Enterprise Principal Architect, Corporate Systems

Role Overview

• Translate corporate strategy and business transformation goals into actionable architecture blueprints that balance ambition with operational readiness and ensure architecture investments deliver tangible business value.
• Lead the multi-year architecture strategy and roadmap for Aritzia’s corporate systems domain — spanning Finance & Legal Tech, People & Culture Tech, SAP ERP, and cross-functional enterprise platforms — ensuring alignment with Aritzia’s corporate objectives and investment priorities with clear, sequenced outcomes.
• Drive modernization across the Finance, Legal, and People & Culture Technology domains, ensuring flexibility and future-readiness.
• Lead the architecture vision for modernizing SAP ECC, including the strategic migration to S/4HANA.
• Architect robust, scalable integration patterns between SAP, HR, Finance, Legal, and enterprise data platforms—defining a cohesive integration strategy that spans API-led connectivity, event-driven architectures, middleware (EDI, iDoc), and cloud integration platforms (SAP Integration Suite, MuleSoft, or equivalent).
• Evaluate and rationalize enterprise SaaS platforms to reduce vendor sprawl, improve capability alignment, and optimize total cost of ownership.
• Establish and maintain organizational architectural standards to ensure new solutions are secure and scalable.
• Mentor enterprise architects and senior engineers across the organization, elevating architectural thinking, technical quality, and the discipline of translating business problems into well-reasoned technology strategies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent.
• Advanced degree is an asset.
• SAP certification in one or more relevant modules (FI/CO, MM, SD, HCM) preferred.
• TOGAF, SABSA, or equivalent enterprise architecture framework certification is an asset.
• Experience with retail or vertically integrated business models is strongly preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in enterprise architecture, ERP delivery, or IT strategy, with significant tenure in complex, multi-system environments.
• At least 5 years in a principal or lead architect capacity with direct accountability for architecture strategy across multiple corporate functions.
• Deep expertise in enterprise ERP architecture, including SAP ECC and S/4HANA, with experience leading full lifecycle ERP transformations in complex, multisystem environments.
• Strong working knowledge of core ERP capabilities across Finance, Supply Chain, HR, and Procurement, with an understanding of customization tradeoffs, technical debt, and modernization paths.
• Proven experience designing enterprise integration architectures using APIs, event driven patterns, EDI/iDocs, and cloud integration platforms.
• Solid grounding in master data management, data governance, and ERP centric data architecture.
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms and modern application delivery practices in hybrid on prem/cloud environments.
• Demonstrated ability to define and execute multiyear architecture visions and transformation roadmaps that balance long-term integrity with delivery realities.
• Proven leadership of large-scale enterprise transformations, including vendor evaluation, systems integrator oversight, and change navigation.
• A commitment to learn, apply, champion and enrich Aritzia's Values and Business and People Leadership principles.

Tech Stack

• Cloud
• ERP

Benefits

• Product Discount — Maybe you’ve heard of our famous product discount? Or our exclusive private shopping events? You have now.
• Baby Leave Program — We provide up to 16 weeks of paid time to support you and your growing family.
• A-OK Commissary & Cafe — Everyday Luxury dining, exclusive to Aritzia. Our in-house bistro and cafe is a private oasis where employees can enjoy curated, subsidized Everyday Luxury dining.
• The SET — Our in-office fitness studio and gym with state-of-the-art equipment, custom-created classes and optional personal training. Open 7 days a week, it works out well.
• Aritzia Virtual Wellness — Because your health, happiness and safety matter, we provide 24/7 resources to support you in your wellbeing goals, whether they’re physical, mental, social or financial.
• Aspirational Workplace — Our offices are specially designed to be spaces of creativity, productivity and inspiration. They’re also dog friendly. Woof.
• Amenities — Additional amenities include a private parent’s room, shower facilities with elevated complementary conveniences, bike rooms and more.
• The Extras — We also offer a multitude of other perks like dry-cleaning, hotel and restaurant discounts, self-care promos and on-site medical care.