Senior Manager, Business Architecture

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Role Summary

The Senior Manager, Business Architecture owns the evolution of business architecture and ensures initiatives delivered by internal teams and technology partners remain aligned to target-state intent-translating strategy into implemented capabilities and shipped use cases.

Key Responsibilities

1) Business Architecture & Roadmap Ownership

• Maintain clear traceability from strategy roadmap capabilities initiatives.
• Refresh and manage a multi-year business architecture roadmap, aligning initiatives (e.g., platform modernization, AI enablement, transformation programs).
• Continuously refine the roadmap based on evolving priorities, dependencies, and value realization.
• Keep business architecture current by working closely with internal teams and technology partners to reflect platform changes, constraints, and new opportunities (e.g., cloud and data platform evolution).

2) Delivery Partnership & Execution Support (Architecture-to-Implementation)

• Partner closely with business and technology teams to ensure architecture translates into executable solutions and implemented use cases
• Support solution design and backlog shaping to ensure alignment with the business architecture and roadmap intent.
• Provide ongoing guidance during delivery to resolve design trade-offs, scope decisions, and cross-initiative dependencies.
• Ensure delivered solutions remain aligned to the target state architecture and intended business outcomes.
• Act as the connective layer between strategic design and delivery execution-closing gaps between planning and build.

3) Initiative Intake, Definition & Prioritization

• Working with Intake team to ensure initiatives are clearly defined (problem, scope, outcomes, value).
• Align initiatives to strategy and architecture principles; maintain traceability from strategy to outcomes.

4) End-to-End Process Design Oversight & Value Realization

• Act as a strategic advisor to enablement team to shape strategy through process and transformation design.
• Align business, IT, data, and PMO stakeholders while maintaining clear ownership boundaries.
• Facilitate resolution of cross-functional conflicts (process, prioritization, design trade-offs).
• Influence senior leaders with clarity and pragmatism (strong executive communication and presentation).

Qualifications

• 10+ years total professional experience.
• 5+ years relevant experience in business architecture, strategy-to-delivery alignment, transformation, portfolio/program environments, or related roles
• 3+ years experience with cloud technologies supporting modern platforms and delivery execution
• Demonstrated delivery partnership experience: translating architecture into delivery plans, backlogs, and implemented outcomes
• Strong presentation and stakeholder influence skills (ability to communicate trade-offs and drive alignment across senior audiences)

• Experience supporting data, analytics, or AI transformations
• Understanding of data platforms, cloud, and AI concepts and their implications for business capabilities and operating models.

Advanced level of proficiency:

• Software development.
• Virtualization and virtual machines.
• Systems Thinking.
• Define use cases on cloud.
• Cloud computing.
• Cloud privacy.
• Verbal & written communication skills.
• Analytical and problem solving skills.
• Collaboration & team skills; with a focus on cross-group collaboration.
• Able to manage ambiguity.
• Data driven decision making.
• Seasoned professional with a combination of education, experience and industry knowledge.

The above represents BMO Financial Group’s pay range and type.

Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role, and may include a commission structure. Salaries for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on number of hours regularly worked. For commission roles, the salary listed above represents BMO Financial Group’s expected target for the first year in this position.

BMO Financial Group’s total compensation package will vary based on the pay type of the position and may include performance-based incentives, discretionary bonuses, as well as other perks and rewards. BMO also offers health insurance, tuition reimbursement, accident and life insurance, and retirement savings plans. To view more details of our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.bmo.com/global/en/Total-Rewards

About Us

At BMO we are driven by a shared Purpose: Boldly Grow the Good in business and life. It calls on us to create lasting, positive change for our customers, our communities and our people. By working together, innovating and pushing boundaries, we transform lives and businesses, and power economic growth around the world.

As a member of the BMO team you are valued, respected and heard, and you have more ways to grow and make an impact. We strive to help you make an impact from day one - for yourself and our customers. We’ll support you with the tools and resources you need to reach new milestones, as you help our customers reach theirs. From in-depth training and coaching, to manager support and network-building opportunities, we’ll help you gain valuable experience, and broaden your skillset.

To find out more visit us at https://jobs.bmo.com/ca/en.

BMO is committed to an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace. By learning from each other’s differences, we gain strength through our people and our perspectives. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. To request accommodation, please contact your recruiter.

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