Senior Director, Portfolio Architect (Permanent)
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Job Summary
CoreFactor is searching for a Senior Director Portfolio Architect on a permanent/full-time basis for a client in the GTA.
This role is hybrid and the successful incumbent can be located anywhere in Canada however there is a strong preference for the incumbent to reside in Toronto or Vancouver.
About the role:
We are hiring a Senior Director Portfolio Architect to serve as the strategic bridge between our clients business vision and technology this role you will align a Technology Services portfolio with the long-term business strategy unlocking significant value by rationalizing a complex global ecosystem into a powerful efficient engine for growth.
As the architectural steward for front-office technologies you will be accountable for lowering Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) eliminating redundancy and ensuring every digital investmentwhether built or boughtdirectly supports the team in driving profitability and market leadership. You will serve as a senior advisor to organizational and Product leadership guiding the transition from a fragmented landscape to a unified high-value portfolio.
- Evaluate the current state of the Services application landscape to identify redundancies shadow IT and inefficiencies.
- Drive the strategy to retire retain or re-platform assets achieving a measurable reduction in redundant applications and lowering portfolio TCO.
- Create and maintain the Business Capability Map for Services ensuring technology investments fill critical capability gaps rather than just adding isolated features.
- Partner with Product Management to translate business vision into a multi-year architectural roadmap ensuring 100% of major investments link to defined business capabilities and growth targets.
- Ensure the product roadmap is technically viable and aligned with enterprise standards accelerating time-to-value by advocating for the reuse of shared enterprise capabilities.
- Guide hands-on Solution Architects in producing detailed architecture and designs for globally scalable digital products ensuring technical excellence and operational feasibility.
- Govern solution delivery by reviewing and approving designs to ensure strict alignment with strategy standards reference architectures and reusable patterns.
- Ensure all commercial solutions leverage the foundational building blocks produced by the Cloud (e.g. GCP landing zones platform engineering) and Data & AI Architecture (e.g. Gemini capabilities Dataplex catalog) domains to avoid duplication and maximize value.
- Lead the Buy-vs-Build decision process: rigorously evaluating SaaS vendors against internal development based on strategic value fit and cost.
- Guide the selection of strategic platforms that can scale globally across regions.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to Leadership and Regional CEOs translating "architectural health" into business terms (risk speed margin).
- Bridge the gap between Business Strategy and the technical delivery teams (Solution Architects/Engineering) providing clear functional direction.
- Monitor Prop Tech trends (e.g. AI in leasing automated valuation models).
Requirements
- 12 years of experience in technology with at least 5 years in Product Architecture Business Architecture or Portfolio Management roles.
- Bachelors or masters degree in computer science Engineering Information Systems Business Administration or a related field
- A proven track record of rationalizing complex portfolios reducing application counts and lowering TCO in a large global enterprise.
- Deep experience leading Buy-vs-Build evaluations and managing technology investment governance
- Strong familiarity with Commercial Real Estate Services (Leasing Capital Markets) or a closely related professional services industry.
- Experience working in a product-led organization partnering closely with Product Managers and Business Leaders.
- Ability to model CapEx/OpEx implications of technology choices and optimize portfolio ROI
- You think in terms of Revenue Margin and TCO not just API Cloud and Code.
- Collaborates effectively across North America EMEA and APAC time zones to drive unified outcome
Required Skills:
Bachelors degree in Information Technology applied mathematics statistics or a related field Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in the BI Development Expert level in PowerBI Strong experience with DAX language High proficiency with Microsoft Excel Expert of data relationships and a strong command of SQL syntax Demonstrated history of designing and building visual reports dashboards and KPI scorecards Familiarity with concept of Microsofts Azure Modern Data Warehouse platform such as Azure Data Factory Azure Data Lake Storage Azure Synapse Analytics Business and analytical thinker with an ability to create BI solutions based on data analytics Ability to understand and tell the story embedded in the data at the core of our business Ability to communicate complex analytic ideas and insights to a non-technical business stakeholder Experience in analysis and design skills critical thinking and analytical problem solving Familiarity with commercial and multi-family real estate systems and data providers such as Yardi Argus Origin PLM etc. is a distinct advantage.
