Senior Business Architect

Job summary

Develop and maintain enterprise business capabilities, architecture models, documentation, governance, and standards aligned with corporate strategy and government frameworks. Facilitate stakeholder engagement and transformation planning, and ensure business architecture is consistent across projects, portfolios, solution requirements, and information architecture.

Job details

Contract: October 22, 2026 – October 5, 2027 Application Deadline: October 9, 2026 at 10:00 AM Key Responsibilities Analyze business and government information relevant to Business Architecture and facilitate stakeholder consultations and workshops. Develop and maintain enterprise business capabilities aligned with corporate strategy and business plans. Develop and maintain Business Architecture artifacts in accordance with Enterprise Architecture frameworks and government standards. Model business capabilities, functions, processes, services, outcomes, and accountabilities at enterprise and core business levels. Develop capability models and map business capabilities to internal and external resources. Develop business transformation plans in collaboration with senior business stakeholders. Support the development of enterprise blueprints that align strategic objectives with business and technology requirements. Develop and maintain architectural governance, controls, and standards. Ensure Business Architecture documentation is aligned with Solution Requirements and Information Architecture documentation. Support enterprise architecture governance and review processes. Work across projects and portfolios to ensure alignment and consistency of business architecture. Must-Have Requirements 10+ years of total IT experience, including at least 5 years of Business Architecture experience on large, complex projects. Hands-on experience developing Business Architectures using Ontario Government Enterprise Architecture methodologies and GO-ITS. Experience developing Program Area Business Architecture and Business Architecture Documentation (BAD) according to OPS standards and industry best practices. Experience aligning Business Architecture Documentation with Solution Requirements Documents (SRD) and Information Architecture Documents (IAD) to ensure vertical integration. Experience working with governments or large organizations on enterprise or core-level Business and Information Architecture. Strong experience with Business Function Modeling, Business Process Modeling, Services Modeling, BPMN, Value Chain Analysis, Business Outcomes, KPIs, and Performance Measures. Experience developing optimized future-state business models and identifying opportunities for horizontal business integration. Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, communication, negotiation, consensus-building, and problem-solving skills. Experience working with executives and senior management. Ability to lead and support enterprise architecture engagement processes across projects and portfolios. Important This is a fully onsite role requiring candidates to work from the Toronto office 5 days per week. AI-enabled tools may be used to sort applications based on job-related criteria. All AI generated results are vetted by our team and the decision of which candidates move forward is always made by a human.

What you’ll do

Develop and maintain enterprise business capabilities, architecture models, documentation, governance, and standards aligned with corporate strategy and government frameworks. Facilitate stakeholder engagement and transformation planning, and ensure business architecture is consistent across projects, portfolios, solution requirements, and information architecture.

Requirements

Requires 10+ years of IT experience, including at least five years of business architecture experience on large, complex projects, with hands-on experience using Ontario Government Enterprise Architecture methodologies and GO-ITS. Candidates must have strong modeling, transformation, stakeholder engagement, and executive communication experience, including alignment of Business Architecture Documentation with solution requirements and information architecture documents.

Listed skills

• Stakeholder Management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Business Architecture
• Enterprise Architecture
• Business Capability Modeling
• Business Function Modeling
• Business Process Modeling
• Services Modeling
• BPMN
• Value Chain Analysis
• Business Transformation Planning
• Stakeholder Management
• Workshop Facilitation
• Architectural Governance
• Solution Requirements Alignment
• Information Architecture
• Performance Measurement
• Consensus Building

Job areas

• Technology
• Management & Leadership
• Government & Public Sector
• Consulting

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