Director, Enterprise Data Architecture

Sun Life

Director of Enterprise Data Architecture leading strategic data initiatives at Sun Life. Focusing on data architecture for HR, Finance, and Marketing functions in a hybrid work model.

Posted 5/10/2026full-timeToronto • 🇨🇦 CanadaLead💰 CA$125,000 - CA$195,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Amazon RedshiftAWSCloudETLTableau

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead data architecture engagements with business and technology leaders to define enterprise and solution-level data architectures aligned to business outcomes.
Design and govern enterprise data architecture patterns across core areas such as: Master Data Management (MDM) and Reference Data
Enterprise and domain data warehouses
Marketing and customer data platforms
Analytical and reporting data domains
Provide architectural leadership for data integration, data pipelines, and data availability across on‑prem, hybrid, and cloud platforms.
Establish and enforce enterprise data architecture standards, principles, and guardrails , ensuring consistency across delivery teams.
Define logical and physical data models , canonical data structures , and core enterprise entities.
Partner with Marketing, Finance, HR, and Analytics teams to ensure data architectures effectively support reporting, insights, and decision-making.
Evaluate and recommend data technologies and platforms, presenting proposals and options at Enterprise Architecture governance forums .
Apply architectural best practices related to security, reliability, performance efficiency, operational excellence, and cost optimization across data platforms.
Collaborate with regional and global architecture teams to ensure alignment with enterprise-wide data architecture direction and reuse of patterns.
Work closely with solution and delivery teams, providing hands-on guidance to resolve complex data architecture challenges .
Partner with Data & Analytics teams to support pilots, proofs of concept, and platform evolution in the analytics and data domain.
Support data lifecycle management practices including data quality, lineage, retention, and archival considerations.
Mentor and coach data architects and solution designers, helping uplift enterprise-wide data architecture capability.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong experience engaging with senior leaders (VP / SVP / C‑level) on enterprise data architecture topics
15+ years of experience designing and delivering enterprise data architectures, including end‑to‑end implementations
Deep expertise in: Master Data Management (MDM) and Reference Data
Data modeling (conceptual, logical, and physical)
Enterprise data warehousing and analytical data architecture
Marketing and customer data domains
5+ years of experience designing data architectures on cloud platforms (AWS preferred, or other complementary cloud platforms)
Hands-on experience with modern data platforms and tools such as data warehouses, ETL/ELT, integration frameworks, and metadata/catalog tools
Strong understanding of data governance principles and their practical application in enterprise environments
Experience working across hybrid architectures (cloud and on‑prem)
Ability to balance strategic direction with hands-on architectural problem-solving
Excellent communication, collaboration, and mentorship skills.
Technical experience Cloud data services (e.g., AWS or equivalent)
Data warehousing platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift, or similar)
Data integration and orchestration tools
Data governance and catalog platforms
Analytics and visualization platforms (e.g., Tableau or equivalent)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible hybrid work model (#LI‑Hybrid)
Competitive salary and performance-based bonus
Pension, stock, and savings programs
Inclusive, collaborative culture with strong focus on professional growth
Opportunity to shape enterprise-scale data foundations that power Sun Life’s analytics and digital capabilities

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Hard Skills & Tools

data architectureMaster Data Managementdata modelingenterprise data warehousingcloud platformsdata integrationdata pipelinesdata lifecycle managementdata qualitydata governance

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationmentorshipleadershipproblem-solvingstrategic direction