Director, Enterprise Technology Architecture at McGill University in Sherbrooke 680

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Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at McGill University), do not apply through this Career Site. Login to your McGill Workday account and apply to this posting using the Find Jobs report (type Find Jobs in the search bar). Director, Enterprise Technology Architecture Position Summary McGill University is seeking a Director Enterprise Technology Architecture, reporting to the Director, IT Governance & Strategic Planning (GSP) to lead the enterprise technology architecture strategy and roadmap, leading enterprise-wide architecture integration, architecture principles, standards, business capabilities and governance processes while promoting innovation, business value realization, operational efficiency, and sustainable growth. The Director of Enterprise Architecture will play a strategic role between business strategy and technology directions guiding the organization over the long term, from broad enterprise visions to solution-level decisions. This role serves as a trusted and strategic advisor to business and technology leaders, ensuring that technology investments and transformation initiatives, are delivered toward a coherent target sate. This role is part of a transformation context: redefining the architecture operating model to increase the autonomy of delivery teams and establish the standards to support the growth and changes. Key Responsibilities Strategic Enterprise Architecture Influence enterprise technology portfolio and investment planning by assessing strategic alignment, architectural fit, enterprise reuse opportunities, dependencies, technical debt implications, and long-term sustainability of proposed investments. Develop and evolve the organization's business and enterprise architecture strategy, ensuring alignment with the institution vision, strategic priorities, and operational objectives. Translate institutional strategy into target-state architectures, strategic architecture priorities, and actionable transformation roadmaps. Develop integrated business and technology roadmaps that guide organizational transformation, investment planning, and modernization priorities. Advise senior leadership on technology investments, enterprise capabilities, architectural implications, and transformation opportunities. Shape architecture direction for strategic domains such as AI, data, application modernization, platforms, integration, and emerging technologies. Guide application and platform rationalization to reduce redundancy, complexity, technical debt, and operational costs. Establish and evolve enterprise business capability and value-chain models to support strategic planning, investment prioritization, and transformation. Define enterprise reference architectures and target-state architecture that provide strategic direction for technology capabilities, platforms, and solution design. Communicate enterprise architecture direction, outcomes, and value to executive leadership and key stakeholders. Business and Technology Alignment Act as a strategic partner between business and technology leadership, ensuring technology priorities and architecture decisions support institutional objectives. Engage business and technology leaders to understand strategic needs, emerging priorities, and transformation opportunities, and translate them into architecture requirements and priorities. Facilitate cross-functional alignment on business capabilities, technology direction, dependencies, and architectural trade-offs. Partner with business and technology stakeholders to align initiatives and investment priorities with enterprise roadmaps and target-state architecture. Provide architecture guidance to programs and delivery teams, ensuring business intent is effectively translated into scalable and sustainable technology solutions. Identify and resolve gaps or confli