About this role
Head of Americas Architecture and CTO Location: Toronto, ON
The Head of Americas Architecture and CTO provides enterprise-level technical leadership across multiple architecture disciplines, shaping strategy, planning, and design for large-scale, transformational technology initiatives. This role collaborates closely with senior business and technology leaders to define and execute the architectural direction that enables growth, resilience, and innovation across the Americas.
Responsibilities:
• Provide expert architectural leadership to accelerate and empower delivery, product, and platform teams across the international organization. • Enable consistent, high-quality delivery through clear guidance, standards, and documentation, including evolving enterprise requirements such as resiliency, security, and risk frameworks. • Define and drive the technology strategy for the Americas, forging strong partnerships with executive leaders across business and technology functions. • Act as steward of international architecture, ensuring alignment with the long-term growth agenda and enterprise strategy. • Maximize value from enterprise and external technology platforms, tools, and practices. • Lead, manage, and develop a high-performing team of architects and senior technology specialists. • Serve as an active general management leader on the IST–Americas Leadership Team. • Develop authoritative, clear, and accessible architectural content that enables product teams and system integrators, including current- and future-state system and platform models. • Build strong relationships with global and regional CTO peers to ensure evolving technology standards and platforms are incorporated into solution designs. • Contribute to the broader international business agenda by addressing durable, complex challenges such as: • High cost and risk associated with entering new countries • Increasing security, fraud, and regulatory complexity • Limited reuse across the international code base • Operating effectively across diverse regulatory environments
Qualifications:
• Minimum of 10 years of related professional experience, including at least 3 years in senior technology architecture roles. • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience; graduate degree preferred. • Demonstrated success in technology strategy, large-scale transformation, and enterprise architecture. • TOGAF certification or meaningful experience with enterprise architecture frameworks. • Proven people leadership, influencing skills, and the ability to operate effectively at the executive level.
How We Work Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.