Venture outside the ordinary - TMX Careers The TMX group of companies includes leading global exchanges such as the Toronto Stock Exchange, Montreal Exchange, and numerous innovative organizations enhancing capital markets. United as a global team, we’re connecting cross-functionally, traversing industries and geographies, moving opportunity into action, advancing global economic growth, and propelling progress. Through a rich exchange of ideas, meaningful collaboration, and a nimble operating model, we're powering some of the nation's most critical systems, fueling capital formation and innovation, bringing increased opportunity to business visionaries, product ingenuity to consumers, and career exploration to our team.

Ready to be part of the action? The Strategic Enterprise Architect, specializing in Business & Strategy, is a highly influential leadership role responsible for defining and enforcing the architectural vision and governance across TMX's global landscape. This architectural leader must ensure that our technology capabilities accelerate business outcomes and align with the enterprise's long-term technology vision. You will be responsible for driving global strategic alignment, defining the target state architecture, and maturing the organization's business-to-technology mapping. You will act as the principal architectural authority for the technology strategy, ensuring alignment with TMX's mission-critical systems and strategic business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Technology Planning & Business Alignment
• Multi-Year Strategic Planning: Lead the development and iterative updates of the 3-Year Technology Plan. Ensure this plan serves as a bridge, translating high-level business goals into actionable technology strategies and investment roadmaps.
• Business Motivation Modeling: Define and maintain the Business Motivational Model to articulate the strategic drivers behind technology initiatives. Ensure that technology investments are directly traceable to business goals and motivational factors.
• Global Technology Principles: Establish and govern the foundational Global Technology Services (GTS) Principles. Ensure these principles guide decision-making across the entire IT landscape, fostering consistency and alignment with corporate strategy.
• Business Translation and Consensus: Serve as the chief architectural translator between business stakeholders and technology teams, driving consensus on complex strategic trade-offs.
• Enterprise Capability & Target State Architecture
• Enterprise Capability Mapping: Lead the creation and ongoing refinement of the TMX Capability Map. Use this artifact to identify functional gaps, redundancies, and investment priorities across business units to optimize the portfolio.
• Target State Definition: Define the long-term Target Application Landscape. Articulate the future state of technology required to support emerging business capabilities, moving beyond current state analysis to drive modernization.
• Maturity Assessment: Develop and oversee the Capability Maturity Roadmap to measure the organization's progress toward the defined target state and assess the effectiveness of technology investments over time.
• Strategic Governance & Corporate Development
• M&A Technology Strategy: Develop and maintain the M&A Playbook to standardize the assessment, due diligence, and integration of technology environments during mergers and acquisitions.
• Security & Risk Alignment: Ensure strategic architecture roadmaps maintain strict alignment with enterprise security standards and risk management frameworks.
• EA Framework Alignment: Establish and maintain a comprehensive Enterprise Architecture (EA) framework for the business and strategy domain, ensuring global consistency across business, application, infrastructure, and data.

Primary Objectives & Measures of Success Success in this role will be measured by your ability to contribute to key outcomes, including:

• Successful delivery and executive endorsement of the 3-Year Strategic Plan and its periodic updates.
• Measurable progress in the organization's Capability Maturity, moving towards the defined target state.
• Successful adoption and compliance with the Global Technology Principles across the enterprise.
• Effective execution of the M&A Playbook during corporate development activities, ensuring efficient technology integration.
• Enhanced conceptual consistency between business strategy and the Target Application Landscape.

Qualifications & Experience Required:

• A bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 12+ years of progressive experience in IT, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership or principal architecture role focused on Enterprise Architecture, Business Architecture, or IT Strategy.
• Proven experience in a global financial services or similarly regulated industry (preferably capital markets).
• Deep expertise in Enterprise Architecture and Business Architecture, demonstrating the multi-disciplinary breadth required to set global standards.
• Proven experience developing and implementing strategic frameworks, capability maps, and multi-year technology roadmaps.
• Exceptional strategic thinking and communication skills, with the ability to influence and build consensus at all levels of a global organization.

Preferred:

• Relevant certifications such as TOGAF, Certified Business Architect (CBA), or similar credentials.
• Experience leading strategic technology integration for Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A).
• Demonstrated experience in bridging the gap between Agile delivery teams and long-term strategic planning.

Salary Range: 145,000/year - 165,000/year CAD Please note that the salary range included is a guideline only. The salary offered may vary based on factors, including, but not limited to, the successful candidate’s relevant knowledge, skills, and experience.

The recruiting efforts for this role are intended to fill a vacant position.

In the market for… Excitement

• Explore emerging technology and innovation, as well as ventures and digital finance that shape the future of global markets! Experience the movement of the market while grounded in the stability of close to 200 years of success.

Connection

• With site hubs in some of the world’s most multicultural cities, we leverage our size and structure to create rich connections and belonging while experiencing powerful global impact through our work.

Impact

• More than a platform, we use our talents to power mission-critical systems that drive global economic advancement, innovation, and growth. As well, our employee-led Team Impact spreads social good via our giving strategy.

Wellness

• From empathetic leadership to a culture of flexibility and balance, we believe wellness at work creates the maximum yield and a stronger “we”. Plus, with a cloud-first and hybrid workstyle, as well as generous time-off and leaves, we support a life well lived!

Growth

• From a growth mindset in our work, to expansion in our business, TMX is home to action-takers energized by the achievement of ambitious growth.

Ready to enrich your career with impactful work, leaders who truly care, and the flexibility and programs to help you thrive as part of #TeamTMX ? Apply now. Please note that our company is not currently sponsoring work permit applications and the applicant must be authorized to work in the country where this position is located. TMX is committed to creating and sustaining a collegial work environment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect and one which reflects the diversity of the community in which we operate. We provide accommodations for applicants and employees who require it .