Principal Enterprise Architect - Canadian Tire, Toronto

Day-to-day Responsibilities

As a Principal Enterprise Architect at Canadian Tire, you will play a pivotal role in defining and implementing architectural strategies that support enterprise initiatives. Your day-to-day will involve a blend of strategic oversight, technical leadership, and collaborative efforts to advance the organization's technology landscape, with a strong emphasis on data and AI.

• Define and implement architectural strategies and standards to support enterprise initiatives.
• Support the enterprise capability model domains, coordinating with relevant teams.
• Analyze existing systems for modernization opportunities, improvements, and risks.
• Oversee enterprise standards and patterns while ensuring solutions are complying.
• Responsible for supervising and controlling the integration of the enterprise capability model into data governance, including any associated models.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to ensure high-quality solution design.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on strategic roadmaps, LCM, and decommissioning plans.
• Develop and maintain architecture artifacts, including reference architectures, design patterns, and solution blueprints.
• Drive adoption of modern technology stacks aligned with business goals.
• Evaluate and select tools and technologies for modernization initiatives.
• Identify and manage technical risks and issues in collaboration with Principal Architects.
• Support and mentor members in a high-performing architecture team, providing guidance and support to help new team members learn and grow.
• Work closely with various Principal Architects and Technology Leads to ensure alignment with organizational goals and objectives.
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies, ensuring that architecture strategies and standards are up to date.

Who We're Looking For

We are seeking an experienced professional with a strong background in enterprise architecture and a proven ability to lead technology strategy. The ideal candidate will possess deep knowledge of data and AI trends, coupled with excellent communication and leadership skills to influence senior stakeholders across Canadian Tire.

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years IT experience in progressive development and design related positions with 4+ years' experience working in an architect/system design role.
• Strong understanding of Enterprise Architecture concepts and models.
• Strong understanding of architecture patterns, best practices, and principles.
• Experience with modern stacks including security, middleware, cloud, data pipelines, microservices, containers, CI/CD.
• Experience interpreting and applying security best practices to create, harden and secure infrastructure and applications.
• Demonstrated ability to think and communicate in both abstract and concrete concepts, and to do so appropriately for the audience.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in developing and implementing strategic roadmaps and executing plans to deliver them.
• Experience in evaluating and selecting tools and technologies to support initiatives.
• Experience in managing technical risks and issues.
• Ability to build and mentor a high-performing architecture team.
• Ability to work collaboratively with various IT and Business leadership teams.
• Ability to manage stakeholders and build and maintain strong relationships.
• Experience in the AI, Data and the Retail industry is an asset.

About Canadian Tire

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies, offering significant career opportunities. With over 1,600 retail locations, more than 90 Owned Brands, robust financial services, and leading e-commerce capabilities, CTC is committed to innovation and investing in new technologies and top talent. Joining Canadian Tire means becoming part of a team that dreams big and works together to innovate with purpose for customers, driven by core values such as being innovators, outcomes-focused, inclusive, collaborative, and taking personal responsibility. This is an exciting time to join Canadian Tire jobs in Toronto and its family of companies.

Benefits at Canadian Tire

Canadian Tire values its employees and offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support their well-being and professional growth. This includes financial programs and health benefits, reflecting our commitment to making life in Canada better for our team members.

• Competitive salaries and wages.
• Store discounts.
• Supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy.
• Canadian Tire Profit Sharing.
• Retirement and savings programs for eligible employees.
• Enhanced flex benefits program, including mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families.
• Total well-being and mental health tools and resources for all employees.