Provide strategic leadership and oversight for the City’s enterprise application and solution architecture, strategic roadmaps and project delivery.
Ensure that technology investments are aligned with City priorities, deliver measurable business value, and are secure, scalable, and sustainable.
Provide architectural leadership for major initiatives, ensuring solutions are interoperable, secure, resilient, and scalable.
Monitor emerging technologies and industry trends (e.g., cloud, data platforms, automation) and recommend practical adoption strategies appropriate to the municipal context.
Oversee the application and solution portfolio, assessing value, risk, lifecycle stage, and alignment with City priorities.
Support business case development, feasibility assessments, and option analysis for new technology investments.
Partner with business units to prioritize initiatives and optimize capital and operating investments as well as management or project request intake, evaluation and execution.
Provide strategic oversight for solution design across projects and product teams, ensuring consistency with architectural standards.
Act as a trusted advisor to City departments, maintaining strong relationships and a deep understanding of business needs.
Translate business strategy into clear technology roadmaps, standards, and architectural requirements that guide capital, operational and delivery decisions.

Requirements

University degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or Business Administration.
Significant progressive experience (typically 10–15 years) in enterprise IT environments, including leadership roles in strategy, architecture, or large-scale solution delivery.
Demonstrated expertise in enterprise or solution architecture, application lifecycle management, systems integration and project delivery and reporting practices.
Strong understanding of business process design, organizational change management, business relationship management and value realization.
Experience working with diverse stakeholders across multiple departments.
Excellent leadership, communication, facilitation, and decision-making skills.
Experience in the public sector or other large, complex organizations.
Knowledge of IT service management and governance frameworks (e.g., ITIL, COBIT).
Familiarity with Agile and hybrid delivery models.
Postgraduate education in a related field.
Ability to manage competing priorities in a complex, fast-paced environment.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Valid Ontario Class “G” Driver’s Licence.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

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Soft Skills

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