Director, Solution Architecture – Information Technology

Alberta Blue Cross

. Lead and mature the Solution Architecture practice, including design methods, review practices, documentation, engagement models, and implementation support .

Posted 11/10/2026full-timeCanadaLeadWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in leading solution architecture practices, managing and developing technical teams, and ensuring the successful implementation of complex enterprise technology solutions. Proficient in technical leadership across application design, integration, cloud platforms, and governance frameworks.

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Solution Architecture LeadershipTeam Management and DevelopmentTechnical CommunicationEnterprise Data and IntegrationGovernance and Risk Management

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Hard Skills

Solution ArchitectureApplication DesignAPI IntegrationCloud PlatformsTechnical Risk AssessmentSystem DecompositionOperational ReadinessDesign ReviewsImplementation AssuranceData Quality Management

Soft Skills

CoachingFacilitationNegotiationStakeholder Management

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer ScienceCriminal Record Check

Industry Keywords

Enterprise ArchitectureGovernanceModernization RoadmapsTechnical DebtIntegration Constraints

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and mature the Solution Architecture practice, including design methods, review practices, documentation, engagement models, and implementation support
Lead, coach, develop, recruit, onboard, and manage the performance and succession of a team of 10+ Solution Architects
Manage architecture demand, team capacity, assignments, and skills development across portfolios and delivery priorities
Provide senior technical leadership across application, integration and APIs, enterprise data, cloud, security, identity, and infrastructure domains
Establish and monitor measures for design readiness, review turnaround, guardrail alignment, reuse, technical risk, and implementation conformance
Ensure solution designs leverage enterprise data, shared platforms, services, reference architectures, and approved patterns
Oversee initiative-level architecture from discovery and options assessment through design, implementation support, and operational handover
Partner with Portfolio Architects to align solution designs, dependencies, transition states, feasibility, and risks with modernization roadmaps
Collaborate with Enterprise Architects, the Director of Enterprise Architecture, and Domain Architects to apply guardrails and resolve design risks through governance
Coach Solution Architects in system design, technology evaluation, integration, cloud adoption, secure design, cost trade-offs, and technical communication
Identify technical debt, integration constraints, implementation risks, duplication, and roadmap impacts, and coordinate mitigation
Work with business, engineering, delivery, security, privacy, data, platform, infrastructure, operations, and vendor teams to guide implementation
Maintain architecture decision records, business-to-design traceability, and operational handover readiness
Escalate material exceptions and cross-portfolio conflicts through established governance

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience
Advanced education considered an asset
12+ years of progressive technology experience
Substantial hands-on solution architecture and senior technical leadership experience across complex enterprise initiatives
Experience designing and guiding implementation of production technology solutions, including options analysis, system decomposition, integration, deployment, migration, and operational readiness
Proven people leadership experience managing and developing Solution Architects or comparable senior technical teams
Experience leading teams of 10+ and managing demand, capacity, recruitment, coaching, performance, and succession
Experience establishing solution architecture practices, design reviews, decision records, implementation assurance, and measures of design readiness, quality, reuse, and technical risk
Strong technical depth across application design, APIs and integration, enterprise data, cloud and hybrid platforms, security and identity, infrastructure, and non-functional requirements
Experience applying standards, reference architectures, and guardrails through established governance
Experience translating portfolio target states, modernization roadmaps, transition states, and architecture runway into initiative-level designs
Experience addressing data ownership, quality, integration, access controls, privacy, and lifecycle considerations
Exceptional technical communication, facilitation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills
Criminal record check satisfactory to Alberta Blue Cross required as a condition of employment following a conditional offer

Benefits

Comp & perks

Healthy work-life balance
Opportunities for career growth
Inclusive workplace that reflects community diversity
Innovative, high-energy, team-focused work environment