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Job Summary
Job ID:9731
Employment Type: Existing Role
Working Business Language: role is considered a head-office role and will be required to communicate with internal and external stakeholders across Canada where the primary business language for this role is English. As such the successful candidate must be fully proficient in English.
Salary: At Wawanesa salary is only one component of a holistic comprehensive and competitive offering that we provide to our addition to salary full-time and part-time permanent employees are eligible for an annual bonus plan leave of absence top-up programs and provided with generous vacation time personal days premium free benefits and pension plan.
The salary offered for this role is determined with consideration to various factors including but not limited to: your work location local labour market conditions external market salary data internal pay equity and the knowledge skills experience and anticipated proficiency in the role. The salary offered is estimated to be within the following range: $140000 - $ with salary expectations outside of the range are still encouraged to apply.
About Us
At Wawanesa we offer a hybrid work environment that offers flexibility to our employees in balancing in-office (2 days per week OR 15 hours per week in a Wawanesa office) and remote may work from any of the following locations: Winnipeg MB; Wawanesa MB; Vancouver BC; Calgary AB; Edmonton AB; Lethbridge AB; Toronto (North York) ON; Kitchener ON; Ottawa ON; Montreal QC; Quebec City QC Moncton NB; Dartmouth; NS.
The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (Wawanesa Mutual) founded in 1896 is one of Canadas largest mutual insurers with over $3.5 billion in annual revenue and assets of $10 billion (CAD). Wawanesa Mutual with its National Headquarters in Winnipeg is the parent company of Wawanesa Life which provides life insurance products and services throughout Canada and Western Financial Group which distributes personal and business insurance across Canada. Wawanesa proudly serves more than 1.7 million members in Canada and we are home to more than 3300 employees distributed across the Canadian regions and communities where we operate. We give back to organizations that strengthen communities donating more than $3.5 million annually to charitable organizations including over $2 million annually in support of people on the front lines of climate change. We are also proud to be recognized as one of Manitobas Top Employers. To learn more visit .
We are currently looking for dedicated driven and enthusiastic individuals who thrive in an environment that welcomes change and are looking for an opportunity for diverse experience and advancement on a growing team.
Job Overview
The Enterprise Architect is responsible for the optimization and governance of technology investments that support Wawanesas corporate strategies and service priorities. Operating as a strategic leader and trusted advisor the Enterprise Architect defines the architectural vision principles and standards shaping and governing the overall Technology landscape. The Enterprise Architect provides direct leadership to Domain and Technology Architects guiding their work coaching their development and ensuring architectural decisions are cohesive scalable and aligned to enterprise strategy. The role champions responsible technology adoption partners closely with business and technology leaders and elevates architectural maturity enabling Wawanesa to deliver with speed quality and scale.
Job Responsibilities
Contribute to the development and support the execution of the Information & Technology strategy to maintain alignment technology investments with Wawanesas strategies and priorities.
Define publish and maintain enterprise architecture guiding principles reference architectures patterns and standards; ensure adoption through effective governance.
Maintain a holistic view of enterprise business capabilities application and technology portfolios and their relationships using capability models architecture repositories and multi-horizon roadmaps.
Lead portfolio transformation by identifying critical deficiencies rationalizing technologies reducing technical debt and driving standardization across platforms.
Operate and evolve architecture governance forums (e.g. Technology Review Board Architecture Review Board and Architecture Working Group) ensuring consistent decision making process and traceability.
Partner with Technology teams to guide solution architecture integration and data flows that enable end-to-end capabilities.
Lead the governance of technology introduction and where necessary support buildbuypartner analyses and vendor evaluations negotiating architectural tradeoffs total cost of ownership and value realization
Support technology risk governance and compliance processes.
Build strong relationships with senior leaders communicate complex topics clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences and drive consensus without formal authority.
Directly lead Domain and Technology Architects set goals and OKRs assign work provide ongoing coaching deliver formal performance reviews manage compensation and build succession and workforce plans.
Recruit and onboard architecture talent create learning paths mentorship and communities of practice.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Degree in Computer Science Information Systems or a related field with 10 years of experience in competitive and highly regulated business environments.
15 years of experience in at least three disciplines of business information solution or technical architecture application development middleware information management or operations in a complex technology environment within a large enterprise.
Extensive experience in architecture design including identification and development of architecture patterns and technology risk analysis for both future state and transitional architectures.
Extensive experience with capability modelling alongside the overlays of application portfolio management integration architecture management technology and risk management and information management.
Adept at collaborating and communicating with stakeholders across all hierarchical levels adept at building consensus influencing without formal authority and driving the implementation of decisions.
Exceptional communication (verbal and written) negotiation consensus building and presentation skills with the ability to communicate at the right level for the intended audience.
Ability to quickly comprehend the capabilities of existing new and emerging technologies that enable and drive new business designs and models.
Strong interpersonal skills proficient with verbal and written communication coupled with the skill to articulate complex information clearly and concisely to audiences of varying technical expertise.
Previous experience in the insurance and finance industry is considered an asset.
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Diversity Equity Inclusion& Belonging
At Wawanesa we are committed to Diversity Equity Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) and believe that our strength lies in the diversity of our people this is supported by having a representative workforce.
We welcome applications from all qualified candidates including racialized persons women Indigenous Peoples persons with disabilities members of the 2SLGBTQIA community gender-diverse and neurodiverse individuals and anyone who can contribute to the further diversification of thought and ideas.
We aim to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all candidates. If you require accommodations during any stage of the recruitment process please reach out in confidence to .
All Wawanesa job applicants are subject to Wawanesas .
Please note that the recruitment process for this position may involve the use of AI tools to screen assess or select applicants. All final decisions are taken or reviewed by human recruiters and human hiring leaders in compliance with all applicable legislation.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- SAP BusinessObjects
- Enterprise Architecture
- Hybris
- SAP HANA
- SAP
- TOGAF
- Solution Architecture
- Cloud Architecture
- SAP BW 4HANA
- Salesforce
- SAP S/4HANA
- SAP ERP
About Company
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