Senior Manager, Solution Architect in Toronto

Mackenzie Investments, part of IGM Financial Inc., is a leading wealth and asset management company in Canada, managing approximately $310 billion in assets as of December 31, 2025. We offer financial planning and investment services to over two million Canadians through IG Wealth Management and Mackenzie Investments.

At Mackenzie Investments, you can build your career with confidence. We are proud to be recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for the fourth consecutive year and one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers. Our vision and strategy aim to innovate the industry and support Canadians in achieving their financial goals. Join our team to engage in continuous learning and skill development in a supportive environment.

Experience the best of both worlds with our hybrid work environment, where you spend three days a week in the office, connecting, collaborating, and enjoying quality time with your amazing colleagues!

Our Values:

• Be better; we strive for improvement in everything we do.
• Be accountable; we foster clarity and are empowered to act responsibly.
• Be a team; we are united to drive collective impact to achieve our goals.

Overall Job Purpose:

The Sr Manager, Architect is accountable for end-to-end solution architecture for major initiatives. This role owns solution architecture outcomes for assigned initiatives, ensures alignment to enterprise standards, Objectives and Key Results, and non-functional requirements (e.g., security, scalability, resilience), and provides design oversight throughout build and implementation to ensure architectural integrity and delivery readiness.

Key Accountabilities:

• Owns solution architecture for major initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards, Objectives and Key Results, and non-functional requirements.
• Translates business and application needs into architecture patterns, system interaction models, integration approaches, and technology selections.
• Provides architectural oversight during build to ensure integrity.
• Collaborates with delivery and enabling roles to ensure seamless integration and operational readiness.
• Ensures architectural readiness for production including considerations for non-functional requirements, costs and operational support.
• Applies approved architecture standards, patterns, and review practices.
• Supports use of AI-assisted practices in a controlled and governed manner.
• Participates in architecture chapter activities to strengthen practice consistency and delivery effectiveness.

Qualifications:

• Post-secondary degree in computer science, software engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Prior experience operating as a solution architect or systems designer on complex initiatives.
• Demonstrated capability across solution architecture disciplines, including application, data, integration, cloud, and security design.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and ability to guide delivery outcomes through influence and technical leadership.

Preferred:

• Experience within the financial services industry, including banking, wealth management, insurance, or asset management environments.
• Experience working with or supporting delivery involving Salesforce, SAP Data Platform, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Adobe CDP and AJO.
• Experience working in a product operating model or pod-based delivery environment.
• Proven success working with geographically dispersed and cross-functional teams, coordinating across multiple regions and time zones.

The expected annual base salary range for this role is $130,000 - $145,000, which is determined based on skills, knowledge and experience and geographic location. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for annual short-term incentive, health and well-being benefits, retirement and savings plan, paid time off and career development.

Benefits:

• Competitive base salary, performance-weighted bonus, education/career support, option to join Employee Share Purchase Plan with employer matching component.
• Competitive health and dental coverage, flexible plan for you and your family and short-term & long-term disability plans.
• Voluntary Group RRSP enrolment with employer matching component.
• Paid volunteer days, competitive time off including 10 wellness days off, WorkPerks discount program, hybrid & flex work arrangements.
• Living our core values: Be a Team, Be Accountable, Be Better, engaging with community through Business Resource Groups.

IGM is a diverse workplace committed to doing business inclusively. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates that represent the diversity present across Canada.

Mackenzie Investments is an accessible employer committed to providing barrier-free recruitment experience. If you require accommodation or this information in an alternate format at any stage of the recruitment process, please reach out to the Talent Acquisition team who will work with you to meet your needs.