Enterprise Architect – Applications & ERP in Calgary

Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We're guided by our culture of care and our core values: We put safety first. We act with integrity. We are stronger together. We deliver with excellence.

The Enterprise Architect - Applications & ERP defines and maintains Nutrien’s enterprise application and ERP architecture direction. The role creates a transparent view of the application portfolio, shapes current-state, target-state and transition architectures, guides application rationalization and lifecycle decisions, and defines enterprise integration and application-development architecture standards. The role provides enterprise-level direction and architecture assurance.

What You'll Do:

• Own the multi-year ERP roadmap and keep it current with technology and macro-industry trends perspective.
• Maintain the enterprise application portfolio architecture, including current state, target state, transition states, lifecycle positions, strategic role, dependencies and rationalization opportunities.
• Manage the enterprise ERP target-state architecture and transition options across different ERP environments, collaborating with the ERP COE and business-aligned Enterprise Architects.
• Lead application portfolio assessments using functional fit, technical fit, lifecycle risk, duplication, integration complexity, strategic alignment and validated cost inputs.
• Maintain an enterprise application rationalization roadmap that identifies consolidation, retirement, modernization, replacement and reuse priorities.
• Define and govern enterprise integration architecture direction, principles and reference patterns across APIs, events, middleware, batch/file integration and data movement.
• Define and maintain enterprise application-development architecture standards and guardrails, including clean core/extensibility, modularity, interoperability, resilience, observability, secure-development alignment and CI/CD architecture expectations.
• Provide buy, build, reuse and retire guidance and architecture-fit criteria for major application and ERP investments.
• Connect application and ERP recommendations to business capabilities, outcomes, lifecycle risk, technical debt and total-cost implications.
• Collaborate with other enterprise architects in the team in bridging application and technology views.
• Collaborate with different COEs and IT delivery teams on technology roadmaps and directions.
• Assess material initiatives for alignment with target-state application architecture, approved standards and enterprise reuse opportunities.
• Provide reusable reference architectures, decision criteria and patterns to Solution Architects, ERP teams and delivery organizations.
• Identify duplicate capabilities, unsupported technology, hidden licensing exposure, integration debt and roadmap conflicts before material commitments are made.
• Prepare application-domain architecture point of view (PoV), exception recommendations and remediation conditions for the Architecture Review Board or delegated design authority.
• Contribute architecture-fit criteria to RFI/RFP evaluations, major renewals and modernization decisions.
• Maintain application portfolio, standards, decisions and exception information in the designated EA repository with support from the EA Business Analyst and accountable data owners.
• Facilitate cross-domain architecture working sessions and present options, dependencies, risks and trade-offs to senior stakeholders.

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in enterprise, application or solution architecture in complex, heterogeneous organizations, including significant enterprise application portfolio or ERP architecture responsibility.
• Demonstrated experience shaping current-state, target-state and transition architectures for ERP-centric application landscapes.
• Deep knowledge of SAP S/4HANA and/or SAP ECC landscapes; familiarity with Oracle, mainframe or custom ERP environments is an asset.
• Strong enterprise integration architecture knowledge across APIs, event-driven integration, middleware, batch/file integration and data movement.
• Experience defining and governing enterprise application-development architecture standards, including clean-core/extensibility and CI/CD architecture guardrails.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, with the ability to frame options and influence senior business and IT stakeholders without direct authority.
• Great communication and visual storytelling skills.
• Strong curiosity and learning agility about business and technology.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with multi-ERP rationalization, legacy/mainframe modernization, two-tier ERP or M&A integration.
• Experience with EA repository and portfolio tools.
• Familiarity with TOGAF, other Enterprise Architecture Framework or comparable practical architecture methods.
• Experience in agriculture, mining, chemicals, manufacturing, retail, distribution or another complex asset-intensive enterprise.

What You'll Get:

• Purpose-Driven Work - Make an impact as part of a global team feeding the future and support farmers locally and around the world.
• Excellent Benefits - Comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, plus a retirement program with generous employer matching for your future.
• Grow Your Career - Tuition assistance for future education and ongoing learning and training opportunities for career advancement pathways across the organization.
• Support When it Matters - Employee Assistance Programs, inclusive leaves, and paid time for holidays, volunteering, vacation, and wellness.
• Thrive in a Strong Culture - Guided by our core values we put safety first, act with integrity, are stronger together, and deliver with excellence in a collaborative, high-performing environment.