Director, Technology Enablement

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Position Purpose

Reporting to the Deputy Chief Information Officer the incumbent takes the institutions business strategy and business requirements to define the IT strategies and the roadmap that improves IT and institution alignment over time. Provides strategic oversight to the Technology Enablement unit including Enterprise Architecture and Emerging Technologies and incubating new technologies to deliver organizational value.

The role defines architecture principles standards and strategies that guide the evolution of IT assets and projects for the institution. The incumbent is responsible to integrate business requirements applications data and solution portfolios business models and evaluation of opportunities with the Universitys objectives to increase efficiency minimize costs and capitalize on the potential of cost savings.

This role requires strong strategic communication and collaboration with deans executives internal and external stakeholders suppliers and cross-functional peers to secure alignment and commitment for new initiatives and projects.

In this role your responsibilities will include:

• Maintain and evolve the Universitys enterprise architecture applying deep technical and strategic expertise to ensure alignment with institutional goals and compliance throughout the solution lifecycle.
• Lead and govern emerging technology adoption across the institution setting strategic direction defining roadmaps and making high-impact decisions to deliver value and maintain competitiveness.
• Establish enterprise architecture principles and data standards that guide complex solution design ensuring consistency and best practices across the organization.
• Define solution standards and reference architectures to ensure technical designs align with enterprise objectives and compliance requirements.
• Champion technology adoption and communicate the strategic value and measurable outcomes of architecture deliverables to senior leadership and stakeholders.

What you will bring:

• Bachelors degree in computer science or a related technical field; graduate studies preferred.
• 10 years of experience in information systems with strong focus on Enterprise Architecture.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to translate business strategies into secure scalable technology solutions.
• Expertise in EA and Solution Architecture including data strategy and governance.
• Experience with cloud platforms multi-cloud containerization and serverless technologies.
• Skilled in API management event-driven architecture and integration platforms.
• Experience with emerging technologies enterprise architecture frameworks cloud environments or AI implementations is considered a strong asset. Demonstrated ability to lead complex crossfunctional initiatives and communicate strategic technology concepts to senior leaders is a valuable asset.
• Strong knowledge of cybersecurity architecture and Zero Trust principles.
• Familiarity with AI/ML automation and emerging technologies.
• Proficiency with EA frameworks (e.g. TOGAF) and modern practices (Agile DevSecOps).
• Hands-on experience with architecture tools and major cloud ecosystems (AWS Azure GCP).
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to present lead workshops and produce clear documentation (e.g. white papers).
• Proven ability to drive innovation and modernization initiatives.
• Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with executives managers architects project managers internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Advanced analytical and strategic thinking to forecast trends and translate them into actionable solutions.
• Proficiency in technical concepts and terminology with the ability to communicate complex information clearly to non-technical audiences.
• Ability to convert emerging trends into practical business-ready solutions.
• Influencing skills to gain buy-in from peers and stakeholders.
• Solid business acumen combined with collaborative and team-oriented mindset.
• Bilingual in French and English (spoken and written).

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Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa:

Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.

The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect teamwork and inclusion where collaboration innovation and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons racialized persons persons with disabilities women and LGBTQIA2S persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

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If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.

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