Lead Enterprise Architect

at  ATB Financial

At ATB, we exist to make it possible for our clients, team members and communities. Our purpose is more than aspirational. It’s a real commitment we live every day through our values (what we call the ATB ID).
Life at ATB is about more than work. In fact, we’re consistently recognized as one of Canada’s top employers thanks to our high-care, high-performance culture, upheld by the three commitments we make to our team members:
Impact in action: No matter where you are in the organization, you’re empowered to make an impact in the lives of our clients and communities.
Thrive together: We want you—the unique, authentic you—to feel safe and celebrated at work. We’re on a continuous journey to build the most flexible and inclusive programs.
Ready for tomorrow: We want to enable your success through interesting and challenging work, performance enablement, and learning and development.
About the role
ATB is part way through an aggressive 10 year strategy with the objectives of establishing new business and operating models that take advantage of current and emerging technologies. Agile, Salesforce, SAP, Cloud Native, API integration patterns and AI are at the cornerstone of this journey. The investment in these technologies and capabilities has resulted in a hybrid of classic and new capabilities.
This role will help guide the enterprise as it further aligns to our future business strategies and models to find the balance of cost, agility and business value. Understanding current and future business value will require a strong relationship and high level of alignment with ATB’s CXTO portfolio to find opportunities to add new value. Enterprise Design will participate in an architecture and engineering community, working closely with other technology teams and business stakeholders to ensure products and services are developed and maintained in alignment with technology patterns and business objectives.
The Lead Enterprise Architect will assist in the establishment and guidance of technology domains and technology enabled business models.
Accountabilities

The primary responsibilities of the Enterprise Design leader are:

• Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Documenting current state and future state architecture
• Develop and maintain capability models
• Identify and analyze business and IT risks
• Develop and implement solutions to improve the organization’s IT infrastructure
• Work with business and IT stakeholders to gather requirements and develop solutions
• Communicate the role of enterprise architecture to stakeholders
• Stay up-to-date on the latest trends in enterprise architecture

Skills, experience & requirements

• Experience in the financial industry
• Bachelor’s degree or related experience in computer science, information systems, or a related field
• 10+ years experience in corporate IT environments.
• 5+ years of experience in enterprise architecture
• Strong understanding of business and IT strategy
• Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks and tools
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Experience leading a high performing team

Interpersonal Skills:

• Strong conceptual thinking skills
• Collaborative, with a bias to achieving results
• Effective at facilitating teamwork in a matrix organization and resolving conflict
• Decisive when required
• Adaptable
• Strong communication skills, ability to present confidently to senior executives
• Attention to detail and strong planning and management ability.
• Demonstrated ability to lead in a matrixed organization.

Don’t meet all the requirements on the list?
A resume only goes so far in expressing who you are and the unique perspectives you bring. If you believe your skills and experience align with the role—but you might not check all the boxes—we want to hear from you. We encourage candidates from all work backgrounds, equity-seeking communities and experience levels to apply. If you’re seeking a career where your drive, perspective and growth are celebrated, we want to hear from you.
We’re dedicated to building a workforce reflective of those within our communities, and a culture where our team members are equipped with what they need to succeed—their way. Part of creating an inclusive workplace is recognizing our role in advancing Truth and Reconciliation. We are committed to meeting and exceeding the standards set out in the Progressive Aboriginal Relations program created by the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business.
What happens next?
If you are shortlisted, you’ll hear from us after the posting closes. Check out our How We Hire page to learn more about our hiring process. If you need any accommodations throughout this process, please let us know at talentteam@atb.com
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• Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Documenting current state and future state architecture
• Develop and maintain capability models
• Identify and analyze business and IT risks
• Develop and implement solutions to improve the organization’s IT infrastructure
• Work with business and IT stakeholders to gather requirements and develop solutions
• Communicate the role of enterprise architecture to stakeholders
• Stay up-to-date on the latest trends in enterprise architectur