Senior Enterprise Systems Architect - Toronto, ON

Senior Enterprise Systems Architect · We are committed to pay transparency and equity. The hiring range for this role is $100,000 - $115,000 annually. · We wake up to a different alarm. · The issues impacting our communities here in the GTA keep us awake at night. But it's also w ...

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Senior Enterprise Systems Architect

We are committed to pay transparency and equity. The hiring range for this role is $100,000 - $115,000 annually.

We wake up to a different alarm.

The issues impacting our communities here in the GTA keep us awake at night. But it's also what gets us up each day, determined to fight local poverty and its interconnected challenges, and to make this region everything it can be for everyone who calls it home. We believe in the power of community, of people coming together, doing what it takes to build and transform neighbourhoods where everyone can thrive. Any Way We Can.

United Way Greater Toronto is currently seeking a full-time Senior Enterprise Systems Architect to join our team. Reporting to the Director, Information Systems and Technology Solutions, the Senior Enterprise Systems Architect is accountable for establishing, governing, and evolving UWGT's enterprise architecture to ensure that information systems and technology investments are aligned with organizational strategy, mission, and long-term sustainability. They will provide enterprise-wide architectural leadership across business, application, data, integration, and technology domains. The Senior Enterprise Architect translates strategic direction into actionable enterprise roadmaps, standards, and architectural guardrails that guide solution design and delivery across the organization.

How you will make a difference:

• Establish, maintain, and mature UWGT's enterprise architecture framework, including architectural principles, reference architectures, standards, and target-state models, in alignment with direction set by the Director.
• Define and document current-state and future-state enterprise architectures across business capability, application, data, integration, and technology domains.
• Develop and maintain multi-year enterprise architecture and technology roadmaps that support organizational strategy, approved initiatives, and investment priorities.
• Establish and enforce enterprise technology standards, patterns, and guardrails to guide solution design and platform implementation.
• Review and assess proposed solutions and initiatives for alignment with enterprise architecture, identifying risks, gaps, and dependencies.
• Support the Director in providing oversight of system lifecycle management and architectural compliance.
• Define and govern the enterprise integration and data architecture that connects core platforms, including Salesforce, Sage Intacct, and other data sources .
• Identify opportunities to rationalize applications and modernize legacy components in alignment with enterprise roadmaps.
• Provide enterprise-level assessments of solution options (e.g., SaaS adoption, platform configuration, integration approaches) to inform executive decision-making.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, privacy, data governance, and IT operations leaders to ensure architectural decisions are secure, compliant, and operationally sustainable.
• Identify and articulate architectural risks, trade-offs, and long-term impacts associated with technology decisions.
• Develop and maintain enterprise architecture artifacts, templates, and documentation to support consistent adoption across initiatives.
• Coach and mentor technical and delivery teams on enterprise architecture concepts, principles, and best practices.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of UWGT's architectural maturity and technology decision-making discipline.

What you bring to the role:

• Establish, maintain, and mature UWGT's enterprise architecture framework, including architectural principles, reference architectures, standards, and target-state models, in alignment with direction set by the Director.
• Define and document current-state and future-state enterprise architectures across business capability, application, data, integration, and technology domains.
• Develop and maintain multi-year enterprise architecture and technology roadmaps that support organizational strategy, approved initiatives, and investment priorities.
• Establish and enforce enterprise technology standards, patterns, and guardrails to guide solution design and platform implementation.
• Review and assess proposed solutions and initiatives for alignment with enterprise architecture, identifying risks, gaps, and dependencies.
• Support the Director in providing oversight of system lifecycle management and architectural compliance.
• Define and govern the enterprise integration and data architecture that connects core platforms, including Salesforce, Sage Intacct, and other data sources .
• Identify opportunities to rationalize applications and modernize legacy components in alignment with enterprise roadmaps.
• Provide enterprise-level assessments of solution options (e.g., SaaS adoption, platform configuration, integration approaches) to inform executive decision-making.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, privacy, data governance, and IT operations leaders to ensure architectural decisions are secure, compliant, and operationally sustainable.
• Identify and articulate architectural risks, trade-offs, and long-term impacts associated with technology decisions.
• Develop and maintain enterprise architecture artifacts, templates, and documentation to support consistent adoption across initiatives.
• Coach and mentor technical and delivery teams on enterprise architecture concepts, principles, and best practices.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of UWGT's architectural maturity and technology decision-making discipline.
• TOGAF Certification (or equivalent enterprise architecture certification).
• Exposure to data privacy legislation relevant to Canada (e.g., PIPEDA, provincial privacy frameworks).
• Willingness to actively contribute to the organizational reconciliation and equity framework through participation in learning opportunities and implementing anti-oppressive and anti-racist learnings into action internally and externally

Being part of our team:

• Competitive total compensation package including:
• Salary
• Comprehensive benefits
• Defined benefit employer-matching pension
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability benefits
• Employee and family assistance program (EFAP)
• Generous paid time-off package including vacation, personal and cultural days, summer hours and hybrid work environment
• Commitment to the well-being and work-life balance for our employees
• Collaborative, high-performing, and team focused on long-term and collective success
• Largest United Way world-wide
• Work with the GTA's top philanthropic leaders

Please apply no later than March 5, 2026.

As part of our recruitment process, United Way Greater Toronto offers accommodation for applicants with disabilities. If we contact you about an opportunity, please let us know if you require accommodation.

UWGT is committed to the ethical and responsible use of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI). While we currently do not use AI for decision-making that produces legal or similarly significant effects, we may use analytics or automation tools to improve donor engagement, personalize experiences, or optimize internal processes.

As per our recruitment policy, internal candidates are encouraged to let their current manager know that they have applied for another role.

About United Way Greater Toronto:

As the largest non-government funder of community services in the GTA, United Way Greater Toronto reinforces a crucial community safety net to support people living in poverty. United Way's network of agencies and initiatives in neighbourhoods across Peel, Toronto and York Region works to ensure that everyone has access to the programs and services they need to thrive. Mobilizing community support, United Way's work is rooted in ground-breaking research, strategic leadership, local advocacy and cross-sectoral partnerships committed to building a more equitable region and lasting solutions to the GTA's greatest challenges.

Diversity & Inclusion:

United Way is committed to creating an inclusive workplace that reflects our diverse community to ensure we're best equipped to serve it. We encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds and those who may need accommodation to apply to join our team. Our commitment to excellence in diversity goes beyond promoting equity. By incorporating a variety of experiences and perspectives, we create opportunities for innovative solutions and maximize the impact of our work.

Building community takes a community and together, with you, we will shape a stronger, brighter GTA for everyone who lives here. Any Way We Can.

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