeholders informed of the vision and the progress being made focusing on the business value being delivered promoting success stories and learnings
• Provide leadership to the Architecture Community of Practice promoting continuous conversational governance with modernizing teams
• Adjust architecture strategies based on changing business needs. Embrace and coach emergent design and evolutionary change at team system and enterprise level

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Work closely with business leaders product managers and other stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into technical solutions.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders ensuring alignment and understanding.
• Advocate for the adoption of data engineering best practices across the organization.

Governance and Risk Management:

• Establish and maintain governance frameworks to manage architectural risks and ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards.
• Monitor and manage technical debt balancing innovation with the sustainability of the IT ecosystem.
• Ensure governance of S/4 Hana Cloud and data engineering practices to maintain robust and compliant systems.

Architecture Oversight for Projects and peer reviews:

• Review and approve the design and architecture of major IT projects ensuring alignment with architectural principles and business goals.
• Establish Architecture Review Board and lead architectural reviews and provide input on critical technology decisions.
• Review projects involving S/4 Hana integration Cloud Data API and data platform engineering across Enterprise.

Innovation and Continuous Improvement:

• Foster a culture of innovation within the IT team encouraging experimentation with new technologies and approaches.
• Continuously evaluate and improve the organizations architecture to meet evolving business needs.
• Promote continuous improvement in digital engineering maturity and data engineering practices.

What youll need to be successful.

• Bachelors or masters degree in computer science Information Technology or a related field.
• 15 years of experience in IT with at least 5 years in an architectural role.
• Proven experience in leading the design and implementation of large-scale IT systems and infrastructure.
• Experience with cloud computing (e.g. AWS Azure GCP) and modern software development practices.
• Deep knowledge of implementable enterprise architecture frameworks
• Strong understanding of software development methodologies (Agile DevOps).
• Expertise in API EAI Event Driven integration Frameworks Cloud data Network and Security architecture.
• Experience with S/4 Hana and familiarity with digital engineering maturity models.
• Proficiency in data engineering techniques and best practices.
• TOGAF AWS Certified Solutions Architect Azure Solutions Architect Expert or similar.

About McCain.

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Leadership principles.

At McCain our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers collaborate as a team and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs driving innovation empowering people and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.

The McCain experience.

We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here youll find opportunities to learn grow and thrive. Join us and experience why were better together.

Our purpose is grounded in building meaningful relationships. Were big believers in the power of working together in personit helps us stay connected collaborate more effectively and grow as a team. At the same time we recognize the importance of flexibility. Most office-based roles follow a hybrid model with the option to work remotely two days a week. There may be exceptions depending on the role and location so we encourage you to speak with your recruiter for more details.

Compensation Package:$165000.00-$220000.00CAD annually bonuseligibility Long Term Incentive eligibility

The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience skill set education/training and other organizational needs.

Benefits: At McCainwere on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and wellbeing at the heart of what we do every day. We understand and appreciate that each persons needs are unique and ensure our benefits & wellbeing programs reflect that. Employeesare eligible for the following benefits:health coverage (medical dental vision prescription drug) retirement savings benefits and leave support including medical family and bereavement. Wellbeing programs include vacationandholidays company-supported volunteering time and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned to country provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level location and nature of the benefit details available during the application process.

Your well-being matters to us and were here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work and at home.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity resilience and success and makes our business qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin sex age veteran status disability or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

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Job Family:Information Technology
Division:Global Digital Technology
Department:Enterprise Architecture
Location(s): CA - Canada : Ontario : Toronto
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Company:McCain Foods (Canada)