Principal Architect leading architecture for Granum’s software ecosystem serving landscapers and arborists. Driving .NET modernization, platform strategy, security, CI/CD, and AI - native development.
About the role
- Lead enterprise architect shaping domain strategy, cloud modernization, and governance for Manulife’s global financial services business. Guiding technology investments and architecture standards across strategic initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Define and evolve target-state architecture for a business or technology domain
- Develop multi-year technology roadmaps supporting modernization, cloud adoption, operational resilience, and business growth
- Establish architecture standards, principles, patterns, and governance processes
- Lead architecture reviews and provide strategic oversight across large-scale initiatives and programs
- Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends
- Drive architectural decisions involving cloud platforms, application modernization, integrations, APIs, and data architecture
- Partner with enterprise architecture teams to assess and adopt new technologies
- Champion modern engineering practices and architectural excellence
- Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture standards, security requirements, regulatory obligations, and governance frameworks
- Guide architecture decisions across multiple products, applications, and programs
- Conduct architecture quality reviews and recommend improvements to scalability, performance, reliability, and maintainability
- Identify technical debt and modernization opportunities and prioritize investments
- Collaborate with senior business and technology leaders to translate priorities into technology capabilities and roadmaps
- Influence investment decisions through architectural direction, technology assessments, and recommendations
- Build relationships across architecture, engineering, data, security, risk, and operations teams
- Communicate complex technology concepts to technical and executive audiences
- Mentor architects, senior developers, and engineering teams
- Foster innovation, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing
- Provide thought leadership and contribute to enterprise-wide architecture practices and standards
Requirements
- Experience in application, solution, domain, or enterprise architecture within complex organizations
- Proven ability to define architecture strategies, target-state roadmaps, and modernization plans
- Strong knowledge of cloud platforms, application modernization, integrations, APIs, and distributed systems
- Experience leading architecture governance and guiding large-scale technology initiatives
- Good understanding of security, risk, compliance, and data privacy requirements
- Ability to influence senior leaders and communicate effectively with technical and business stakeholders
- Experience working in Agile and product-based delivery environments
- Experience with LeanIX, ServiceNow, GitHub Enterprise, Azure DevOps, Lucidchart, Jira, and Confluence
- Preferred: experience in financial services, insurance, or other regulated industries
- Preferred: experience supporting cloud transformation initiatives across Azure, AWS, or GCP
- Preferred: knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF
- Preferred: experience with AI, automation, and emerging technologies
- Preferred: relevant architecture, cloud, or technology certifications
Benefits
- Flexible work environment
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Mental health benefits
- Vision insurance
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Life and AD&D insurance coverage
- Adoption/surrogacy benefits
- Wellness benefits
- Employee/family assistance plans
- Retirement savings plans
- Pension
- Global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions
- Financial education and counseling resources
- Paid holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days in Canada
- Statutory leaves of absence
- Incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance
- Learning and career growth support
- Equal access to employment and reasonable accommodation support
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