Senior Manager, Enterprise Architecture, Data integrations and Systems Design (Digital Strategy and Products) (English Services)

Position Title:

Senior Manager, Enterprise Architecture, Data integrations and Systems Design (Digital Strategy and Products) (English Services)

Status of Employment:

Permanent

Position Language Requirement:

English

Language Skills:

English (Reading - C - Advanced), English (Speaking - C - Advanced), English (Writing - C - Advanced)

Work at CBC/Radio-Canada

At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance. 
 
Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.

Unposting Date:

2025-08-05 11:59 PM

Senior Manager, Enterprise Architecture, Data integration and systems design

Role Description

Working at CBC:

At the CBC, we all have a story to tell. What’s yours?

If you share our passion for Canadian storytelling and you wish to help us engage with individuals and communities across our various digital platforms, this is where you’ll want to be! 

Every day, you will have an opportunity to shape the way in which Canadians see themselves reflected in our digital services. Your work will have a direct impact on how millions of Canadians from various communities  connect with our products, with one another, and with the diverse voices that make our country so unique. 

You will have the opportunity to play a part in enlightening and entertaining Canadians through our innovative work in building the mediums that deliver our content. We are an innovative hub, where the talented professionals we work with are respected and valued for their contributions. Our product teams are vibrant and our work culture strives to achieve the highest standards of diversity and inclusion. We believe that hiring people with different career paths and backgrounds is fundamental in our shared success and in building healthy and highly performant teams. When you join our mission, you are not only shaping the vision of the CBC, but the future of our country. 

Why is this role important?

We're looking for a senior manager of Enterprise Architecture for data integration and system designs. This role will lead the architectural practice, and align technology solutions with digital product strategies and overall business goals. You’ll be at the heart of innovation—working hand-in-hand with product leaders, delivery leads and technical leaders. Your mission: guide and inspire teams to implement smart, scalable, and future-ready solutions—anchored in strong architectural principles and best practices. If you're passionate about building what's next, and thrive at the intersection of strategy, technology, and collaboration, we want to hear from you!

Here’s why we should work together:

Our digital teams’ values - collaboration, learning, and continuous improvement - embody who we are as a people-focused, digital-forward employer. We follow lean startup principles and use an Agile approach. Our dedicated people managers work closely with every individual to ensure we are leveraging their strengths, championing their ideas and supporting their pursuit of new skills and their desired career progression.

Here at CBC Digital Strategy & Products, we want you to be happy and feel good at work.  It is essential that work be a safe space where our employees are able to share their authentic selves with one another and to push each other to challenge conventions. 

Perks you can look forward to:

• Flexible work schedules, allowing you to prioritize yourself, your family and your work;

• Work from home opportunities;

• Competitive total rewards package; 

• 20% of time for innovation, learning and development; wherever your interests lie; 

• Opportunities to work with cutting edge technology;

• Opportunities for continued learning and professional development; 

• Opportunities to become a member of our Employee Resource Groups;

• A creative and dynamic work environment, where your ideas and contributions can be heard, valued and respected;

• A supportive management team committed to upholding the highest standards of diversity and inclusivity; 

• An environment which favours experimentation and an iterative approach in order to achieve the highest form of technical innovation.

How you will make an impact: (key responsibilities)

You are an experienced technical manager looking to apply and build your skills in:

• Partnering with a number of stakeholders, including product managers and directors, technical leadership community, designers, explore architectural and technology needs, using architectural solutions to help define reasonable scope. 

• Handling and driving key technical decisions. Effectively working across development teams, technical leaders, business stakeholders within the department and across departments. Leading and facilitating collaborative analysis, solutioning, review and technical decisions. 

• You contribute to product planning and roadmap by bringing the technology perspective to the process, and championing critical, valuable work.

• Observe technical leadership gaps, and grow domain expertise.

• Lead the design of enterprise-wide software architecture that considers functional integrity, scalability, resilience, stability, security and operational excellence while balancing time to market, business needs with long-term growth and health of the digital ecosystem.

• Bring industry trends to the department, including technology and methodologies. You educate and advise, bringing teams closer alignment with industry best practices. You have academic interests, yet you are pragmatic in terms of understanding the most impactful applications for certain technologies.

• Able to advise on technology investments in the immediate and long term.

• Build architecture practice that contributes and enhances the discovery process, allowing clarity on deliverables, team dependencies and skills development. 

• Establish and maintain architectural standards including data governance, security and regulatory compliance.

• Manage architects and maintain a high performance culture, where people are passionate about the work they do.

What you bring to our team: (deal breakers for this role)

• Three or more years of experience in a technical management position, including architect roles. You had experience managing a team with specific missions of more than 5 employees. 

• You are a technical leader, first and foremost. You demonstrate broad knowledge on a variety of architectural / technical domains: data integration and distribution, audience account features including personalization. You are expert level in systems design at the enterprise level.

• You are knowledgeable in infrastructure and physical architecture and have considerable experience in systems optimization is a must.

• You are experienced in maturing practices. You’ll navigate evolving priorities and sometimes fluid direction, with the opportunity to shape outcomes.

• You are knowledgeable in engineering practices: for instance, test strategy, test management and tooling, automation platforms, monitoring platforms, observability strategy. CI/CD devOps. 

• You have experience leading projects and programs, as well as allocating the right people, or applying the right process to solve problems. You can perform under ambiguity, bringing clarity through discovery, and be able to provide effective solutions..

• People Leadership – Lead and coach a team to achieve business objectives. Direct, motivate, and develop your team, maximizing their impact and professional growth. Build a high performance culture, grounded by diversity and inclusion.

• A problem solver and good communicator who takes ownership of the work they do, see problems as opportunities, and share new ideas. A dynamic individual who loves to learn and connect with others.

• Possess a degree in engineering (applied science), computer science, science or related discipline, delivered by a recognized university.

• Exposure to AI / ML / LLM. You are able to share insights about when to use AI, when not to use AI, and governance requirements.

Assets: (‘nice to haves’ for this role)

• Master in engineering (applied science) and related discipline is highly desirable.

• Experience in the media industry.

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.
 

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

As part of our recruitment process, candidates who advance to the next

step will be asked to complete a background check. This includes:  

• A mandatory Criminal record check. 

• Other background checks may be conducted based on the operational requirements of the position.

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity. That’s because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That’s why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster. For more information, visit the Diversity and Inclusion section of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to recruitment@cbc.ca.
 
You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our corporate website. All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on conflicts of interest. In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform us, as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.

Primary Location:

Broadcast Centre 205 Wellington St. W., Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3G7

Number of Openings:

1

Work Schedule:

Full time