AVP, Enterprise Architect, IT Foundation Platforms

Role Overview

• Leadership, facilitation, analysis, and design required for the development of Sun Life’s IT foundations architecture.
• Create architectural deliverables that guide the evolution of enterprise technology platforms and infrastructure to enable business strategy and outcomes through sound technical decisions.
• Champion change and help accelerate the organization’s digital journey while maintaining stability, resiliency, and performance of enterprise systems.
• Work closely with both the Business Group and Global Enterprise Architecture teams to analyze enterprise business context and change requirements to define future-state technology architecture.
• Define requirements, principles, models, and standards that guide enterprise technology decisions.
• Lead a team of technical architects supporting Enterprise Infrastructure and Core IT strategy toward a clear and aligned vision.
• Create a clear vision and associated roadmaps for infrastructure, cloud, and platform technologies, and align both teams and executives to that vision.
• Drive innovation by leveraging new technologies and architectural approaches to modernize, extend, and evolve the existing technology environment.
• Act as an internal and external advocate and thought leader for Cloud, Network, infrastructure, and platform enablement portfolios.
• Identify solution options for major initiatives and partner closely with Infrastructure and Platform leaders to select optimal approaches.
• Develop and maintain a strategic technology roadmap that integrates business strategy and technology trends.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, IT Management, or a related field
• Minimum 15 years of IT infrastructure and technology leadership experience
• Background in enterprise architecture, infrastructure operations, cloud platforms, or application delivery
• Strong understanding of enterprise technology risk, decision-making, and trade-offs
• Proven ability to operate in high-pressure, high-visibility environments
• Extensive experience with infrastructure systems, cloud platforms (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), networking, virtualization, disaster recovery, business continuity, and infrastructure monitoring
• Strong collaboration skills and a track record of trusted partnerships with business leaders
• High personal integrity, excellent interpersonal skills, and executive-level communication capability
• Experience with vendor management and contract negotiations
• Bilingualism (French, English, both oral and written) is required for Quebec only as the position includes managing both French and English-speaking staff (Quebec and outside Quebec) and providing daily support to the team.

Tech Stack

• Cloud

Benefits

• Great Place to Work® Certified for Most Trusted Executive Team in Canada – 2025, 2024 and 2023
• Great Place to Work® Certified for Best Workplaces in Canada
• 2025
• Canada Order of Excellence for Mental Health at Work® certification from Excellence Canada.
• Top Work Places® for Remote Work – Monster Canada
• 2024
• Flexible hybrid work model.
• Pension, stock and savings programs to help build and enhance your future financial security
• Work and professional development that is united by our Purpose: to help Clients and Employees achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives
• A friendly, collaborative and inclusive culture
• Be part of our continuous improvement journey in developing the next greatest digital enterprise experience.
• Competitive salary and bonus structure influenced by market range data
• The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential