Associate Director, Enterprise Architecture

ABOUT US

SickKids Foundation with over 50 years of philanthropic impact is Canadas largest charitable funder of child health research learning and care raising over $200 million last year. As a national charity SickKids Foundation invests in national and international initiatives to benefit children in Canada and around the world. As the fundraising partner to The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) we are aligned in supporting Precision Child Health (PCH) the future of tailoring medicine to each childs unique traits so SickKids can diagnose faster treat smarter and predict better.

We are driven by our core values of integrity collaboration excellence innovation and inclusion with goals of delivering a superior donor experience investing in our people and culture driving innovative and sustainable fundraising and disrupting the market through data and technology.

SickKids Foundation is committed to an inclusive culture by embedding equity diversity and inclusion in our policies practices and behaviours. We aim to build awareness and skills in this area both internally and with our partners. Our commitment extends to creating a safe positive work environment. For details on our Equity Diversity & Inclusion commitment please click here.

Were committed to attracting and retaining passionate individuals to help create a healthier future. Thats why SickKids Foundation is looking for a new Associate Director Enterprise Architecture.

Description of the Position

The Associate Director Enterprise Architecture is accountable for establishing and enforcing enterprise architecture standards and design practices that ensure technology solutions across the Foundation are scalable secure interoperable and aligned with long-term strategy. The role enables disciplined solution design reduces duplication and technical debt and embeds automation reuse and sustainability into all major technology decisions.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture Governance and Standards Leadership

• Establishes maintains and enforces enterprise architecture principles standards and reference patterns across applications data integration and technology domains.
• Reviews solution proposals to ensure alignment with approved patterns prevents non-standard implementations and drives reduction of duplication technical debt and point-to-point integrations across the Foundation.

Solution Design Oversight and Architectural Assurance

• Provides architectural review and approval for new systems integrations and significant platform changes.
• Translates business and technical requirements into scalable secure and sustainable solution designs. Documents architecture decisions and ensures traceability through repositories and governance processes.

Automation Re-use and Platform Simplification

• Identifies architectural opportunities to embed automation standardization and reuse into system design.
• Eliminates manual processes reduces unnecessary custom development and promotes modern integration and cloud-native patterns that improve maintainability scalability and operational efficiency.

Cross-Squad Architectural Enablement

• Partners with Infrastructure Cybersecurity CRM Digital Marketing Technology and Data Integration squads to ensure cohesive end-to-end architecture.
• Provides architectural direction to enterprise programs and modernization initiatives to ensure interoperability and alignment with enterprise standards.

Governance Risk and Compliance Oversight

• Ensures architectural decisions comply with enterprise security privacy data governance and regulatory requirements.
• Identifies architectural risks and systemic design weaknesses and escalates mitigation strategies to the Director as required.

Architectural Capability Development and Leadership

• Mentors architects and senior technical resources strengthens enterprise architecture practices and promotes consistent documentation design discipline and enterprise-wide adoption of approved standards and patterns.

Qualifications

While we know that for any job posting no one candidate will possess the qualifications being sought in equal measure below is an outline of the qualifications we believe are important for a candidate to bring to the position or for the successful candidate to develop while in the role:

• Bachelors degree in information technology Computer Science Engineering or a related field. A masters degree is an asset.
• Minimum of 8 to 10 years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture solution architecture or technology design within complex organizations.
• Demonstrated experience establishing and enforcing enterprise architecture standards and governance.
• Strong understanding of cloud architectures integration patterns data platforms and modern application ecosystems.
• Experience enabling automation platform modernization and scalable technology solutions.
• Strong analytical communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build cross-functional relationships and influence at all levels of the organization

Were looking for a passionate individual who is interested in moving the dial and making a difference. We are an environment that looks to attract hardworking and committed people; people who want to challenge themselves and grow with a globally recognized brand that continues to change the world. If this describes you consider joining our team. We look forward to reviewing your application.

Total Compensation Package

Expected Hiring Salary Range: $99 297.00 $124121. 00; with the ability to progress to a maximum of $142739.00. To ensure fair and equitable pay at SickKids Foundation placement on the salary range will be based on your years of experience skills and qualifications relevant to the Associate Director Enterprise Architecture

To help you lead in the fight for kids health and to support your health wellness and career growth in addition to competitive compensation we offer a comprehensive benefit package (includes a flex benefit plan) tuition reimbursement flexible work arrangements pension plan and birth parent/parental top up to name a few!

Position Status: Permanent Full-Time.

Hours: Hybrid work model: minimum two days per week in-office (Tuesday and Wednesday).

Available To: Internal and External Candidates

Available: Immediately; this posting is for an existing vacancy.

Date Posted: March 12 2026

Deadline: March 20 2026

Screening and interviews may begin prior to the posting close date. We encourage early applications

How to apply: Please apply on-line by visiting our website: note that automated tools including artificial intelligence may be used to support the pre-screening of applications as part of our recruitment process.

SickKids Foundation is committed to its people and the talents capabilities and perspectives they bring to our mission. We live that commitment by being open and accessible to all by valuing and respecting every individual and by equally supporting every employee. As an organization proud to have joined the BlackNorth Initiatives CEO pledge we uphold our commitment by inviting and encouraging individuals from diverse lived experiences from Black Indigenous communities of colour people with disabilities 2SLGBTQIA community and all candidates who may contribute to the further diversification of the Foundations community.

Candidates who require accommodation during the recruitment process should contact the People & Culture team at:

Required Experience:

Director