Reporting to the Associate Vice President, Enterprise Architecture, the Principal Enterprise Architect will play a key role in shaping the organization’s technology strategy, with a primary focus on Data and AI. This role is responsible for developing enterprise architecture standards, defining future-state technology capabilities, and driving capability mapping initiatives across the organization. The successful candidate will bring experience from large, complex environments, a proven ability to develop strategic technology roadmaps, and the confidence to influence and communicate with senior leaders. A strong understanding of emerging Data and AI trends, governance, and best practices is essential.

What you'll do

• Define and implement architectural strategies and standards to support enterprise initiatives.
• Support the enterprise capability model domains, coordinating with relevant teams.
• Analyze existing systems for modernization opportunities, improvements, and risks.
• Oversee enterprise standards and patterns while ensuring solutions are complying.
• Responsible for supervising and controlling the integration of the enterprise capability model into data governance, including any associated models.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to ensure high-quality solution design.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on strategic roadmaps, LCM, and decommissioning plans.
• Develop and maintain architecture artifacts, including reference architectures, design patterns, and solution blueprints.
• Drive adoption of modern technology stacks aligned with business goals.
• Evaluate and select tools and technologies for modernization initiatives.
• Identify and manage technical risks and issues in collaboration with Principal Architects.
• Support and mentor members in a high-performing architecture team, providing guidance and support to help new team members learn and grow.
• Work closely with various Principal Architects and Technology Leads to ensure alignment with organizational goals and objectives.
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies, ensuring that architecture strategies and standards are up to date.

What you bring

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years IT experience in progressive development and design related positions with 4+ years' experience working in an architect/system design role.
• Strong understanding of Enterprise Architecture concepts and models.
• Strong understanding of architecture patterns, best practices, and principles.
• Experience with modern stacks including security, middleware, cloud, data pipelines, microservices, containers, CI/CD
• Experience interpreting and applying security best practices to create, harden and secure infrastructure and applications.
• Demonstrated ability to think and communicate in both abstract and concrete concepts, and to do so appropriately for the audience.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience in developing and implementing strategic roadmaps and executing plans to deliver them.
• Experience in evaluating and selecting tools and technologies to support initiatives.
• Experience in managing technical risks and issues.
• Ability to build and mentor a high-performing architecture team.
• Ability to work collaboratively with various IT and Business leadership teams.
• Ability to manage stakeholders and build and maintain strong relationships.
• Experience in the AI, Data and the Retail industry is an asset. #LI-AG2 This posting represents an existing vacancy within our organization.

We may use artificial intelligence tools as part of our recruitment process to assist in the initial screening of resumes. All hiring decisions, including candidate evaluation, selection, and disposition, are made by human recruiters.

About Us

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, over 1,600 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.

Accommodations

We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.